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Remembering Obi B. Egbuna, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontFeb 25, 2021February 25, 20210

It is astonishing to me that the Nigerian media cannot bear testimony to the passage of one of Nigeria’s greatest ever writers more than six

‘I don’t believe you are in charge,’ Soyinka hits Buhari over rising insecurity

Global UpfrontFeb 11, 2021February 11, 20210

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Thursday said he does not believe President Muhammadu Buhari is in charge of the country. Reacting to the rising

The Mystique of Maxim By Sanya Osha

Global UpfrontFeb 2, 2021February 2, 20210

(For Uzor Maxim Uzoatu, Boroja I, Obi of Ikate, on the occasion of his 60th birthday) “NA poor I poor no bi craze I craze,” the oft-repeated phrase is

Explosive new book claims the KGB began grooming ‘young and vain’ Donald Trump 40 years ago by saving him from financial ruin

Global UpfrontJan 27, 2021January 27, 20210

And was turned into a Russian asset who as President gave Putin ‘everything he wanted’ American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related

I’m Not Yet Ready to Abandon the Possibility of America – Excerpt from former President Barack Obama’s new memoir, A Promised Land

Global UpfrontNov 13, 2020November 13, 20200

Excerpt from former President Barack Obama’s new memoir, A Promised Land I wrote my book for young people—as an invitation to bring about, through hard

New U.S. book spotlights atrocities of religious persecution and costs of global inaction in Nigeria

Global UpfrontOct 27, 2020October 27, 20200

Prominent faith leaders and self-described “freelance diplomats,” Reverend Johnnie Moore and Rabbi Abraham Cooper have released their new book, The Jihad, which exposed the everyday

Demand immediate withdrawal of soldiers from Streets, Soyinka tells Governors

Global UpfrontOct 21, 2020October 21, 20200

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has called on governors in states where protests against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad forced declaration of curfews to immediately demand

World Exclusive: Wole Soyinka Publishes New Novel By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontOct 14, 2020October 14, 20200

It is cool by me to let out this news item as a World Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka will publish his long-awaited third novel

American Jewish poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize

Global UpfrontOct 8, 2020October 8, 20200

Writer recognized for her ‘unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal’; critics see traces of her Jewish heritage in several poems

Between ‘Dividers-in-Chief’ and ‘Dividers-in-Law’

Global UpfrontSep 15, 2020September 15, 20200

By Wole Soyinka I am notoriously no fan of Olusegun Obasanjo, General, twice former president and co-architect with other past leaders of the crumbling edifice