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Reflections on the man Nnamdi Kanu, By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Global UpfrontJul 5, 2021July 5, 20210

Yesterday I announced that I would unveal my thoughts regarding the IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu. Several people reached out, advising me to be neutral and

If you want to write a great book, go to prison

Global UpfrontJun 30, 2021June 30, 20210

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu I am allergic to dictators, even if they somehow manage to dress up in democratic robes. Nigerians cannot ever forget in

Zamzi Lessons For Nigeria

Global UpfrontJun 23, 2021June 23, 20210

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Dawn At Twilight by Ijegalu Simon Felix; Zizach Books, Kaduna (ISBN: 978-978-990-279-8); 2021; 181pp Most first novels are almost always autobiographical.

Making Nigeria Work According To Sanusi, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontJun 14, 2021June 14, 20210

For The Good Of The Nation – Essays And Perspectives By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; ALFA Books, Ikoyi, Lagos; 2021; 509pp Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former Governor

What In Hell Is Odogwu Doing In Lagos? By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontApr 28, 2021April 28, 20210

Odogwu came on transfer to Lagos from Enugu, and put up in the apartment of his writer friend Muritala Sule in Surulere. His plan was

The Rage of Mbize Erosion in Southeast Nigeria, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontApr 18, 2021April 18, 20210

Mbize: Rage of Red Earth (Stories, Songs on Landslide, Erosion in Igboland) by Chuka Nnabuife; Heinrich Boll Stiftung; 2011 The erosion menace in Southeast Nigeria

Pastors & Prostitutes By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontMar 27, 2021March 27, 20210

It is a lot easier to live a celibate life than to stay faithful to one wife. Right from the Garden of Eden, it’s written

The Most Dangerous House In Lagos By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontMar 24, 2021March 24, 20210

A do-gooder told his landlord that any tenant who sends the Police after the owner of the house “is capable of killing you.” This selfsame

Ojukwu: Nigeria’s Most Controversial Patriot By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontMar 1, 2021March 1, 20210

Ojukwu: The ‘Rebel’ I Served by Uche Ezechukwu; ThoniMartins Ltd, Abuja, Benin, Lagos; 2012 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu almost always dominated all discourse in the course of

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