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Nigeria’s Triumphalism in Stupor

Global UpfrontMar 5, 2025March 5, 20250

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It’s such a sad matter seeing supposedly sane Nigerians taking pride in abject stupidity. Nigeria has become the laughing-stock of the

Legend Of The Son Of A Reverend Father: Odili Tony Ujubuonu

Global UpfrontJun 19, 2024June 19, 20240

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu When he writes his novels he bears the name Odili Ujubuonu. When he wants to make money, he tells you his

Pastors Of Perfect Power, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontMar 27, 2024March 27, 20240

The powerful pastors of newfangled Christianity are all over the place in good old Nigeria today. Anywhere you care to look, you are sure to

Coups All Over The Continent, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontFeb 28, 2024February 28, 20240

Coups and earthquakes! Foreign journalists from America and Britain who covered Africa back in the day never tired on writing headline stories on coups and

The Beautiful Game Is The Only Nigerian Vehicle, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontJan 31, 2024January 31, 20240

It’s only one vehicle bearing the legend “One Nigeria” that plies the badly maintained roads to the turf of this benighted country. That long-suffering vehicle

Let’s Forge Patriotism In Nigeria, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontNov 29, 2023November 29, 20230

It’s quite easy to be misunderstood once any bloke talks about forging something in this country called Nigeria. There are so many accusations of forgeries

Oratory Symposium Powered By Ozigbo

Global UpfrontNov 25, 2023November 25, 20230

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The message can straight out of the blues that I had been appointed a chief judge. Please I was not made

Federal Republic of Fiction @ 63, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontSep 27, 2023September 27, 20230

Nigeria is fiction. The country’s Constitution has been transferred to a new shelf in the library: the shelf containing fictional works. The latter-day patriots of

Dancing To The Music Of A Ticking Time-bomb, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontSep 13, 2023September 13, 20230

It’s a terrible Nigerian fate that every so-called democratic election is delivered like a ticking time-bomb primed to explode with fatal menace. The unfathomable aspect

Exemplary History From The Source

Global UpfrontSep 2, 2023September 2, 20230

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Courage and Character: The Definitive History of Osun State – Volume 1 of the Osun Trilogy 1951-2018; Published by The Erudio