By Betty Abah There is so much to be said about eminent poet and critic, Odia Ofeimun, who turned 70 recently. So much. But, for now, suffice to say that Odia (nobody adds ‘sir’... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia It did not come as a surprise that Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole would survive the latest move to sack him as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). His oppon... Read more
By Chido Onumah On October 1, 2020, Nigeria will celebrate her 60th year of political independence. Our diamond jubilee is a remarkable milestone worthy of significant documentation even as... Read more
By Toyin Falola To you whose name rattles the tongues of looters and whose verses wrench their hearts, I bring a song of the season. Odia, who among us does not know that before the arrival... Read more
Power, sex and corruption – what we know and what we don’t This article addresses the sensitive topic of sexual violence and may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised. A... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia Tongues have been waging on why the South-East Governors Forum reneged on its initial plan to launch a regional security outfit in Igboland, similar to the Amotekun of the So... Read more
By Edwin Madunagu Reflections on the current “insecurity” and “threatening state failure” in Nigeria – and what the Nigerian Left can do – recently led me, in a tortuous manner, back to a fo... Read more
By Edwin Madunagu Nigeria’s ruling class has presented the nation with a number of issues around which the Nigerian Left can build an agenda of political engagement for the year 2020, or whi... Read more
By SKC Ogbonnia The spate of insecurity bedeviling Nigeria has continued unabated because of stark hypocrisy within the political class. Consider, for instance, the recent speech by Enyinnay... Read more
By Odia Ofeimun After writing the foreword and a fairly long article in Testimony to Courage: Essays in Honour of Dapo Olorunyomi, I wanted to be excused from delivering this lecture at the... Read more
