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‘Oga On Top’ Movie Ready Soon

As the joke around the infamous slip of ‘My Oga At The Top’ during an interview on Channels TV by…

Lagos Airport Robbery: I Got N.5m, Pastor Confesses

Pastor John Ibikunle of the Way of Joy Ministry, Lagos, who was arrested by the police in connection with the…

League of Imams backs amnesty for Boko Haram

League of Imams in North-Central zone of the country on Tuesday expressed support for amnesty for the Boko Haram sect…

Study: Diabetes linked with low sleep hormone levels

A decrease in levels of the sleep hormone melatonin has been linked to an increased risk of adult onset diabetes,…

Police Quiz Ekiti ACN chairman over murder allegation

The Police in the Nigerian western state of Ekiti on Tuesday invited the Chairman of ACN in the state, Chief…

Shot Man Seeks N200m From Nigerian Navy

Jamiu Yisa An operation manager with Yusmed Oil and Gas Company, Atom Zaga, who was shot by unidentified naval personnel…

Nigeria: 6776 applicants scramble for 200 jobs

To underscore the acute unemployment in Nigeria, no fewer than 6,776 job-seekers have been short-listed for 200 job positions at…

Man, 62, Beaten To Death During Forceful Eviction

A 62-year old man, Sunday Uche Michael,  has allegedly been beaten to death at Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria. At…

Police Parade Seven Airport Robbers

The Lagos State Police Command today paraded seven suspected armed robbers said to have carried out the robbery attack on…

Achebe: A Non-Romantic View

By Ibrahim Bello-Kano There is no doubt that Chinua Achebe, who died last week in the United States after a…

Achebe Died When Biafra Dream Died

Captain Elechi Amadi, the great author, school mate to the late Chinua Achebe at Government College, Umuahia, spoke to OKAFOR…

How Achebe Rose To Stardom

Odia Ofeimun, poet, literary critic and socio-political commentator, in this interview with ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE, appraises the life and writings of…

The Media And Achebe’s Death

Hours after he passed on, the name Chinua Achebe became the buzz on traditional and social media around the world…

Chinua Achebe: A Writer And A Half And More

By Akin Adesokan He sits there in the front row, looking baffled by the effusion of encomiums falling all around…

Achebe And I

By Nduka Otiono No one who met the venerable Chinua Achebe–in flesh and blood or in his writings–would ever forget…

The Achebe I Knew -Ex-Classmate

Mabel Segun, a writer, apart from being born the same year as the late Professor Chinua Achebe, was in the…

Omotoso: The Essential Of Achebe

Avuncular is the easiest word that comes to mind for me in describing Chinua Achebe, who has joined his ancestors.…

Where Achebe Erred -Tanimu Abubakar

Professor Tanimu Abubakar, teacher of Comparative Literature at the Ahmadu Bello University, tells FEMI ADI where the late Professor Chinua…
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Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws?

By Niyi Osundare Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive…

Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction

By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…

Paying For Achebe’s Snub

By Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo Like everyone else, I am saddened by the death of Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s greatest minds.…

Achebe Is Africa’s Shakespeare

By Festus Ayayi I knew Chinua Achebe in the early 80s when he was President of Association of Nigerian Authors…

Curtain-Call For The Eagle

By Tunde Olusunle Over the years, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo and I have had the good fortune of regularly hosting a good…

The Passing Of A Literary Troubadour

By Wale Okediran Like many Nigerian students, who offered Literature in secondary school, I first met Achebe on the pages…

Chinua Achebe – The Icon, The Legacy

By Akuna Ejim “Things fall apart and the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…” This refrain…

Ethnic Violence Kills 19, Displaces 4,500

Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some…

Tinubu: Celebrating A Consummate Bridge Builder

By Wahab Alawiye-King On Friday 29th March, the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and two time…

Is PDP Armada Sinking?

By Taiwo Lawrence Adeyemi There is this Yoruba idiom that says ‘Akuko Ko; which literally translates to: ‘a cock has…

Nigerians More Receptive To Laser Surgery

Nigerians are opting for laser surgery as an alternative to open surgery in the treatment of glaucoma. Dr. Magdalene Ajani,…

Guard Charged With Burgling Bank

A night security guard employed by a bank in Lagos to protect the bank has allegedly burgled the same bank…