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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…

Suspected Tax Certificate Forgers Remanded

The police at Ajah Division, Eti-Osa, Lagos southwest, Nigeria have arrested two suspects, Ide Christopher Idornigie, 39, and Ejim Moses,…

PDP Crisis: OBJ Shuns Journalists

Former president and former Chairman of Board of Trustees of  the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who hosted…

Ekiti Dep Gov Not On Life Support Machine —Ojudu

Senator Babafemi Ojudu has debunked the rumour making the rounds that the ailing Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs) Funmilayo…

Abuja Blast Caused By Gas Cylinder Explosion —Police

The police said the blasts which rocked a very busy and popular area of Karu, one of the satellite towns…

‘My Oga At The Top’ Civil Defence Man Redeployed

Mr. Shem Obafaye, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Lagos Commandant, who popularised the ‘My Oga At the…

My Dad’s Friend Raped Me 5 Times

A 10-year old girl (name withheld) who lives at Agbado Ijaiye area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has alleged that her…

Achebe: Death Of The Storyteller

Chinua Achebe dies at 82, leaving behind a body of works that assures his place in world literature The news…

Fanfare As Lagos Holds Colourful Carnival

It was fanfare on Monday as the Lagos State Government staged a colourful carnival to celebrate Easter. The event, held…

In Picture: When a baboon yawns

A baboon yawning surely presents an awesome sight: the animal does it ‘in full’, without inhibitions. This baboon was caught…