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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…
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…
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…
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,…