“Acting big or pretending to wield some influence or knowing the people that matter in high places is part of being streetwise or having what is...
If you’re a fan of Black American TV series like “The Real House Wives of Atlanta”, then you will definitely love Chinedu Achebe’s “The Miseducation of...
All around the world, events happen which make indelible impressions, but not everyone is brave enough, or is able to gather their thoughts, to write something...
What does it mean when a man falls from the sky? “It means twenty-four-hour news coverage. It means politicians doing damage control, activists egging on protests....
IF I HAD KNOWN HOW THE DAY WOULD TURN OUT, MAYBE I WOULD HAVE STAYED AT HOME…. John Nova is a public speaker, business consultant and...
Life hands us different cards at its large table, and it’s up to us to play things out until we can make something out of our...
8 years back, a vigilante rescue team sent to Agoh village located in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, arrived too late and met the villagers...
Leading people is never an easy thing to do, and when it comes to religion, it gets a lot more complicated. The lives of clergymen are...
When I started flipping through Diekara Oloruntoba-Oju’s “When Lemons Grow on Orange Trees“, I was sure I was up for another one of those boring reads....
When you first get into a relationship, your partner seems like the best thing since yoghurt, and you’re generally willing to accommodate a lot of BS....
The Nigerian literary scene has been expansive lately, and it has particularly been accommodating of works which transcend cultures and shuttle different climes. Writers are no...
Each of us is born with dreams, aspirations, goals and concrete ideas of what we want our future to be. Sometimes, however, we get caught up...
Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes, from the indefatigable Nordic god of thunder, Thor, to the tech-powered Ironman. And while Marvel Comics have blessed us...
I’m Sidney Sheldon’s biggest fan because he can take the most mundane events and turn them into paper gold. If you’ve read masterpieces like Master of...
More often than not, humans have dreams of how they want their lives to play out. They nurse ambitions and set plans in motion, but now...
“Look at you. So shameless. You are all dressed up and obviously coming from a party. Have you no shame? We haven’t heard the cry of...
Of all the weird stories my mother told about her village, one that stood out was the case of a pregnant woman who suddenly went missing....
Writing, and creative writing, in particular, is hardly ever done in isolation. More often than not, people write to make reference to history, explore imagination, or...
I love romance stories that are out of the ordinary. As a writer, I also like writing stories that pack an extra oomph. In case you’re...
Fifty years ago, Nigeria experienced a civil war that lasted almost three years. Millions were caught in the crossfire, fell in combat, or died from starvation....
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