UNIBEN Elevates Contemporary African Drama THE Department of English and Literature at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Benin City, has adopted The Great Delusion, a play by Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon, as an official study text. The adoption marks a significant academic endorsement of contemporary Nigerian drama and signals the department’s continued engagement with emergent African […]
Controversy Rekindled THE debate over Warri Federal Constituency has resurfaced following the presentation of a new book by Chief Monday Keme, reopening unresolved tensions over history, identity and electoral representation in Delta State. The book, presented at the PTI Conference Centre, Effurun, challenges claims made in an earlier publication that accused INEC of wrongdoing in […]
HISTORY, MEMORY AND ROYAL MIGRATION Autobiography as Historical Archive IN My Odyssey, Nigeria’s first President, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, does more than recount a life of politics and nationalism. He opens a rare historical window into the contested origins of Onitsha, anchoring the city-state firmly within the broader Benin imperial tradition. Through genealogical detail, oral memory, […]
Nigerian Novelist Takes Conflict Narrative to Global Audience RENOWNED Nigerian medical doctor and novelist, Dr. Wale Okediran, is set to take his acclaimed novel Madagali to the United Kingdom this winter as part of a London book tour celebrating African storytelling and resilience in the face of conflict. The tour will feature public readings, moderated […]
By MELVIN KOFFA Marwa Opens Up on Military Resistance to Tinubu’s Governorship BRIGADIER General Buba Marwa (rtd.), NDLEA Chairman, has disclosed that the military hierarchy initially opposed Bola Tinubu’s rise to the Lagos State governorship because of his pro-democracy activism with the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). Marwa revealed this during a keynote address at the […]
FEW artists have ever carried the weight of resistance, rage, and vulnerability as powerfully as Tupac Amaru Shakur. Born Lesane Parish Crooks, renamed in honour of an Indigenous revolutionary, and raised within the political fire of the Black Liberation struggle, 2Pac was never just a rapper—he was a mirror to America’s contradictions and a […]
BOOK REVIEW Title: Modern Guide for Image Makers: The Effective Ways to Write Press Releases, Rejoinders and Organise Press Conferences Authors: Henrietta OYAKHILOME Awele OGBOGU Publisher: UCC Publishers, Onitsha No. of Pages: 165 Reviewer: Stella O. EGBRA, Ph.D., Head, Department of Mass Communication, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. My first thought within the first […]