When Publishing Became an Act of Cultural Survival NIGERIA has never lacked writers. The harder problem has always been getting their books into the hands of readers. For decades, the country’s literary reputation rested on writers whose works travelled far beyond Nigeria. But the publishing structures supporting that literary tradition gradually weakened. International publishing houses […]
A Novel That Refuses Easy Classification EVERY compelling heroic story begins with a longing. Sometimes that longing takes the form of a search for purpose. At other times, it becomes a journey into a world that exists beyond the boundaries of ordinary experience. Dexter Loko’s The Bako of Zereshé, published in 2026 by GrandTouch Press, […]
By OFFIONG ARCHIBONG A New Regulatory Era for Akwa Ibom Electricity AKWA Ibom State is moving into a new phase of electricity-sector governance following the transfer of regulatory oversight of its intrastate electricity market from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to the Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission, AKSERC. The transition forms part of […]
An Evening Where Literature Met the Camera FOR several hours on Saturday 15 August 2026, the University of Ibadan became the meeting point of literature, cinema, politics and scholarship as academics, writers, filmmakers and cultural enthusiasts gathered to celebrate one of Dr. Wale Okediran’s most enduring creative works. The occasion was a Film Screening and […]
A Salesman in America, a Horseman in Oyo AT first glance, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and Wole Soyinka’s Death and the King’s Horseman appear to have almost nothing in common. One is set in post-war America and follows an ageing salesman struggling with professional failure. The other is rooted in Yoruba society under […]
When ANA Had to Pay: The Story Behind the 2025 Achebe Literature Prize THE recognition had already been secured. The winner had been announced. The literary honour had been conferred. But the money attached to the 2025 Chinua Achebe Prize for Literature was still missing. That left the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) with a […]
By ANDERSON CLIFF Trump’s Hormuz Claim Raises Stakes in US-Iran Confrontation THE long-running confrontation between the United States and Iran has entered a more dangerous phase after President Donald Trump posted an image depicting the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz as a “NEW U.S. Territory”, while Tehran simultaneously vowed to keep the waterway closed until […]
By ADAEZE GENEVIEVE OSEGE THE emergence of disturbing images and videos showing young children with their hair partly or roughly shaved by teachers has reopened an important debate about discipline, parental authority and the rights of children within Nigeria’s school system. In one widely discussed case, a four-year-old boy reportedly had part of his hair shaved […]
Maggie Lena Walker & the Economics of Freedom in Segregated America A Life That Began in the Shadow of Slavery WHEN Maggie Lena Mitchell Walker was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1864, the United States was still approaching the end of the Civil War and the formal destruction of slavery. Yet legal emancipation did not […]
By BLESSING AGWE ODUGO Delta Deploys New Maritime Asset to Protect Strategic Oil Infrastructure THE protection of Nigeria’s oil and gas infrastructure remains one of the most important security challenges in the Niger Delta. Pipelines, production facilities and waterways have repeatedly faced threats from oil theft, illegal bunkering and other forms of criminal activity. Against […]