Chinua Achebe was a novelist. Wole Soyinka is a playwright. I know most of you didn’t know this, but there is really no basis for comparison between the two. It’s like comparing Sunny Ade and Oliver De Coque because they are both singers. Chinua Achebe also deserved the Nobel Prize no doubt, but he never…
The attached Lamborghini Used To Belong To A Very Young Igbo Billionaire”: A Look At Victor Okafor AKA Ezego’s Vintage Lamborghini Victor Nnamdi Okafor, AKA Ezego, was a chieftaincy title holder, and an affluent Igbo billionaire businessman born in Ihiala, Anambra, on the 25th of December 1964. Sadly, the billionaire died on the 25 of…
By Biodun Busari Former Chief of Staff, Gen Oladipo Diya, who served as de facto Vice President to the late Gen Sani Abacha, died Sunday. His death was confirmed by his son, Prince Oyesinmilola Diya. Diya would go down in the history of Nigeria as one of the famous military generals and vice presidents. Related…
Happy 90th Birthday Anniversary to H.E Chief Emeka Anyaoku, CFR, a distinguished Nigerian, diplomat per excellence, a rare gem, colossus of high repute and indeed one of Africa’s and Commonwealth’s finest. Congratulations to you Sir and wishing you more years of happy celebrations.
Fifty-three years after the end of the Biafran War, Peter Obi has disclosed the major role former President Olusegun Obasanjo played in formally ending the thirty-month war and uniting Nigeria. While speaking during a press conference, Peter Obi who is a former Governor of Anambra State, said on the 15 of January, 53 years ago,…
The attached pictures depict people at a masquerade dance. The masquerade is the famous Mgbedike masquerade, popular in the Nri-Ọka area. In Picture 1, a man can be seen wearing a hat, with ichi marks on his face. But these pictures were not taken in Igboland. They were taken in the village of Okitipupa, in…
Wike reveals what Atiku allegedly told Jonathan when the former president reached out to him to support his re-election bid in 2015. Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has alleged that former President Goodluck Jonathan was discouraged by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, after he reached out to him to support his re-election bid in 2015….
It is exactly 73 years ago today since the British Police shot dead 21 defenceless Igbo workers of Enugu coal/Iva Valley Miners for no reason. Their crime was that they demanded for a pay rise. 21 died instantly, 37 were severely injured. Today at New Market Roundabout Enugu, an everlasting monument can still be seen…
The land now called Abuja was originally the south-western part of the ancient Habe (Hausa) kingdom of Zazzau (Zaria). It was populated for centuries by several semi-independent tribes. The largest of the tribes was Gbagyi (Gwari), followed by the Koro and a few other smaller tribes. In early 1800’′s when Zaria fell to Fulani invaders,…
All hail Haile Selassie, Happy Posthumous Birthday to an African Legend for his heroic exploits and iconic legacy in the continent.Only one African state managed to stave off the onslaught of European occupation during the Scrabble: Ethiopia, an ancient Christian kingdom, once ruled by the legendary Prester John. In 1896, when the Italians, with 10,000 European troops, invaded Ethiopia from their coastal enclave at Massawa on the Red sea, they were routed by the emperor,…