You do not need to take part in a coup d’etat to be chosen as leader. Chief Obafemi Awolowo was in jail for treasonable felony when the first military coup took place on January 15, 1966. The young majors wanted to make him Prime Minister.

Uli came back to live just before 2019 petered out, thanks to two young men, Kingsley Chinweike [KC] and Chukwuemeka ‘E-Money’ Okonkwo, who took celebrities to the historic town.

This talk of Afro beat king Fela Anikulapo Kuti being injected to death by officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency [NDLEA] sounds strange to me and it will be a huge shame if we let it define the legend.

For Gen. Yakubu Gowon, there is no running away from his friend, Chief Emeka Ojukwu. They wined and dined together as young military officers at the Samaritan Club, Kaduna. They fought but are never apart.

President Muhammadu Buhari must find a way to pleasantly surprise some of us this Yuletide. His best friends are found among Christians and he loves to host prominent men of God.

It sounds unbelievable that nascent Eagles winger, Samuel Chukwueze, knows absolutely nothing about Segun Odegbami and Adokiye Amiesimaka, two of the best produced by Nigeria.

The United States represents an act of will. It is not a homogenous ethnic nation. It is not the heir to some historic Empire or monarch. It is not a unified religious community. It is not a simple linguistic group. It does not have a particular cultural tradition reaching back through several millennia ———W. Tapley Bernet [Jnr.]

Growing up was a terrible experience for Michael Uzoma Nnadozie whose childhood entailed fleeing from jet fighters and bombers strafing innocent civilians including children and witnessing the worst form of starvation.

Motor Park economists say we are approaching El Dorado as Nigeria’s land borders remain shut. I know nothing about paper economics since most practitioners say different things each returning day.

Pick up your books, fellow Nigerians, the debate is on. Many of us spend time making money and doing politics even some teachers hardly read so they cannot write to give us new Wole Soyinkas, Chinua Achebes, Keneth Dikes and Jacob Ade-Ajayis.