The first novel I read in the Pacesetters series was Mark of The Cobra by Valentine Alily. It featured a young Nigerian secret service agent. Set obviously against a western template but with African characters in an African locale, it just blew my mind.

In this troubled times, when the unity of the entity called, Nigeria is constantly under threat by forces of insecurity and religious intolerance, it behooves on every genuine citizen of this country to continually reflect about the fate of this commonwealth and look deeply into those things that threaten national unity as well as those other things that bind the thread of unity.

His Royal Highness Eze I.O Asor, Udi 1 of Obudi Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area Imo State is a culture enthusiasts and one who believes in the protection of culture. But thirteen years after he took over as the chief custodian of his peoples culture, many thought that by now every aspect of the culture would have been revived.

Saturday, 7th January 2012 will remain a historic day in the annals of Enugwu-Ukwu, a famous Igbo community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state. The day witnessed the maiden Igu-Aro festival of His Royal Majesty, Igwe Sir Ralph Obumnemeh Ekpeh (Okpalanakana-Ukabia the IV), Eze Enugwu-Ukwu and Igwe of Umunri Clan.

Esie is an Igbomina Yoruba town in Kwara State of Nigeria lying about 48 kilometres South -East of Ilorin and about 128 kilometer north of Ife. Esie is generally known as a home of 800 soapstone figures.