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·February 21, 2025·5 min read

Ibrahim Babangida’s disappointing tale of “A Journey in Service” – Olufunmike Imoiko

Ultimately, A Journey in Service is less an honest reckoning with history and more an exercise in self-justification. It offers some insight into Babangida’s thinking but fails to confront the full weight of his administration’s failures, making it a disappointing, incomplete and highly selective account of his legacy.

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·February 9, 2025·2 min read

Between melancholy and resilience in “Flying Through Water” by Mamle Wolo – Akumbu Uche

The pain and suffering Sena endures is counterbalanced by the beauty of the Voltaic waterscape and the sense of wonder it inspires in him. His grandfather's stories about swimming alongside Mami Wata lends a touch of magical realism to the book, and it would be pleasant to see the author explore this genre in future works, as she has demonstrated a flair for it.

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·February 2, 2025·4 min read

Feminist perspectives in Aiwanose Odafen’s ‘Tomorrow I Become A Woman’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Odafen’s novel raises critical posers: Is it right for a husband to feel slighted because his father-in-law bought his wife a car without informing him first? Why do some men find it easy to turn their wives into punching bags? Does corporal punishment bring about good behaviour in a woman? Why does a generation of mothers justify the domestic abuse of their daughters? What are a woman's primary responsibilities?

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·January 19, 2025·6 min read

Dele Farotimi’s “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” indicts itself as a polemical memoir – Oyeleke Sunday Michael

Given that the Nigerian judiciary, like many other organizations in the world, has its merits and demerits, this article posits that the delineated judicial anomalies that surround Gbadamosi Eletu vs Ojomu’s case are not sufficient to “de-market” the entire Nigerian judicial system as being “criminal”.

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·November 30, 2024·3 min read

Nathaniel Bivan’s ‘Boys, Girls and Beasts’: An explosive tale that sings harmoniously — Olukorede S Yishau

The opening chapters are thick with blood, dust, and sweat, evoking all the violent imagery these elements often conjure. They suggest a dark, complex narrative, one whose conclusion may be fraught with complications. Pain and death are hinted at, drawing the reader in with an irresistible pull to uncover more.

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·October 27, 2024·4 min read

The Mess and Mental Distress of Man’s Dual Nature: A review of Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘After the End’ — Oluwaseyi Oso

It appears as though one construct that continues to fascinate Yishau’s intellect is the duality of human nature, a construct...

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·February 9, 2025·5 min read

Dissecting the thoughts of a Scholar-in-power— Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

It is rare to see African politicians, especially the Nigerian breed, espousing a pan-African credo now that primitive prebendalism is...

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·February 9, 2025·5 min read

Unpacking the “Adventures of a Guerrilla Journalist” – Ayisha Osori

Guerrilla Journalist, 320 pages long and published by Babafemi Ojudu could have been better edited. Writers are notorious for not liking their work to be edited but every writer needs the detachment of an editor. It is a major flaw that the book has no index – it is impossible to find with ease, invaluable references to people and events.

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·January 19, 2025·4 min read

A Future in Chains by Ndifreke Ukpong is a Powerful Tale of Tradition and Faith – Annie Samuel

Nkowo’s resilience becomes the heart of the novel. Despite being shunned and cursed, she chooses to leave Ayam village with her daughters, venturing into the unknown. Her unwavering faith provides her with strength as she navigates rejection, poverty, and fear. Her journey in the city reveals her resourcefulness and tenacity.

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·December 8, 2024·3 min read

Jos, end times and other matters in Umar Turaki’s ‘Every Drop of Blood Is Red’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Things take a scary turn from there onwards and the world Turaki plunges us into is no longer familiar. The things that occur are the sort that make us scream and wonder where we are being led. Though we still see Jos and its streets, churches and other landmarks, the goings on aren’t what we are accustomed to.

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·November 17, 2024·5 min read

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s “We, The Scarred” presents a catalogue of losses – Precious Nzeakor

There is a lot of loss recorded in this book, which is very telling of how this desire and longing to hold on to something we cannot control and the loss of such things causes us to spiral in different directions and to find stability only when the gap is filled. At the core of this book is the fight for the truth and all the obstacles that stand in the way of that

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·October 27, 2024·5 min read

An Imperfect Storm: Unpacking Chikwe Ihekweazu’s riveting COVID-19 memoir – Toni Kan

Whatever the reasons were, Chikwe took over at NCDC, fought for the institution to have legal legs to stand on with the enactment of the NCDC Act of 2018; digitised the operations of the center, trained staff and built capacity both human, technological and mechanical to bring an end to over-reliance on parachute researchers, donors and UN agencies and made the center a world class facility.

Wizkid’s Morayo: A Sonically Rich and Thematically Inconsistent Experience – Michael Kolawole

On adedamola, Fireboy returns to dazzling form – Michael Kolawole

Asake’s “Lungu Boy”: A bold but wonky attempt at reinvention – Michael Kolawole

Ibrahim Babangida’s disappointing tale of “A Journey in Service” – Olufunmike Imoiko

Dissecting the thoughts of a Scholar-in-power— Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Between melancholy and resilience in “Flying Through Water” by Mamle Wolo – Akumbu Uche

Beyond Algorithms, Filters and Facades in Kayode Kasumu’s “Reel Love” – Michael Kolawole

“Dahomey” Review: Mati Diop’s Documentary is a Powerful Exploration of Cultural Identity – Joseph Jonathan

Uneasy is the head that wears the crown in Femi Adebayo’s Seven Doors – Michael Kolawole

LAMDA’s production of James Baldwin’s “The Amen Corner” interrogates Christian charity – Toni Kan

Intriguing Insights into Reincarnation: A review of Cheta Igbokwe’s “Awele” — Nenye Okoye

With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi

Remembering Kole Omotoso — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

FirstBank’s DecemberIssaVybe lights up Lagos with Davido concert — Farouk Mohammed

The Lagos Review: Best of 2024

Reimagining Africa’s Past: The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) as a beacon of cultural renewal — Terh Agbedeh

‘The Call’ is nondiscriminatory and everybody will enjoy it — Dr Bisi Adigun

Bimbo Manuel set to present “The Call” at LITF, says it’ll connect with the audience

There is no reason why a Nigerian child cannot speak a single Nigerian language — Ndidi Chiazor Enenmor

Lost Camille Claudel bronze sculpture fetches €3.1m at auction

A$AP Rocky cleared of assault charges in shooting case

Leeds secures £5m for revolutionary national poetry hub

Book Review

Ibrahim Babangida’s disappointing tale of “A Journey in Service” – Olufunmike Imoiko

Between melancholy and resilience in “Flying Through Water” by Mamle Wolo – Akumbu Uche

Feminist perspectives in Aiwanose Odafen’s ‘Tomorrow I Become A Woman’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Dele Farotimi’s “Nigeria and Its Criminal Justice System” indicts itself as a polemical memoir – Oyeleke Sunday Michael

Nathaniel Bivan’s ‘Boys, Girls and Beasts’: An explosive tale that sings harmoniously — Olukorede S Yishau

The Mess and Mental Distress of Man’s Dual Nature: A review of Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘After the End’ — Oluwaseyi Oso

Dissecting the thoughts of a Scholar-in-power— Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Unpacking the “Adventures of a Guerrilla Journalist” – Ayisha Osori

A Future in Chains by Ndifreke Ukpong is a Powerful Tale of Tradition and Faith – Annie Samuel

Jos, end times and other matters in Umar Turaki’s ‘Every Drop of Blood Is Red’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s “We, The Scarred” presents a catalogue of losses – Precious Nzeakor

An Imperfect Storm: Unpacking Chikwe Ihekweazu’s riveting COVID-19 memoir – Toni Kan

Skales drops vibrant single ‘Another One’ ahead of new album

Wura Samba announces Afro-folklore album ‘Ajo Rebirth’

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