I have known Onyeka since my days in Abuja about 10 years ago and I had known of him even longer. When I was an undergrad in UNIBEN reading the Guardian Nigeria newspaper, I was prone to beefing the amount of attention showered on his doings at the time. …

A friend and I are about to release the first issue of our literary magazine. It is always a tricky business, especially at a time like this and from a country like ours. And yet: If the literary bug has bitten you, there’s too slim a chance that you’d find a cure. And so, here we are. Efiko Magazine is about to take its first step into the world. A dozen writers produced a dozen superb pieces for our maiden issue.

I was watching the first few episodes of Shanty Town when I realised why Chidi Mokeme has received deserved praise everywhere I turn. He was just as good in the 2016 production ’76 but he didn’t receive the hype this series has brought him. …

1. I’m beginning to think Arteta is a better coach than late-era Wenger. Man U kept playing the same way to beat Arsenal and Wenger just couldn’t or wouldn’t change. I recall that FA Cup match where Man U played 6 defenders and won comfortably without Arsenal even scoring. …

Unfortunately, there is no way of looking at the Cristiano Ronaldo move to Saudi Arabia as a victory. It is a capitulation. The man has acknowledged defeat. I made a joke on Twitter about how I would have gotten a selfie with him if he had signed for Saudi Arabia…

People like to separate our inability to produce things science and engineering-related from our so-called expertise in the arts. But I see all of it as related. An inept nation is an inept nation. South Korea that has the almighty electronics company Samsung has won Best Picture at the Oscars…

A couple of months ago, I was invited to a concert at Terrakulture in Victoria Island, Lagos for a concert by PSquare. I had imagined it would be quite an event. And so it proved. The twins still have it. …

Squid Game showed up and won awards at the 2022 Emmys. Strange thing because big awards in the US are not usually interested in giving their big awards to people not speaking English. Everybody in Hollywood knows this, so imagine how those directly American productions felt when the director and…

Reliably, the conscious song on Love, Damini shows up early. It’s at track 6, not quite midway of this 19-tracker. The focus is on the pollution of Port Harcourt, the city that raised the man. Unlike a song like “Soke”, this doesn’t feel like Burna Boy puts a lot on…