Michael Jimoh, THEWILL

For three days beginning from Thursday, November 24, 100 poets, dancers, novelists, painters and filmmakers from all over the world will converge in Lagos for the famous Ake Arts & Book Festival. With the exception of a few, nearly...

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has pursued his quixotic dream of becoming president of Nigeria for nearly three decades now, longer than any other politician dead or alive. Reaching his goal has become as elusive to him as an ever disappearing...

They spend eight long years in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria for their MBBS degrees more than any other class of professionals. With the worsening insecurity and downturn in the economy, it is no surprise some doctors are...

And killed others, abi? That is the question Nigerians have been asking following Apostle Johnson Suleman’s infelicitous remark after surviving an attack on his convoy on Friday, October 21 in Edo state. The surprise ambush left seven people dead...

That was the question most people were asking after two apparently thin-skinned traditional rulers taught two of their subjects lessons they will never forget. One got a deep gash under his left eye – from a well-placed kick from...

Displacing the perennial contenders was how one caustic wit summed up the emergence of three young poets who made the shortlist of the Nigerian Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas last September. Of course, the wag...

You may have seen her on some local television channels doing what female Gospel artistes do, praising God, swaying to the beat, hands raised above her head in a supplicatory gesture, stylish headgear crowning a smiling visage and generally...

That is the question on the lips of most Nigerians who have followed closely the trial of BRT driver Andrew Ominnikoron since last May. Charged for conspiracy, rape and murder of a lone female passenger in a public bus...

Last week, the literary community in Nigeria got some very exhilarating news of nominees as Fellows of the Association of Nigerian Authors. No one remembers the last time the literary association inducted members as fellows. So, when it got...

She is the only woman in history to have gone up a tree as a princess and come down a queen. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was enjoying a vacation with her husband Philip on a Treetop House in faraway...