Maverick poet returns
with haunting drama By HENRY AKUBUIRO Saturday, February
5, 2011
Birds welcome you with a serenade that breaks the hermetic
silence at his home. Charles Ayo Dada’s compound
at the border town of Akute in Ogun State is lush with
trees, plants and flowers. And his livingroom is a mini
exhibition with a plethora of artworks, from paintings
to wood and metal sculptures. | Read
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Forgotten
at home, Elechi Amadi turns hero in Kenya By HENRY AKUBUIRO Saturday, February
5, 2011
For the iconic Nigerian novelist, Elechi
Amadi, the trite saying about a prophet not celebrated
at home but honoured abroad echoes. Early this
week, the famous author of The Concubines and
his wife left Nigeria for Kenya as guests of the
Centre for Multiparty Democracy in that country.
The Amadis were invited as speakers at a public
forum on | Read
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Dzukogi
joins ANA race By HENRY AKUBUIRO Saturday, February
5, 2011
Enterprising and controversial Niger State teacher,
Baba Muhammad Dzukogi, has declared his intention
to vie for the position of ANA scribe. A multitalented
writer, who was the former treasurer in the previous
administration of Wale Okediran, he is undergoing
postgraduate studies in Sports Management | Read
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