On August 5, 2023, Abasibiangake Essienubong launched her third book, "The Grief Manual” at the event which held at Kokopelli Gallery.

Investments, bonds, equities, and real estate are all terms used by the vast majority of people worldwide. Yet, few have a firm grasp of what it means. The few who do make up 1.1% of the world’s population, controlling 45.8% of the global wealth. These billionaires are taking purposeful steps to increase their fortunes by…

By Njideka Agbo “Whom did you go to see? A reed swayed by the wind?” It is 3 am, and people in Nigeria are oblivious that their representative, Tobi Amusan, is about to make history at the World Athletics Championships, in Oregon, USA, for the second time in less than 24 hours. Amusan, who had…

“This awakening is not because things are hard; Nigerians are used to hardship. It is because of the EndSARS protest”- Princess Kofo “What Do We Want? #EndSARS” The tension of October 3, 2020, was in the air and could be felt on the skin of all who walked the streets in the geopolitical zones. Even…

Art is life. But then, how do you describe life within the creativity context? Despite its several philosophies, one word that would resonate with its many answers would arguably be warmth. If you asked the same question to an art lover, he would probably describe it as the burst of colours that lighten up the…

“This is too good to be true,” Dr Dora Akunyili, the then Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), said as she held up a simply bound proposal titled “Sanitising the Procurement Processes for NAFDAC Laboratories.” “It is indeed true. And it is doable! This is not the first…

30/03/2020- France was thrown into a frenzy. At a time governments, organisations, and individuals were trying to understand the novel coronavirus and witnessing first-hand the effects of the virus, the French government was negotiating with hotels and stores to accommodate victims of domestic abuse. According to the Gender Equality Minister, Marlene Schiappa, the decision to…

For Patrice Latyr Evra, football is life and the love for the game fuels his life and every decision he takes.  Gifted a football at the age of 3 by his mother, little did they know that football will become the gift that keeps giving.  37 years after this gift, Evra has been named among…

A few years ago, a document written in Nsibidi (dated 2000 BC), containing the first page of the words of the iconic writer, Chinua Achebe, of his book, “Things Fall Apart”, surfaced on the internet. It was the first time a large portion of Nigerians were exposed to one of the most popular ancient forms…

“Poorly explain what you do for a living.” “I teach people how to drop weapons and pick up plastic pieces”- Tunde Onakoya responds to a Twitter user who has posted the first statement on her timeline. Only that this time, the plastic pieces he refers to, are chess pieces. In a board of chess, the…

For a long time, Mr Apokwo, a native of Ezeagu community in Enugu, a state in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria, thought that his frequent urination was because he took Agbo - the traditional herbal mixture or concoction believed to contain potent herbs that are capable of treating different ailments. Like the average Nigerian and…