Udeozo’s Udala and the wonders of nature By AMEH COMRADE GODWIN Thursday, August 19, 2010 Udala, an anthology of poems, by Obu Udeozo, Fab Educational Books, Jos 2009, pp105 One of the most visible characteristics of poetry is economy of words. Poets are miserly and inexorably critical in the way they unleash words to the [...]

Golden feast for J.P Clark’s muse By SEGUN AJAYI Thursday, July 22, 2010 •Clark Fifty years after foremost playwright and scholar, Professor J.P. Clark Bekederemo launched himself into creative writing, the writers’ community under the aegis of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is rolling out the drums to celebrate him. With the theme, 50 [...]

Discovering hidden treasures The Secrets of Winners, by Ausbeth N. Ajagu By EMMANUEL C. CHIBUNDU Thursday, July 08, 2010 This book starts by emphasizing the unprecedented great opportunities and possibilities that exist in the world today. However, through the nature of world journey, there are bound to be winners and losers. The success stories exert [...]

Bastiat: Group celebrates posthumous birthday of a literary icon … Organises essay competition on political economy By RAZAQ BAMIDELE Tuesday, July 6, 2010 A Lagos-based literary group, Africa Liberty Organisation, celebrated 209th posthumous birthday of a French legislator and literary icon, Frederic Bastiat. The ceremony, which took place at the Main Hall of the Oshodi-Isolo [...]

Secrets of true wealth —Hard work is not enough, Ayo Olaniyi, Five Talents Publications By Omotunde Alawode Thursday, July 01, 2010 The conventional wisdom is that to be rich, you have to work very hard. Such teaching is embedded in the Yoruba saying: Ise loogun ise, which simply means hard work, is the antidote to [...]