The Story of a Reporter Who Survived a Parcelled Bomb
A Review of Kayode Soyinka’s Book Born Into Journalism BY SAM AKPE For a few seconds, let’s put our minds in a reverse—exactly 34 years back.…
Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation
It may actually be true that journalism is history written in a hurry
BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AKPE Have you seen the book? It is entitled Age of Videots. The first question that comes to mind is: what is a…
Ufot Ekaette: A Celebration of Meritocracy in Service
REVIEWER: Mr Sam Akpe, Consulting Editor, Book Reviews, BLERF. Authoritative, well researched and graciously historical are the words that best describe the book, Ufot Joseph Ekaette:…
Don’t’ Let Him Die, By Nyaknno Osso
“Giwa was a great journalist,” said Dele Cole, “a first-class writer… people envied his success that was to be.” The greatest tribute we can pay to…
DELE GIWA – Famous, Influential, Eminent, Celebrated Journalist
His Comprehensive And Annotated Bibliography Compiled And Edited By Nyaknno Osso, A Friend Of Dele Giwa SECTION ONE As Features Editor, Daily Times – Golden…
Memorialising Dele Giwa
By Stanley Macebuh I speak as one who claims a spiritual bond with Dele Giwa, as one who, in a certain sense, must share the…
TRIBUTE TO DG: Golden Fleece? – I Think I got it
To live in Nigeria I hear is hard … But as a young Nigerian …. I hear a ringing call to come home, a call to…
TRIBUTE TO DG: First Day Back Home
One of the customs guys going through my handbag (at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport) asked me if I had something for him. I told him…
Leadership & the Burden of History (A Tribute Lecture for Ray Ekpu at 70)
Chidi Amuta Newswatch & Leadership: There are far too many reasons to felicitate with my brother and friend Ray Ekpu, a man we fondly call ‘Brother Ray’…
BOOK REVIEW: Saved For His Praise
A BOOK REVIEW BY SAM AKPE If any Christian has ever been confused about Psalms Chapter 23 Verse 4, the time to end that confusion is here. Walk…