An excerpt of New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and #ShareTheMicNow cofounder Luvvie Ajayi Jones’ new book, Professional Troublemaker: The Fear-Fighter Manual
Nigerians are world-renowned loudmouths who happen to exist in every place on earth, roll deep, and have a reputation for cleverness. We are legion, so hear us roar. I think everyone needs a…
Book review
By Obioma Ezenwobodo
The book comprehensively deals with knotty issues, principle and laws relating to Court Martial proceedings in the Armed Forces of Nigeria and appeals emanating therefrom starting from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court.
It is divided into twelve chapters beginning with Chapter 1 dealing with Introduction to Court Martial. Chapter…
Developments in Human Rights Law and the Proposed Human Right of Free Access to Public Legal Information: The New Human Rights-Advocacy Approach and the Ten Criteria for the Formal Recognition of New Human Rights Book and eBook (Volume 1) | Copyright © 2020 By Dr. Leesi Ebenezer Mitee
Book Citation
Leesi Ebenezer Mitee, Developments in Human Rights…
Eastern Africa’s pastoral drylands have witnessed an influx of large investment to develop the region’s land, resources and infrastructure. In areas inhabited by various pastoral and agro-pastoral groups, these projects have in many cases proceeded with little consideration for local livelihoods and social relations. Jeremy Lind, Doris Okenwa and Ian Scoones argue they have accentuated…
When I first picked up this book, I wasn’t quite sure what it had to do with me.
It is a book about trauma – what it is, where it comes from, and how to treat it. But I had never experienced abuse, or been caught in a natural disaster, or been attacked. I didn’t…
A certain young soldier of the Nigerian army, notorious for his gangsterism and a key figure of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s Kalakuta Republic, was chosen as the perfect fall guy for General Sani Abacha’s gang of murderous soldiers. His name was Valentine Eleojo (Ele) Noel Adejoh. Although totally innocent, he was arrested on a trumped up…
Title: Skilled Writing and Editing: Opportunities for Communication Professionals in Recessionary Times
Publisher: Rhyce Kerex
Number of pages: 209
Price: Not stated
Reviewer: Jerry Dickson
•Aniebo Nwamu
Part III of this beautifully written book answers the questions currently agitating the minds of most writers and journalists today. In a full disclosure, the author Aniebo Nwamu says he…
A Book Review of Professor Emeka Aniagolu’s A Tale of Two Giants: Chinua Achebe & Wole Soyinka.
By Kirsten C. Okenwa
The first sixteen years of my life was in Kano, Nigeria. Needless to say I appreciate all things Hausa and Arabic. I like to read magazines and non-fiction books in the Arabic script style,…
By Ọláolúwa Òní
Otunba Yemi Carrington, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, goes into work one Saturday and realizes that all twenty-eight employees in his top litigation firm have resigned. As he figures out how to keep his law firm afloat, he uncovers a secret organisation of young lawyers, the eponymous yNBA, formed as a…
If we want a prestigious career and a sizeable pay check, do we have to settle for unhappiness at work? According to UC Berkeley professor Morten Hansen, the answer is no.
His book Great at Work pinpoints where performance and well-being intersect—the strategies that (according to his research) are linked to being both successful and…