Category: VICTOR BANJO

Victor Banjo in Enugu

Victor Banjo in Enugu By: Deji Yesufu On September 18th, 1967, Brig. Victor Banjo received a call from Col. Emeka Ojukwu. In the long discussion over the telephone, Ojukwu explained that he had discovered certain saboteurs of the war effort...

/ October 31, 2020

Victor Banjo: The Facebook Post that Became a Book

"I'm Not Dead Yet!": The Story of Victor Banjo by: Deji Yesufu (On June 30, 2017, IPOB led a successful campaign of sit-at-home in most of Eastern Nigeria to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of Biafra by Col. Ojukwu....

/ June 1, 2020

Agony of Self Publishing in Nigeria

By: Deji Yesufu My friend, Lucky James, published his book Tales from Our Past in January 2017. Since I did some editing on the book, I volunteered to help him sell some copies. The day came when he handed over 100...

/ April 12, 2020

Review of “Victor Banjo” by Lucky James

At half past one in the afternoon of September 24th, 1967, four men were lined up for execution in the full glare of the city of Enugu, Nigeria. The men had been tried and condemned by a military tribunal under...

/ April 12, 2020