— For the goat beneath the kola tree — Come, NomaEat well.This cassava peel is sweeter than yesterday’s.Yes, I see the way your ears flick.You understand more than you let on. I remember when you were small,legs like broomsticks,chasing shadows across the compound.Now look your beard carries the wisdom of old drums. You’ve heard enough stories,sitting by my feet…
— for my dear Etop Precious Iniobong — Monsieur le Paka-paka-paka, twenty boys,barefoot,chased a ballthrough dust and dusk. They shared breath,shared salt,shared spit,shared bruises,shared breadshared the suninside their laughter. But time…time grew teeth. One found war.One found work.One found wealth.One joined the army.One boarded a bus.One forgot his name.One buried another.One wandered offnever returned.Others?Forgotten! Now the ball lies stillin…
I was seven…seven…just seven A seed…not yet called sapling. She,a cousintwice ripenedbreasts like twin orangesstraining thin cloth,hips like two drumsbeating beneath her wrapper. She said:“Let me show youhow fire sleepsin a woman’s belly.” I was a lambtethered to her whisper.I was a drumshe beatbehind shut doors.She said the bloodtrapped,mapping my buttocks,pulsed her budawake,called the wet godfrombetween her thighs. I…
Veteran journalist and former National Secretary of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Pa Jola Ogunlusi, has passed away at the age of 91. A respected figure in Nigeria’s media industry, Ogunlusi served the NUJ with distinction and contributed significantly to journalism in his lifetime. Responding to the news, veteran labour leader, Comrade Owei Lakemfa wrote: Comrade Jola Ogunlusi…
(A RESPONSE TO THE VAGABONDS IN POWER WHO BANNED THE SONG) “Many years ago when Eedris sang ‘NIGERIA JAGA JAGA’, Obasanjo said it was his father’s house that was ‘jaga jaga.’ Today, if you check between him and Obasanjo who was right, you will see that he was indeed right, for Nigeria has finally ‘jaga jaga’ finish.” — Anonymous…
Christian ‘Chairman’ Chukwu, former captain and coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, has passed away at the age of 74. Chukwu captained the Nigerian national team to its first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) victory in 1980. Following the passing of Christian Chukwu, tributes have poured in from across the Nigerian football community. Among them, Dr. Olusegun Odegbami, a longtime…
Vincent Enyeama, regarded as one of Africa’s greatest goalkeepers, has an illustrious career with numerous records. He earned over 100 caps for the Nigerian national team, holding the record for most clean sheets in Africa Cup of Nations history. Enyeama was named the Greatest African Goalkeeper of All Time by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)….
In an era where digital connectivity is integral to daily life and democratic engagement, government-imposed internet shutdowns have emerged as a formidable tool to suppress dissent and control information. The year 2024 witnessed an alarming surge in such shutdowns, with 296 instances documented across 54 countries, marking a significant increase from the previous year’s 283 shutdowns in 39 countries….
(For Chief Barrister Feni Keni KoyundeSleep with anyone and get pregnant) Oh Great Ones!Call your children to the square!Let the drums speakTum! Tum! Tum!I have a story to sing!A tale of a man with wings of wax,who flies wherever the aroma of stew rises! Wait—Have you not seen him?The man of many tongues!Today, he is the crocodile of justice!Tomorrow,…
I sat at the feast of kings,And saw a goat wearing the crown!The loudest drunkard in the clanNow called “Your Excellency!”His breath stinks of liquor and lies,Yet chiefs bow before him! He who once sold fake fertilizers,Now chairs the Committee on Agriculture!And the woman who forged her school certificateShe now signs off on education budgets!Ha ha ha!When did pigs…
What happens when you challenge the establishment?…
The Great Delusion invites you into a…
—for Professor Alofoje Unuigboje— by Majekodunmi Oseriemen…
By Majekodunmi Oseriemen Ebhohon They say the…
