(In the voice of a lamenting Prophet) Where are my sons in suits?Where are the daughters in wrappers of sorrow?Where are the women with wombs of pain,The men with dreams leaking through torn pockets? Where are the midnight wailers?The miracle seekers?The tithers of last kobo?The sowers of rent money? Where are the prayer requests? Ah!They have vanished like demons…
Pastor packed his anointing in a Ghana-Must-Go!He stamped his passport with holy oil,And flew to Toronto,To plant revivalAmong the snow and silence. But in Canada,Nobody fell down when he shouted “Fire!”They just checked the smoke alarm.And went back to sipping coffee. In Norway,He tried to declare “Receive your car!”But they already had busesThat came every ten minutesWith heaters,With soft…
— 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…
(In celebration of Workers’ Day, I wrote this poem, inspired by Barr. Femi Falana’s (SAN) speech at the 70th birthday of Comrade Dr. Osagie Obayuwana). They said:“Relax, Baba, your sweat is safe!”They took our blood,bottled it in bonds,then drank itin Senate meetings. They said:“Retire with pride!”and handed usempty envelopes,tea without sugar,life without teeth. Wewho built the bridges,welded the rails,typed…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Tuesday, sentenced controversial hip-hop artiste Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, to three months’ imprisonment for assault, with an option of a N30,000 fine. It will be recalled that Portable was earlier arraigned before the Magistrate Court in April 2023 on a three-count charge bordering on…
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…
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