The maddening traffic in the Nairobi I just left had looked like an adaptation of the Lagos version. However, the strangulating noise which welcomed me into Lagos is one whose competitor hadn’t been born. From [...]
May 142012
Augustine Ogwo
Oct 022011
I always wondered how Dikili survived moments of flood and drought, moments of war and torture. Our exposure to government invasion always led to a civil unrest in the area. I always pretended to be [...]
Sep 262011
The warrior in me was gradually evaporating. As I trudged towards my home, I straightened my collar. I wondered what Chinyere would say to me when I give her the news. My wife was a [...]
Sep 112011
Character: Eunice Onwubiko Book: The Abyssinian Boy Author: Onyeka Nwelue When books walk out of shelves, they usually depart with an intention of creating an impact in the life and imagery of the final consumer, [...]
Apr 012011
We need justice That’s why we clamour for peace School children have no books to read While our politicians keep making selfish-bids
Mar 272011
As the clouds began to rumble, we began to mumble. A moist scent engulfed the air and the atmosphere felt like an ocean-ride. From a distance, the hills seemed to be covered with snow. To [...]
Feb 192011
Women wriggled their bodies as they danced towards the altar. Some children carried basins of tapioca while others held yam tubers over-head. The children looked like kwashiorkor patients but danced happily towards the altar with [...]
Feb 102011
It was Sunday night and people were engaged in lewd scenes by the hour on the giant LCD screen that stood tall at a corner of the sitting-room. Girls stood carelessly along the streets, whorls [...]
Nov 182010
ROAD TO MARTYRDOM On the tenth day of the tenth month of 1941, a baby-boy was born to the Anglican family of Ogoni chieftain, Jim Wiwa in Bori, a town near Port Harcourt in the [...]
Oct 052010
Until their Last Breath Kukoro moved around Adigba village haughtily, he made sure his journey enveloped every crevice of the community. Dr. Layefa had in recent times purchased Kukoro as his most influential political gadget [...]
Oct 012010
20th September, 2010. The flowers smiled at the pedestrians as vehicles moved at a high velocity. Hungry Lagosians conversed heavily amidst zoom-zoom sounds from exotic cars that breezed by. At the right-foot of the Ikeja [...]
Jul 172010
I have devoured the content of several Nigerian books and I am always taken aback as I read in dismay the very similar stories contained in Nigerian literal works. This gory sight has become a [...]