Every day is not more than another For none takes one from the border No day is blessed Neither is another cursed Today someone was born Another got fun Same day brings another sorrow And all events still follow A day that brings death A day that springs debt A day for the mourner A […]
NS Publishing is delighted to announce a longlist of 20 out of the total of 37 titles received in the call for manuscripts. They are as followa : Navy Boy Memoirs by Okwuje Israel Chukwuemeka Matchsticks by Daniel Okoli There Is an Empty Space Here by Nmadiuto Uche Mind over Matter by Oluwatobi Ogundiran Mistakes […]
I love the new and improved naijastories website it makes the website more fun to go through but it is the slogan ” making reading fun” that really caught my attention. Ever since I learned how to read and write ( this was when I was like five years old or so ) I became […]
Mama I’m sick – I’m bleeding Mama’s advice was straight and simple Now you have become a woman – daughter Let no man touch you if not you get pregnant In trust I avoid Papa’s gaze A touch and a blush as I enjoy more days In lurking darkness I go low Morals run low […]
I’m not certain that non-Nigerians have the same definition for ‘local champion’ as we do, so I will attempt to define it. I did it! A local champion, is an individual that is viewed as popular, remarkable and world-class within a relatively small area and who sincerely agrees with the prevailing sentiments. It is not […]
We need to choose leaders who understands where we stand Though we don’t have great options like in the past When Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe held the flag for NPP And Chief Obafemi Awolowo for UNP Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim for GNPP Mallam Aminu Kano for PRP These were a quartet of men with character and vision […]
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all others have been tried And they have all failed Democracy today simply means the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people But in 2015 we shall have a new kind of people The spirit of democracy is not […]
For the truest form of freedom is that which allows the mind to think freely Where dreams can be realized freely In a fortnight we shall have the privilege to steer th future A chance to erect a new political structure 2015 gives us another chance to build again A chance to decide what to […]
A man is judged by his words Whether he be home or abroad Men who has ruled and have sown the seed of destruction But only their words and results shall tell us their honest intention I take a look at a man from the words spoken And we all shall know his character from […]
Friends who believe have added words to the battle for nationhood For in this we stand together in brotherhood Kudos to Mode9 for his consistent tenacity Not forgetting MI for his audacity They’ve stood firm to sing songs with meaning not following the wave of stupidity And have chosen to stay above mediocrity Ruggedman for […]
People create – stories create people Or rather stories create – people create stories We are each day born again For every day is life’s opportunity to start again For when life gives up on us – he checks us out But when we give up on life – we check out For death is […]
The current political class could do this country a world of good While it is still within their power to do good Ensure that those who looted are never elected again And that those elected never have the opportunity to loot again A country with a legislative framework for all in authority To make transparency […]
A proverb in eastern Nigeria goes thus: when one finger brings palm oil, it soils the rest fingers. This is the way with corruption. Defined by the Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary as ‘dishonest or illegal behavior, especially of people in authority’, corruption starts from leadership. The reason is that, power rests with leadership, and a […]
In 1914 Nigeria became a country now 100 years later the incumbent president decided to invite everyone around the world to celebrate, our achievements, may be our defeat or perherps trials and tribulations. Personally I think that a lot is at stake. In 1966 unity schools were created by the federal government to promote unity […]
Apparently most women tolerate their man straying and making relationship ‘errors’ couple of times before thinking of dumping them, but only very few men would stay with a woman who strayed. So just WHY are women so tolerant of cheating? We see it again and again, a man strays, lies, and cheats on his wife […]