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Found this in my archives, thought it necessary to share it here. ________________________________ According to Science, everything is matter. Science teaches us that anything that has mass and occupies space is matter. It also reveals to us three states in which matter exists: Solid, [...] Read More IMAGINE… IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD Dear reader, imagine this: Many World War veterans of Dutch origin come to South Africa, settle, introduce this so-called language called Afrikaans, become “white” Africans and rule after shedding the blood of the inhabitants who [...] Read More 3 ‘short’ Articles Alero: Guess what dropped off Frank’s pocket on our way home yesterday? Continue reading Pornography:The silent addiction I consider myself a feminist and have always supported women looking good even as wives. So that means I support dresses that are a little ‘mini’ and a little makeup. Recently, however, I discovered that lotta girls look very different when they aint on [...] Read More Makeup Curiosity kills the cat, as they say, and here you are, reading this story out of sheer curiosity. Thankfully, you’re not a cat. Savour the narrative without qualms. Growing up in Calabar was fun. Apart from the city’s scenic beauty and cultural sophistication, creativity [...] Read More Babangida’s Rashes This essay is not written by a gentleman so leave it if you do not have the stomach for thinking the unthinkable. Anathema is my ambrosia; needling the conventional is my nectar.
Hey, guy, who told you that you must get married? Yes, the society preaches the glory of marriage; the black suit of a handsome bridegroom and the lily-white wedding dress of a ravishing bride make us go ‘uh’ and ‘ah’. Continue reading do not enter the place “Your works are aggressive always prompting readers to want to rebel, and do you think your readers will ever want to go that road? Why don’t you just entertain the minds of your writers, let them enjoy life and forget the sorrows wrong politics [...] Read More When Writer Should not Dance This is from a piece I wrote in October 2010 for some competition I clearly didn’t win. I hate essay competitions. Especially when I’m not winning… Dear Sir/Ma, Right now, it really sucks to be a Nigerian. Post-September 11, all the heat [...] Read More Pooping Green Stuff… The Shot Of Irony I could feel the excitement in the air. The girls were out to see their heroes. The cheers were getting louder by the minute. The tension was too much for me to handle. The referee was pacing up and down [...] Read More A SHOT OF IRONY I like to appear like I’ve got it all together. And most people have no problem allowing me the satisfaction of this fallacy. Always someone singing my praises, commending my strength, admiring my poise and applauding my successes. That’s because these bystanders are surveying [...] Read More To My Ex……Whoever You Are Going down memory lane, when we used to be kids, running around the street or probably in our kindergarten, there goes a popular poem….”My Mother………Who sat and watched, my infant head, when sleeping on my cradle bed and tears of sweet affection shed……………” We [...] Read More The Greatest Woman Ever “The best place to find love is not in another person but in a book, the Bible. The Bible tells of God’s great love for us. This is expressed in John 3:16.” [...] Read More THE BEST COMPANION When 2face released the solo single, ‘African Queen’ that brought him to the tallest stage of his career, little was expected even while the ‘hit’ rocked through the cities of Nigeria. Rumour kept on eating him alive as he strived to reach the height [...] Read More NIGERIAN MUSICIAN, 2FACE IDIBIA, ON THE PLATFORM OF LIMELIGHT I and my friend Johnny High sat and got elevated into the stratosphere of the essence of life and there we meditated. when we came back to earth, i decided to write down his musings as narrated to me up there in the stratos… [...] Read More the beauty in ugly Twenty-first century Nigerian literature There are times I pause to wonder what gives people like me the temerity to describe ourselves as writers. Now the title itself is no big deal: a nurse who pens a drug prescription for a patient is a writer; [...] Read More For seekers of the kingdom |
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