The present season is preparing to transform, clearing the stage for a new year and anticipating the lunar change. As the harmattan struggled to kill the ink that penned this piece, I recalled that in other places like the UK, Canada and USA, friends are paying somebody, something or some firm, to remain unfrozen. Owners of coffee cafés, tea shops ... Read More »
Monthly Archives: December 2010
IS GOD LOSING IT OR HAS HE?
Take a look around you. It does not matter what part of the world you live, one thing is constant with the world as it is – crises here, there and everywhere. The world seems to be in a constant state of crisis. When you think things could not get worse, we find ourselves on the edge of genocide in ... Read More »
Independence Bomb Blasts (IBBs) (A Short Story) written by Joshua Japheth Omojuwa
I had a lot of expectations for October 1st 2010, not least because it was Nigeria’s 50th Anniversary. I had done a job interview a day before and the result was expected on the morning of October 1st. The first thing I did that morning was to check my email. As expected the results had been sent. Three people of ... Read More »
A night stand on the ninth planet written by Lanre Olagunju.
My invitation as a guest speaker at the 5th annual national undergraduate summit in Abuja took away sleep and tranquility away from me for days like it would to any speaker. In time past, my interest and social comments on issues like etiquette, morality, politics, economics and nation building has always been the basis for my speaking invitations and engagements. ... Read More »
BATTLE OF IMMORTALS cHaPTer VI written by Halima Shadiyya Oluokun
‘No, I totally forbid it’ ‘But father please listen’ ‘I will here no more of this, you will not go to live amidst mortals, not at a time like this’ ‘Comosi, she is only trying to help, to relieve you of the pressure caused by all the mayhem on earth.’ ‘By choosing to live a mortal life! If I were ... Read More »
