‘HOW I BECAME A POET’ BY AIRE JOSHUA OMOTAYO
Through the nights of fading muse and the tincture of rhythm and blues, my soul danced on the stage of stammering history with drums and lyres scribbling my story. Through...
‘NIGERIA OF MY DREAMS’ BY OCHE CELESTINE ONJEWU
I dream of a land of tranquillity as our founding fathers did beget, Where I shall salute the national flag with zero regret, Where the green part of the flag...
‘WHEN?’ BY NYUWEM GOODNESS NYUWEM
As I wandered down idle paths in thoughtful solitudity, Numerous, the perturbations that accosted my mind. How did we raise a crater that evades sheer congruity? For a people we...
ONCE UPON A TIME by Uchenna Odukwu
Once upon a time In a country I call mine There rose a broom party Fed by change clothed sympathy An entity of old wine in a new skin...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST: IMO POET, NWAGBO BRUNO, WINS BPPC SEPTEMBER 2018
Imo-born poet and English Language student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Nwagbo Ebubechukwu Bruno, is the winner of the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC), the last edition...
REVIEW: ‘UNALLOYED’ IS AN ACCOMMODATING AND EMPATHIC PAINKILLER, A PERFECT READ FOR YOUTHS, COUPLES, AND EVEN LOVERS
TITLE: UNALLOYED: SEXUAL PURITY THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUTH AUTHORS: TOLULOPE ADELEKE GENRE: INSPIRATIONAL (RELIGIOUS) PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-4-0 NO. OF PAGES:...
REVIEW: NWODIBO’S POEMS IN ‘ECHOES FROM NIGERIA’ ARE HIGHLY READABLE, RELEVANT TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE NIGERIAN NATION
TITLE: ECHOES FROM NIGERIA AUTHORS: NWODIBO EKECHUKWU GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-7-1 NO. OF PAGES: 132 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Ekechukwu’s collection accounts...
WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: 8 Ways Reading Can Boost Your Mental Health
Reading a book a day keeps the stress away — seriously. Books are a form of entertainment, but they're also more beneficial in ways that you may not have ever...
REVISITING BIAFURU: OUR STORY OF MISERY AND SURVIVAL
Sometimes the pains of one’s origin become unbearable when the urge to ask what killed your grandfather and grandmother keeps revisiting you over and over without seeking your permission. Sometimes...
WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru
I can’t imagine it. Not for lack of trying because I have, tried that is. A countless number of times, if I’m to be honest, but the end is the...