Discover Nigeria: The Nigeria Police
By Nehi Igbinijesu The Nigeria Police is the national police of Nigeria with complete jurisdiction across the entire country. The history of the Nigeria Police is closely interwoven with the formation of colonies and protectorates that were later fused to become Nigeria in 1914. It began in 1861 when Lagos became a Crown Colony of […]
Poem: The Fatality of Complacency
By Nehi Igbinijesu The stack-a-too gagged everywhere Blaring rifles ending our quiet fears A Temple mount blotting of filthy plight Gorging the darkness in gore and fright T’was martial music meandering near My people heard it without a care The day came bloodbath delighted Of courses unknown, wrong and righted Peaceful pleas for wholly despondence […]
Poem of the Week: So Now Arise- A Tribute to Eureka
O First love A sweet despair A damsel to fall for A tale made up Of blood drenched hearts And butterfly full stomachs Real as it seems The moments ran away Leaving only memories Of glade and grey Laughter, then tears A concoct sublime Followed by teary skies And shivering blizzard colds After which […]
Poem of the Week: The Great Divorce
By Nehi Igbinijesu The throng of loving singing To a sire once beloved Pretty-so very pretty That He gave both sky and all To rule and guide Both beast and clime Seconding only Jove Then pride crept filled With dance and feats That made “me” not need us To chide and wield All that […]
Poem of the Week: The Unforgiven
By Nehi Igbinijesu Sometimes it’s too late To take back- to apologize Oftentimes it’s not fate Just a heart apostatized Quickly- it would have won Profuse- good it would have done Yet you let the frowns demur Upset you muted telly lore What grief grudge grumpily gotten That keeps frozen the unforgiven A tale […]
Poem of the Week: Blown Out
Nehi Igbinijesu Alas, The dawning of stellar day Lurid and long awaited Like lyrics from another plain Prior warnings that gladden A soul heeding the elder’s pall Reveries romantic That only old age brings Lessons of life and wounds That time can singly heal And so shortened With self-fun and joy Such time to […]
Poem of the Week: A Clash of Two Odes
By Nehi Igbinijesu Revelling in loathed rubbish Reeling in the ghastly pain Of gainful blood-letting And fears that sing an ode Oh song for how long Bleating melodious tirades Insulting insolence in situ Removing respect Starked up for years All in one simple ode Could this be another song from Anetor Swarming me delightfully […]
Poem of the Week: Smoke in My Eyes
By Nehi Igbinijesu Readily I cry sore Staring with pepper Perturbing both eyes In tears of blood streaming Snaking down amidst many lies Hands gently smooching My uneasy head compelling To end the brittle knottings Of dried palm leaves here and there Bitten once And twice I cried By a bug called love Of […]
Be Careful! 5 Tips for Preventing Child Kidnap
Once it was internet fraud, then human trafficking took the centre stage of Nigeria’s multibillion Naira underworld industry. Today, kidnapping seems to be the new ‘big thing’ for criminals looking to make a quick buck. Inasmuch as we intend to equip rather than scare our readers, our attention was brought to this rising trend because […]
Mothering Sunday 2013: Saving Tomorrow’s Mothers
Mothering Sunday or Mother’s Day in Nigeria is the fourth Sunday in Lent. This year, it will fall on the 10th of March. The day, as in most parts of the world, will afford us time to honour and celebrate our mothers with gifts and praise. It will be one opportunity in the year to […]
Poem of the Week: Lessons from Ivanhoe
Nehi Igbinijesu Stars, whistles, bottles, thistles Who the future light will tell Furores, discos, livid occidentals Tomorrow pray we turnout well Prime free lendings Of dirty funny money The demure everlasting Withering furtive fishes Causing sneezes and colds From Cathay to Santiago Reeling films of pain O’ Democratic Congo And money grubbing jeers Of political […]
Change Strategies: Believe in Yourself
Believing in you is a choice. It is an attitude that takes time to nurture. Although your life gets a big boost if you were fortunate to have very positive parents, the reality is often otherwise for most people. Most people grow up conditioned with self limiting beliefs and negative attitudes largely as a result […]
The Handwriting on the Wall: A Curious Case of Diversifying Nigeria’s Economy Now!
Moving with trends is a necessity in this fast paced global village we live in. In some parts of the world, libraries are being shut partly because of the obsolescence of print and then, the clamour to ‘go green’. The email has made the once stoic ambience of the post office a matter of nostalgia. […]
The Ultimate Cash Spinner: 5 Reasons to Invest in Lagos Real Estate
By Nehi Igbinijesu It is no longer news that Lagos will be the most populated city in Africa by June this year, surpassing Cairo for the first time. This development could spell incalculable benefits for investors in the area of housing. Lagos’ teeming population could soar as high as 30 million people by 2016, from […]
The Silent Killers
While the circumstances surrounding the demise of popular music artiste and TV personality, Susan Oluwabimpe “Goldie” Harvey, are still unclear, the need for regular medical checkups, especially for those who lead busy and stressful lives, cannot be overemphasized. Often times, certain illnesses creep up on unsuspecting people. They are usually without obvious symptoms, hence their […]
Poem of the Week: Redemption
Nehi Igbinijesu Raving ravens ravaged O sleepless town of old Compromising covens concealed Once but now many told For they were revered once For fear did they embold Wimpering beast and man all Like chilly harmattan cold Who may speak for us Most and many remanded Some Christ to die again In blood sin […]