Poem of the Week: Conversation with Dooshima
By Nehi Igbinijesu Achelenu: So she met another one In the wake I thought, I loved She could look straight no longer Into eyes that once Made soul and heart wonder For what it was worth She did not even linger Now fight me alone The pointings of many fingers The taste of […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: And the Titan Passed – In Memory of General Owoye Azazi
By Nehi Igbinijesu On December 16th 2012, General Owoye Andrew Azazi died in the company of Kaduna Governor, Patrick Yakowa. Both men were reported to have died in a helicopter crash around Nembe-Okoroba area of Bayelsa State. General Owoye Azazi was born at Peretorugbene in the present day Bayelsa State on February 1 1952. He […]
Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
By Nehi Igbinijesu Come dine with me Mr. Dove And we will many a problem solve Bring the mountains down to valleys Evading mudslides and darkened alleys And we will crouch under the oaks Having drunk our fill from flinty rocks Sweetened by the breezy rush O misty waterfalls in biosterious flush […]
Poem of the Week: O Twisted Twenty Twelve
By Nehi Igbinijesu Go from us, thou fleeting year Depart with all your fear The blood, and grim for all we care Your time was all but fair Tarry not a dreary day longer They bombed, some died And the rest pointed fingers During weeks you did provide You a dirge I write […]
Book Review: Sadder Days by Jentola Jenkins
By Nehi Igbinijesu In his first book, Jentola Jenkins accentuates the arrival of the African short story genre to e-book readers across the world. Sadder Days is a collection of short stories drawn from the ills of a warped fictitious West African society. It portrays the silent rage that pervades young people in today’s African […]
Poem of The Week: The Dyslexic Heartbreak
By Nehi Igbinijesu Yes we aren’t picture perfect And hours on end we quit Yet our hearts beat in sync Our dreams draw us knit Wondering what others think And if we meant this be Scared by the messy mix Verboten blowouts bring Crazy with a love unreturned And the dyslexic heartbreak Of living green […]
Towards 2015: Nigeria Needs You, Join A Political Following Now
By Nehi Igbinijesu Faith without corresponding action, they say, is dead. How can I be upbeat about electricity, healthcare and the general state of affairs in Nigeria and not be able to do something? You might ask. The elections are about eighteen months away and you have ample time to prepare for the changes you […]
Book Review: A Swamp Full Of Dollars by Michael Peel
Nigeria like Russia is a petrochemical hegemon within its part of the world. Both countries have populations of 140 million people each and dismal records on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index. Nigeria has however had to cope with oil-related insurgencies that have left many thinking the discovery of oil more of a curse than a […]
Poem of the Week: Stolen Waters
By Nehi Igbinijesu Sneak sneak Stolen waters are sweet Nosy nether need know How once avid we did tweet Peek peek Just a little see One look too lustful Like Bathseba’s- then we Quick quick Snatched a little of what not Feasting on the worthless Like Esau on Becca’s broth Squeak, squeak Chattering go […]
BOOK REVIEW: The Succession Crisis In Nigeria by Wale Adefarasin
By Nehi Igbinijesu. First, let me state that this book was one of the most important books written in 2012. Guiding Light Assembly Senior Pastor, Wale Adefarasin aptly zeroes in on the real reason for Nigeria’s myriad of problems- succession planning. This book concisely cascades how the neglect for generational succession planning facilitated the crippling […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: And Andrew Checked Out – A Tribute To Enebeli Elebuwa…
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Few knew him as “Andrew”. I did. And I will always remember that young Nigerian man whom Veno Marioghae advised in her music video, Nigeria Go Survive not to “check out’. That man, Enebeli Elebuwa, a veteran actor, died at 66 at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences, Faribad Haryana, New Delhi, […]
Poem Of The Week: Wastelands… A Tribute To The Ogoni People.
By Nehi Igbinijesu. What time we spoke They hushed What time we cried They hanged our nine From Bodo with tears Of dirt that rubbed And robbed- On us many years O! The bore of hunger That drained us With fleeting blackness Of life sucking roundabout Many promises And then hangings No more fishes Only […]
5 Things You Can Do to Alter Your Life’s Outcomes Now!
By Nehi Igbinijesu Sometimes in life, we get to a fork in the road. We work ourselves to exhaustion financially, emotionally and most often, spiritually. It looks almost certain that failure is our next stop in this journey called life. We almost wish we could be children again or just change our past, forgetting that all […]
Poem Of The Week: To An Icon…
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Teary eyes everywhere No more with us you are The smiles-All gone With wonder gathered from abroad Who shall console us? And give us hope to do Who shall remind us? To be faithful, just and true Many a light with yours had deemed Drowned in a mirth of unborn […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: Nigeria’s Smartest… The Imafidon Family
By Nehi Igbinijesu In March 2010, two really prodigious 9 years old became the youngest ever to be admitted into a Secondary School in the United Kingdom. Born to Nigerian migrant parents — Chris and Ann Imafidon — Peter and Paula from Waltham Forest, London, have consistently set joint world records. At just seven years […]
DISCOVER NIGERIA: Yankari National Park; Our National Treasure.
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Yankari National Park is a wildlife park located in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its sprawl of about 2,244 sq.km of Guinea Savannah is home to variants of natural warm springs, flora and fauna making it an extremely virile spot for tourists. Yankari was designated as Nigeria’s largest national park in 1991, having […]