Archives Tag: Nehi Igbinijesu
Poem of the Week: An Oshodi-Bound Driver Crazed
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu The blare, horns, blare And the angered, frustrated faces Listless- Ridden with unwinding care Useless words and many swear phrases Cleft and sea befuddling Bemused at files like ants at a sugarhill And the peace languidly debased Both noised and fumed From an Oshodi-bound driver crazed Then a creaked shatter Alone behind … Continue reading Poem of the Week: An Oshodi-Bound Driver Crazed
Towards 2015: Letter to an Open Nigerian Mind
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu About twelve years ago, I came to realize while on a trip back to the university I was attending at the time, that the greatest resource in the world was not the oil that nestled in the vast water expanse of our Niger Delta or in the vaults of our N25 billion … Continue reading Towards 2015: Letter to an Open Nigerian Mind
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DISCOVER NIGERIA: 5 Causes of Conflict in Nigeria
April 19, 2022
By Nehi Igbinijesu Conflict is an aspect of life that is very often avoided for the fear of loss. However, conflict is a part of our human existence. It has been known to bring about all manner of outcomes from food shortages to prosperity; economic recessions to gender equality. Civil conflict has been known to leave … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: 5 Causes of Conflict in Nigeria
Poem of the Week: Conversation with Dooshima
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem of the Week: Conversation with Dooshima
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DISCOVER NIGERIA: And the Titan Passed – In Memory of General Owoye Azazi
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: And the Titan Passed – In Memory of General Owoye Azazi
Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove
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Poem of the Week: O Twisted Twenty Twelve
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem of the Week: O Twisted Twenty Twelve
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Book Review: Sadder Days by Jentola Jenkins
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Book Review: Sadder Days by Jentola Jenkins
Poem of The Week: The Dyslexic Heartbreak
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem of The Week: The Dyslexic Heartbreak
Towards 2015: Nigeria Needs You, Join A Political Following Now
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Towards 2015: Nigeria Needs You, Join A Political Following Now
Book Review: A Swamp Full Of Dollars by Michael Peel
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Book Review: A Swamp Full Of Dollars by Michael Peel
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Poem of the Week: Stolen Waters
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem of the Week: Stolen Waters
BOOK REVIEW: The Succession Crisis In Nigeria by Wale Adefarasin
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: The Succession Crisis In Nigeria by Wale Adefarasin
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DISCOVER NIGERIA: And Andrew Checked Out – A Tribute To Enebeli Elebuwa…
April 19, 2022
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, … Continue reading DISCOVER NIGERIA: And Andrew Checked Out – A Tribute To Enebeli Elebuwa…
Poem Of The Week: Wastelands… A Tribute To The Ogoni People.
April 19, 2022
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 … Continue reading Poem Of The Week: Wastelands… A Tribute To The Ogoni People.
