Habeeb Abdul In the closing months of 2017, one sensation which dominated the airwaves in Nigeria was excitement about a homegrown initiative — TStv. It was the perfect answer in a country reeling in economic shocks and a population that was steadily losing its purchasing power. A massive throng of […]
John ‘Dare Okafor There has always been an unwritten plan; a plan clearly mapped out in the sanctuaries of your soul. All has been going according to plan. You feel like a grand plan master; you’ve always had the history of figuring things out even before they become a reality. […]
Akinmoyeje Timileyin Precious In September 2008, The Killers (a musical band) released one of the most symbolic and controversial pieces in the history of songs. Humans, the music in context, doesn’t only offset the conventional techniques of rhythms; it has expressions that take some level of introspection to decipher. Considering […]
James Chibor “Aspire and perspire to acquire all you require to inspire your desire” – Someone somewhere Their lines are lit. Their rhymes are rhythmic. Their voice is the voice of Cicero. Rags to riches, grass to grace, zero to hero, nothing to something, nonsense to some sense (okay, maybe […]
-Longpants Recently, there has been a great perspective-flipping in the minds of many Nigerian students, especially those attending federal- or state-owned tertiary institutions. After an unnecessary extra-year caused by a hesitant government to the needs and demands of its academics, and the sudden global swerve into the digital, space many […]
-Habeeb Abdul Photo credit: Linda Ikeji’s Blog On the 4th of March, 2021, Nigerian Twitter streets came alive with something new — #NowaterinEnugu. Illustrated with gripping experiences narrated by the residents of Enugu State, the story wasted no time getting on the news. However, while the news might have accorded […]
“It is better to fall from a tree and break your back than to fall in love and break your heart”. ~African Proverb Love is a game of the mind: you know who you love, but you can’t know who loves you. So many times we give much attention to […]
In this country, a boss should always be bald and have a big belly. My uncle isn’t bald, he hasn’t got a big belly, and you don’t realise, the first time you see him, that he is the actual boss of a big office in the centre of town.His youthful, […]
