By Olatunde Osinaike Getting to know him in the interim, and the gulf of prepositions describing the relative he has been to the two younger than me. Around, against, beyond, concerning, without, notwith- standing: all of the ways we have…
By Ijeoma Osuji The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is a pro-self-government group in Nigeria that seeks to restore the Republic of Biafra, which seceded from Nigeria during the Nigerian Civil War but later rejoined the country. IPOB was founded…
In a shocking turn of events, Ken Samuel and several others have been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police in Benin City for their alleged roles in the bloody reprisal attacks that took place on 25th July 2005, after his…
Operatives of Daven Oil and Security Enterprises have unraveled the operation of no fewer than nine illegal refinery sites in Bayelsa. The security firm which is one of the Federal Government pipeline security contractors in Niger Delta in collaboration with…
The Ogun State government has appropriated N1 billion to be disbursed to over 1,500 business owners across the 20 local governments. The amount according to the state government will serve as operational grants for micro and small-scale enterprises in the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu have hailed the APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu for his support to the National Assembly. Kalu and Abbas made the remarks when…
The NIGERIAN NEWSDIRECT CHAPBOOK AWARDS is an initiative of Poetry Column-NND that seeks to promote the voices of Nigerian poets, as the column does weekly in our newspaper. We hope to prioritize consistency of the award, and in so doing,…
By Benard Okechukwu Nweke august rain. flood mooring a convoy of crania, exhuming the old open cemetery from the end of the river. i, transfixed to such neo-gymnasium as i ask a surveyor: which finger of topography revives forgotten wounds…
By Abdulrazaq Salihu At a lab in NASA, I sprawl my fingers On all the keys that could undo the deed Of misconception and miscalculation Like water does to dry land — revive its glory. My mistakes transpire from my…
By Fatihah Quadri Eniola There is no swathe that holds the slender back of hope, no truss to prehend its clavicles from break- opening. I bend the knee, seconds crash what ladders me to God. My grandma’s radio returning her…
