Rainstorm in Lafenwa
By Saheed Sunday there are different voices at the centre of what holds láfeńwá up. the first time we held our heads over the demarcation between this home and the rest of the city, we witnessed faith crawling into versions…
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Cenotaph
By Bayo Aderoju Something about wanting to be the head of a headless mob like the young activist who has never read Jeyifo, who said: Frantz Fanon is a wretched name. Some are preaching positive asphyxiation of some of the…
Of Lasting Dreams & Memories
By Prosper C. Ìféányí Listen. The flowers weren’t once devastating in their beauty. No logic came from burning rosebushes; & somewhere, in the field, the birds are eating a man’s shame. I am drinking black coffee & walking barefooted in…
Invisibility
By Zaynab Bobi Law of invisibility: arrange the atoms in a solid object randomly. Heat at high temperature and cool down immediately. There is a realm in my mouth In my mouth, there is a dream In the dream, men…
WINNERS & FINALISTS: NIGERIAN NEWSDIRECT CHAPBOOK AWARDS
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,…
Believer’s Hymn
after Samuel Adeyemi’s Desist Hymn By David Solomon Mouthless god or godless mouth? my mouth opens in search of what has not deserted me: soft dust curls out like hang ropes. when i was a child, mother lapped an old…
In my previous poem I was a boy
By Alaro Basit & yet again, like a seamster, I want to weave my past into my present. O Lord, help release a butterfly from this network of webs; I want to savor every blossoming petal in this garden &…
FG to resolve liabilities relating to tariff shortfalls in power sector
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) disclosed in his remarks delivered virtually on Friday at the inauguration of a board for the Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO) that the Federal Government has started making moves to resolve tariff shortfalls in…
Zambian minister seeks Dangote’s establishment on agric sector development
Rather than continuing to import fertilizer, The Zambian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr Chipoka Mulenga, has urged the President of Dangote Group, Mr. Aliko Dangote, to collaborate with the Zambian Government to develop its own agricultural sector. Mulenga made…
Revealed: Real reason behind electricity workers’ strike
The real issue of contention between the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the government has been revealed. It was learnt that the reasons given by the electricity, though they form the bulk of the reasons, may not be…