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 &…
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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…
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Osun govt, Adeleke trade words over alleged diversion of funds, assets
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NSA ’ll unveil ‘big men’ behind oil theft in Nigeria — Presidency
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has disclosed that the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) would soon reveal the identities of highly placed Nigerians behind oil theft in Nigeria. Following…
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS: NIGERIAN NEWSDIRECT CHAPBOOK AWARDS 2022
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,…
A Compendium of Excuses To Not Call In The Aftermath of Falling Out of Love
By Onyekachi Iloh Sorry, I was in the shower. Sorry, my phone died. Sorry, I was doing the laundry. Sorry, I was at the North Pole. Penguins were sliding on the ice all around us. Sorry, old grief was at…
Aubade for the sin(g/k)ing river
By Muiz Opeyemi Ajayi Cathedrals drown the light at the denouement of this song. Say: even this orchestra defies illumination. At the edge of the dim light echoing from our past, I rock gently in the worn brown hammock on…