Picture of an Igbo bride in a traditional Igbo attire (aside the sandals)Photo Credit: Patricia Eze Good evening, coming from the time of the picture; but then good morning coming from the time of the post. Its 18th of December already and Christmas is seven days away but for the Igbo tribe of Nigeria, Christmas …
WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE BETWEEN SPIRITUALITY AND MEDICAL HEALTH?
So, this morning I quit my rastafarian ambition (chuckles). My hair had been growing for a while; I let it fallow. But, I couldn't keep up with combing it regularly. Though I enjoyed feeling its mass, but the strength to take care of it wasn't there. Most times, after bathing I just put on a …
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TRUE LOVE DOES NOT EXIST
Just in case you're wondering; I'ma fill you in on it a bit. I was at an art exhibition and at the end I overheard a lady by the name NACHI say TRUE LOVE DOES NOT EXIST. I was intrigued, and I sought to know the reason why would a beautiful, vivacious, young lady make …
THE INNER WAILINGS OF A SOLDIER
Image of Soldiers. So today, I went to a friend's place. Well, my friend actually stays in a military camp. So, at some point he went to get something and I happened to just stray around till I saw a bench under a tree, which I utilised to my benefit considering the huge sunshine around …
RELIGION: A BLESSING OR CURSE
What if you were born an ATHEIST, or a THEIST? would you still profess your RELIGION? What if you believed because you were first told? "nothing is bad, nothing is good; we only perceive them that way". All call God, all are replied; who knows God? ~ WOLE PROSPERO That above, is a paragraph from …
ALHAJI’S TREASURE CHEST (AKA 419)
Photo by Muhammadtaha Ibrahim Ma'aji Today, on poetry.. we have a guest with a wonderul poem. Chief Anthony Ndubuisi Abagha, a prolific writer in Nigeria who has written books approved for schools in Nigeria decides to visit us with one of his piece. Chief Anthony Abagha, an engineer by profession also authored THE SCHOOL PROPRIETOR, …
HAPPY NEW MONTH!
So, for our new month wish; we do have a writer, RUBY NATHAN-UTU, born and raised in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria; She is a lawyer who enjoys reading immensely. A publisher of I HAVE SEEN A MAN. You can also look it up on http://www.okadabooks.com. In addition to practicing law, she runs THE BUSY …
HOW CAN WE TAME RAPE? HOW?
Indians protesting the rape and murder of a 27 year old female A splendid Saturday afternoon to you. I had just sat to enjoy the lovely Saturday afternoon with matches across England starting by 4pm WAT when I darted to the Aljazeera channel. What I saw, moved me to tears. Maybe because I have only …
WRITER’S BLOCK
"Understand this: I'm a writer, an artist, a god, and when I'm separated from my art, when I cannot command words or bring words alive, by a flick of my wrist or the gentle glide of my pencil on paper, I become incompetent". ~ Hauwa Hala Nurudeen
LADY KOI KOI: REALITY OR A MYTH?
"a young beautiful lady who was ambushed and killed by students of a certain boarding school and when she was buried she wore one leg of a pair of her high-heeled shoes which made the koi-koi sound (hence the name, lady koi-koi). It was told that whenever she came, she came to torment boys generally; that you'd hear the koi-koi sound whenever she is approaching."
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