Afro Street Festival Is it Afro Street Festival or Bole Festival? The question comes in again. If you're in Nigeria's third best city, the city of Port Harcourt. You should know what this weekend is for — The AFRO STREET FESTIVAL! The event which holds every first Saturday in the month of December, this time …
THE UGLY TRUTH ABOUT THE FLOODING IN NIGERIA
Flooding in Nigeria With the flood in Florida receding, one can only help but imagine what it is like in Nigeria, I mean the ugly truth about it It is even more painful cos the flooding is not entirely caused by natural causes. It is somewhat artificial. Worse is the Nigerian government response to the …
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4 DEADLY LESSONS FROM ANIKULAPO YOU SHOULD NEVER MISS
Anikúlápó 4 deadly lessons from the movie Anikulapó that you should never miss. If you missed it, it's not late. It is really sweet when we consume our local content and more so, when the content is too good to even believe it was produced by a Nigerian. Anikulapó as a movie, despite being acted …
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5 MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE AT THE BOLE FESTIVAL
Bole Festival: Eat, Play, Connect One of the easiest ways to have an amazing time in your life is to attend the Bole Festival, that is, if you avoid these 5 mistakes! While the Bole festival has been tagged the "event of the year" for most Port Harcourt people. It has also been a bad …
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EASTER SUNDAY: AN HONEST REVIEW OF COMING 2 AMERICA
.... quite the movie to be seen this Easter Holidays. Exactly a month after the release of Coming 2 America, I bring an honest review of this sequel to the original Coming to America. This is a movie that I highly anticipated right from the day the very first announcement was made. Why? I was …
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THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN IGBO LAND
Photo Credit: Big Vee Photography The Catholic Church is one of the oldest churches in Nigeria. In Igbo land, the Catholic church seem to be indigenous. If you were born today, you would think the Pope (or General overseer) is an Igbo man. Read Also: CHRISTMAS IN IGBO LAND In my country, Nigeria, there are …
MY TRIP TO ONDO
Life as a corps member in Nigeria comes with many challenges. Well, if you have no idea what a corps member is in Nigeria, you can look up NYSC here. I was part of the 2020 batch A1, who COVID - 19 had disrupted their orientation activities, so I had been at home, back in …
HONOUR D’POET: BLACKOUT!
Poetry, a genre of literature as old as time itself. Its beauty known by many but only a few are permitted to drink from its decorated cup. The meek genre of art which has moved from just page poetry to spoken word poetry is one that can never get phased out. I have played this …
MYTH OR FACT: DO THE OPOBOS THROW DEAD BODIES AWAY?
King Jaja of Opobo While in primary four or basic four (or you could say fourth grader), I saw this in my text for the very first time in my young life. One of the reasons it stuck asides from the emotional story, was how strong the name sounded. "Jaja", it sounded like the name …
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BURNA BOY: TWICE AS TALL, ALBUM REVIEW
BY CHIEF DADDY OF PORT HARCOURTIt’s no news that our own Burna has leveled up his ground as the African Giant as he is. On this review, I’ll give a review of the album so far. LEVEL UP: Burna boy reflects back to the Grammys where his album African giant was nominated as Best world …