This National Conference Will Achieve Nothing
It was rather surprising when on October 1st and in his Independence Day national address, President Goodluck Jonathan announced the setting up of a committee to work out the modalities[…]
Who Guards The Guardians
Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand for and supply of foreign exchange speak to a macroeconomic[…]
“Fight without hesitation, kill without mercy and die without regret” – Salisu Suleiman
In ancient Rome, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-east and Italy proper. The river got its name from the Latin[…]
Issue #22: For Kofi Awonoor
I remember the name from secondary school where, in preparation for the West African Examination Council (WAEC) exams, we had to read a couple of African and non-African poems (and[…]
Conversation with Tade Ipadeola
Tade Ipadeola is a lawyer and poet. He lives in Ibadan. His third volume of poetry, The Sahara Testaments is on the shortlist of the NLNG Nigerian Prize for Literature (along with[…]
Three Poems by Echezonachukwu Nduka
My Sin on a Sunday Morning Sinners must go to hell or so I’m told. That is, if they repent not. Preachers’ picture of hell is doom. Hell[…]
Three Poems by Peter Akinlabi
Night I have thought these importunate ruins painting your face brighter as something sinuous, something that is capable of rousing a broken ghost to the will of flesh […]
