DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? The Honorebu* Who Slapped the Law The Honorebu’s first question Was preceded with a very Honorebu slap So loud his neighbours thought It was a thunderclap Article Page with Financial Support Promotion Nigerians need credible journalism. Help us report it. Support journalism driven by facts, created … Read more
NIGERIA’S GOD OF DARKNESS All hail NEPA*Nigeria’s God of Darkness I The bond between Nigeria and Darkness Only the drastic word can break. One minute of flimsy flashes Then, a thousand hours of lightless groping Article Page with Financial Support Promotion Nigerians need credible journalism. Help us report it. PREMIUM TIMES delivers fact-based journalism … Read more
A SONG FOR NIGERIA’S CHILDREN’S DAY* When Hunger locks a doorAnger will open it with a furious fist. I If you don’t see me in the parade today Do not think I love my country less I asked Daddy for new shoesAnd those white stockingsAnd belts with glittering bucklesDaddy merely shook his headBut a … Read more
We have this understanding that he let me know whenever he arrives the country from his United States base, for a chance to hold conversations on literature, the arts and invariably the state of the nation he loves so passionately. It is a self-serving proposition on my part that has enabled me to scoop fellow … Read more
ONCE UPON A PLANET (For Earth Day 2024) The sky above our head is A ragged umbrella in need of a needle The rain which leaks through the ruptureIs a cocktail of contending toxins The cloud up there is a wet blanketDripping like a dirge upon a feverish earth The birds fled several season agoWithout … Read more
(For Frank Kokori) Frankly speaking…… So he has gone the way of ancestors Not in a chariot of fireNot in a golden carriage Not on the wings of the eagle He strode back home On a path cleared by our common prayersHe swung his hands by his side As he swayed to our songs … Read more
ODE TO KINDNESS (For World Kindness Day)* Let the sun break out todayFrom the bluest corner of its sky Let houses throw open their doorsTo the street and its endless banters Let the lion retract its clawsAnd embrace the lamb Let the viper swallow its venomAnd coil into a harmless bundle Extend a … Read more
