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WHY EVERY LOVER OF POETRY SHOULD SUPPORT WAR OF WORDS 6
War of Words (WOW) poetry slam is regarded as one of the most prominent poetry competition in Nigeria since inception. It’s mostly the effort of a poet, Olumide Holloway, who many of his admirers call...
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IT'S YOUR LIFE - a Poem by Sissy
Standing in front of the mirror,There is just one figure,You, yourself, your reflection.You look like you,There is no such thing as doppelgangers, even if you are a twin to another,You are you.So...
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WHEN TO QUIT... LESSONS FROM PRESIDENT SUHARTO - Issues with Shola Ola
robert mugabe(This article contains excerpt from the book, “From 3rd World to First World”, by Lee Kuan Yew)In the dark days of Indonesia, some communist’s rebel forces attempted to topple the...
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS, TOP 50 CONTEMPORARY POETS WHO ROCKED NIGERIA IN YEAR 2017
Time beckons again for us to nominate the top poets who have done remarkably well for themselves and the Nigerian poetry circles in the outgoing year. In this seventh time of our calling for...
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KEY THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SRAF AWARDS & MOVIES NIGHT
SRAF is a capacity building company, with the aim of raising leaders through skills, talent and passion - SRAF AWARDS and MOVIES NIGHT is an event to celebrate the end of the SRAF calendar, award...
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MATHS - a poem by Adeola Adegoke
This life has got my thought by its tip,It's like a stained glass shinningor teeth, colored and not smelling.This life in itself fathers my deeds;I plant every night, swollen seedsacross the pulpit of...
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TOP 50 CONTEMPORARY POETS WHO ROCKED NIGERIA IN YEAR 2017
The year was that of revelations and new direction for most Poets. One fact was however obvious; Nigerian Poets are taking their place in mainstream entertainment. We want to appreciate everyone who...
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THE SEARCH FOR GREEN LAND - Issues with Shola Ola
The struggle for economic survival by both herdsmen and farmers in various parts of the country, which unfortunately continue to lead to senseless bloodletting, has consistently made headlines. More...
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STARS - a Poem by Enigmatic Olumide
Stardom is like an addiction to hard drugsIt's the reason for our ailmentYet the high dose that aids our healingIt's the reason we wake every morningCraving for attentionThe search for relevanceBut...
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VICIOUS CIRCLE - a Poem by Ijaiya Tahir
Hopefully, I will overcomeShamefully, I never doLike a song on replayI expected a familiar stimulusBut my solution wasmy problemIt goes on and onTrapped in endless timeI don’t mean life itselfBut the...
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WHERE WE MET - a Poem by HighOnWord
We met at a placeThat was to be a crossroadWhere men meet, greet and wavehoping to meet again,Maybe once, maybe twice a lifetime.We met there and stopped there.We laughed; we fought, fought andlaughed,...
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BEYOND NEGOTIATION - Issues With Shola Ola
Negotiation is one of the Alternative Dispute Resolution methods employed when people consider the demerits of traditional method of resolving conflicts, which is through the court. It is a viable tool...
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WITHERS - a Poem by Philip Peace
There is a world in my head, andfrom the moving of breath, I know.the night steals a sigh from my breathand this blank space crawls in my eye.these nights house a graveyard, evenan illusion which is...
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ANOTHER CHANCE - Issues With Shola Ola
Dubai has been adjudged the fastest growing city in the world and one of the favourite places for business and leisure in the Middle-East for some years now. Yet this was a place whose first city’s...
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OF A ROAD I KNOW - a Poem by Ololade Akinlabi
Of a road I know, Where poverty breeds richness,'Baba rere, baba ke...'Trample over me and take the right of easement.Of a road I know,Where people laugh out their Cries.Attempt to kill oneself is a...
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WHEN NIGERIAN SECURITY INSTITUTIONS BECOME THE ENEMY - Issues With Shola Ola
Not too long ago, a former Chief of Army Staff and later Minister for Defence, Lt Gen T.Y. Danjuma, made a weighty allegation that the military (particularly the army) was conniving with herdsmen to...
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GOOD AND BAD ON BOTH SIDES - Issues With Shola Ola
For those of us who became more politically aware about two decades ago, when a new democratic dispensation was sworn in 1999, parts of the dividend of democracy our political leaders seemed to have...
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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS; TOP 50 CONTEMPORARY POETS WHO ROCKED NIGERIA IN YEAR 2018
Few years ago, the pain of Nigerian Poets was more of lack of attention than lack of money. Though it’s not that money flows into the bank account of those who express the art right now, it could be...
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IGNORANCE IS FUN - Issues with Oluboyo Kudirat
As little as you could remember, there was so much life. Everyone greeted you by pulling your cheek. Some uncles would even dip their garlic finger in your mouth while some aunties stained your glowing...
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TERMS & CONDITIONS – a poem by Jide Badmus
how do I extract the yolk of gloryfrom this shell of hell?this furnace is fiery scarybut if I am gold as I was toldI must burn & be bornagain — refined by flames.life is a sinusoidal song,a rhythm...
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NIGERIA WILL ALWAYS EXIST - Issues with Shola Ola
Nigeria, an amalgam of about 300 ethnic tribes has faced and still faces many challenges. Chief among the challenges are corruption, internal strife, worsening economy, administrative inefficiency and...
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TOP 50 CONTEMPORARY POETS WHO ROCKED NIGERIA IN YEAR 2018
It may well be called “year of the men” since only one of five ladies among Top 50 contemporary Poets who rocked Nigeria in year 2018 was close to making top 20; yet she was hitherto relatively unknown...
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BLAME NOT THE COLONIAL MASTERS – Issues with Shola Ola
The book “Boko Haram and Its Suicide Squad (The Confession of a Jihadist)” by Adrian Davison, though, a fictional work, shed some light on the grudge of Boko Haram. According to the book, one of the...
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BLAME NOT THE COLONIAL MASTERS (part 2) – Issues with Shola Ola
The selfish ambition of African leaders, insatiable thirst for power, and their love for materialism has made it almost impossible for Africa to develop. Right after many African countries gained...
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BLAME NOT THE COLONIAL MASTERS (part 3) – Issues with Shola Ola
Nigerian leaders are not alone in steering wheels that ruin her; ordinary Nigerians are also as guilty as their leaders. Like they say, the people get the kind of leader they deserve. “How,” you may...
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