Monthly Archives: September 2012

The sun was just emerging beneath the morning mist as we drove into the gates of National Boasters School,Kaduna. The gravelled driveway was deserted,and the far-flung fields green and mowed. The building is old and rotten,cobwebs dark as coal knitting … Continue reading →

Perhaps the only act of patriotism out here is to protest any show of ‘disrespect’ to the green-white-green flag or to those beneath its shade. Ah,why should anybody care about the thieving politicians,the civil servants conniving with ministers to rob … Continue reading →

The sky was overcast,already drizzling as our plan taxied down the shiny tarred run-way. Lagos was rumbling with thunder,warning Makoko suburb residents to keep their children indoors for ominous storms threatening to break loose. I was arriving just in time … Continue reading →

I think I was born with my doubts! But too much exposure to Taju may have staked up some tendencies to maturity;a feeling,was it a quest for unity with oneself? Intense as the feelings incised upon my lost mind,there was … Continue reading →