Jolly times with Poetic Wednesday
By Namse Udosen I came across Poetic Wednesday on Facebook. It was refreshing to see young people telling their stories in verse. During the Covid-19 lockdown, I followed keenly as…
By Namse Udosen I came across Poetic Wednesday on Facebook. It was refreshing to see young people telling their stories in verse. During the Covid-19 lockdown, I followed keenly as…
Nigerian Universities lament... Are we not akin to nursing mothers? With maternal tenderness and compassion, we breed. Etiquettes and knowledge in our students Isn't it from our breast they suckle?…
By Maryam Muhammad Lawan They both entered Ammi’s room with crestfallen faces. “Ammi, I don’t know what’s wrong with this boy. I saw him in the afternoon wandering about the…
By Uzair Adam Imam Looking at her eyes, it was clear that the decision taken by her parents wasn’t favourable. Soon, a shiver began to run down my spine that…
By Zaynab Abdool It’s winter morning, a new day, and I’m awake, Alhamdulillah. When my foggy gaze fell upon the aesthetic rays of sunshine that sneaked through the holes in…
By Yahuza Abdulkadir Many a time, I listen to people expressing their feelings and emotions, telling their beautiful and ugly stories, talking about the experiences they encountered through their journeys.…
By Salma Yakubu I sat on a bench under a neem tree behind the Faculty of Education lecture hall. I stared emptily at nothing in particular. ‘Hey! Karima!’ My classmate,…
By Khalid Shafi’i “Officer, please accept this small change make we kuku japa for here. We dey in a hurry abeg,” I said, mustering all the courage I could. “Oga, open…
By Zee Aslam It was a fantastic autumn evening. October’s weather had sedated, but the wind was blowing intensively. Mrs Busari’s car came to a screening halt after knocking down…
By Khalid Shafi’i After our high school graduation, each day seemed to blur into the next. I had no structure or purpose, no reason to get up in the morning.…