Lament of the Flutes
TIDEWASH……Memories fold-over-fold free-furrow mingling old tunes with new. Tidewash.....Ride me memories, astride on firm saddle, wreathed with white lillies & roses of blood.....  Sing to the rustic flute: Sing...
Love Apart
The moon has ascended between us, Between two pines That bow to each other; Love with the moon has ascended, Has fed on our solitary stems; And we are now...
The Passage
BEFORE YOU, my mother Idoto, Naked I stand; Before your weary presence, A prodigal Leaning on an oilbean, Lost in your legend Under your power wait I On barefoot, Watchman...
Ndigbo, a needful facelift
The last time I was intellectually stimulated by a South-East governor, was when ex-governor Chimaroke Nnamani started his lecture series. I followed the publications, thinking a philosopher king has emerged...
Martins makes Nigeria committment
Striker Obafemi Martins says he is committed to playing for Nigeria.The 23-year-old has been recalled to Nigeria's squad for (more…)
Call a Dog a Bad Name to Hang it
Call a dog a bad name just to hang it. I was busy doing my usual writing while Trisha Goddard’s program on ITV-1 (British Television program) was on. I heard...
Biography of Chike Obi
In 1997, through pure brainwork and without the use of modern computer, the globally-acclaimed Nigerian mathematician and academic, Chike Obi, who has died aged 87, solved the mystery of a...
Bashir’s indictment is a sham
Yesterday the ICC court in The Hague indicted President Omar Al Bashir of war crimes and crime against humanity. This in itself set legal history (more…)
World’s Worst Cultural Mistakes
 Don’t let blowing your nose or taking off your shoes land you in hot water when you travel (more…)