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Columns May 5th, 2013 by

The Yasmin El’Rufai Workshop…

The first day, 8th April 2013 was more of fanfare, with media houses like NTA covering the kick start of the Creative Writing workshop organized by Exodus for art Group hosted in the Golden Gate Hotel, Zone 5 Abuja. No, I wasn’t there due logistics and all but I was present for the subsequent days. [...]

Riddle!!!

I’m something, whenever I go into some kingdoms, I never come out alone and these kingdoms would not even exist without me. Some kingdoms do not welcome me alone, and whenever they do, I’m still being sent ou[...]

The Mystery of the Goatleg Pepper-soup

Nestled comfortably in her posh velvet couch, Tope leafed through her teenage diary in reminiscence and content. She had been pampered and therefore happy every moment of her exuberant life by her super-rich parents, bri[...]

Search FM Blaze- A Cacophony of voices

It was 16th January last month, that the award-winning student campus radio station; Search FM was razed to ashes. Here are the reactions and the story told through the eyes of those whom it affected most, students, staf[...]

The Tale of a Header

When Nolito stepped up to take the corner kick, little did the world know that a number of records were about to be broken. The game had been goalless up until that point, and as the ball swung into the box, the players [...]

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The Body Market

Two years ago, a boy in Japan sold a kidney to get the latest Apple ipad. At the beginning of this year, another boy, probably inspired by the previous one’s bravado sold his for Samsung galaxy tab. A few months ago, I[...]

Shattered Family

Emmanuel has spent six years at home after his secondary education seeking for admission into the university. Not like he’s got no brains and all that, but the challenge he was faced with was his financial backgrou[...]

We Are Young….

It is interesting that the gifts of creativity and expression are not reserved for the old and wise, not in these days anyway. It seems art has decided to speak for itself no matter how young it’s medium may be…it mu[...]

2013 Commonwealth Essay Competition

Are you a writer? Are you interested in the world around you? Do you want your voice to be heard by others? If so, the Commonwealth Essay Competition is definitely for you. We encourage you to be creative in your respons[...]

A Review of the 2nd Annual Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu (MBA) National Literary Colloquium

The theme (Nigerian Literature, Conflict and National Unity) was enough to attract the literary and politically inclined from all nook and cranny of Niger State and invited guests from the rest of the country, though I s[...]



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