lifelong lessons
EDWARD ENEJOH Young men like this are hard to find, difficult to engage and completely rare to envision. He is one of those few students qualified to teach their teachers in due course. He may come across you like a normal hustling young Nigerian but this multi-talented dude is more than the eyes can see. From music to graphics, from programming to management, he is loaded with concepts and thinks out of the box. He is qualified to be called […]
Read moreDINAH DAN-AZUMI An energetic, young and vivacious diva. One that I have always looked upon from afar. I remember how I would sit in the congregation and eagerly wait for the choreographers of TLV FCS FUT Minna to show up on stage just to see her perform. It was always a breath of fresh air to see something that didn’t look spiritual but was never out of place. She had this air of a tomboy but her beauty sold her […]
Read moreGOD: Hello son, I didn’t hear from you this morning SON: Sorry dad, I was in such a hurry to leave the house, I didn’t have time to commune GOD: I noticed the breakfast I kept for you was untouched SON: I didn’t have time to feed, in fact I just whispered a few lines of thanks. GOD: These days I notice you just briefly thank me in the morning and summarize your appreciation at night. If you must […]
Read moreTwo gone in recent times!Could it be better than limes?When you least expectYou pay your last respectDeath sounds no clarion callYet it would never stallPleasant memories still fresh Present thoughts in a mesh That wishes could just stay Whether or not we pray Then i`ll never lose anyone Or mourn a single one They were gone before my eyes Like the throwing of dice Doubtless to say we all are sent, Though our destinies be different Each with a […]
Read moreFew hours ago I got to the point of voicing the very words “I feel like giving up”. That was in reply to a question poised early by someone I dearly care about. She had looked me in the eye, after telling me about an issue that concerned me greatly and asked “What do you feel right now?” “Do you really want to know?” I retorted “Yes, I do”, She affirmed. “You want to know how I really feel.” […]
Read moreOn one of my visits to a friend’s house, I went towards the kitchen and I saw two sacks full of empty can drinks. I was amazed at the quantity I saw and I asked her how come they consumed all these. I cast my mind back in those days when only rich men consumed can drinks. Rich and busy men. Men that didn’t have time to wait and drink from the glass bottles which needed to be returned. We […]
Read moreTen to the Saviour came To be healed and no more They of His mercies begged That they be made whole And from shame be freed I saw the Saviour’s pity Turn a command “Go show the priest yourselves” And as they went by the way Behold! they were healed To give praise returned one, a foreigner And of him the Saviour asked “Where be the other nine? Weren’t a dozen, less two, healed? Thy faith makes thee […]
Read moreSo many tales have been told you Of your origin, your background and source Details glaring, so much so That in your analytical mind You seem to be born forsaken Time dims our yesterdays But scars so ugly reminds you That your past is a skeleton of wrongs And though you sought forgiveness Condemnation looms to say “You are forsaken” Amidst the gathering of brethren Your heart is lifted of burden But when the night is come Often you wet […]
Read moreSON: Lord, my parents are naïve and archaic GOD: They may be that but you have to honour them SON: They are limiting me, my desires, and my destiny GOD: They gave you birth so honour them SON: Lord, giving birth is natural and common
Read moreSometimes we do our best Hoping that people would appreciate Other times we get so shoddy Expecting others to overlook our deeds People we seek to impress Cast but a passing glance at us Those we never take to heart Become our most revered fans We spend so much on values That fade with or without time Letting fallow the lands that yield Even long after we are dead Wisdom informs our acts Time validates our efforts […]
Read more