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“KANO IS DEAD”

Come now and see,Weep bitterly If you can,The die is cast.Graves bought without a fee,Strange cries echoes from the land,This time, not even a blast.Kano is Dead! Come, lets go to the north,and see for ourselves,the dead dying death,And to unnumbered corpse sought.To die, do they really deserve?The arrival of the strange bird. Like basketball…More

THE CONCEPT OF INDIRECT RULE; ITS ESSENTIAL FEATURES, MERITS AND DEMERITS IN THE NIGERIAN POLITICAL SYSTEM.

Indirect rule may be defined as a British system of ruling her colonies with use of local chiefs, or appointed intermediates and traditional customs and laws. The British Officials merely supervised the administration, Luggard described indirect rule as a “child of necessary” and he was referred to as the “father of the indirect rule”. ESSENTIAL…More

“WEEP NOT, BROTHER”

Weep not, brotherYou are a manYou fought a battleYou wonYou won manly battles Weep not, brotherThe tears of Imo womanWill wash you cleanThe wailing of the childrenAre flooding the streetThe whispers of the fathersAre now heard aloudThe prayers of Ndi Imowill make the seat abyss for the thieveswho rubbed the people before the flashes of…More

BIOGRAPHY OF THE MAN – ABBA KYARI

THE MAN – ABBA KYARI:was a Nigerian politician who served as Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari. EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION:Year of birth 1938 Abba Kyari OON. A Kanuri from Borno, not much is known about his early life. In 1980, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the up of Warwick,…More

In Deep Pain Dance (Nigeria @59)

the drum sounds and resounds with its uncoordinated rhythms and inordinate lyrics librettos of separation chorales of terrorism ditties of banditism and vocalizations of militancy compound the misguiding symphony dance with this shredded skin cover your ripped body with this blood soaked apparels dance with the names of your mourning suns dance calling out for…More