It was some time in the academic session of January to December of 1960 at Queen’s School Enugu. What started as fun amongst the juniors in Dormitory 3 was to …
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Like a scavengerThe waif loiters for his inner manHe imagines asphyxiationIn the ineffaceable wrath of his birthDeprived of the right to amortize his debtHe is sentenced with the gavelIn the …
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Venue: Les Quennvais Pitch St. BreladeDate: Sunday 21st July 2013Toss: Won by Vanuatu Match Type: 50 OversResult: Nigeria won by 6 runsUmpires: …
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His attitude to work amazes and fazes everyone. The impunity. The brand-new story for every time he is late. Brazen, blatant. Lackadaisical.
It is important to note that the locally brewed gin from the raffia palm juice, mostly known by such names as kaikai or ekpeteshi, did not predate the colonial era but rather arose out of scarcity of hot drinks during the Great Depression following which the importation of alcoholic beverages declined. In 1927, for instance, the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria imported 548,128 gallons of gin
It was as though an unknown academic had us in mind when he talked about the”usefulness of useless knowledge.” In spite of our youthfulnes and naivety we made deliberate efforts not to draw lines among various compartments of ‘knowledge acquisition.’
