Category: iConnect
Poem: WHEN
When a mother lets go Then your dad cedes control And rod a back spares When your class teacher balks No longer finger finds faults At sinister mores- no one cares When supervisors cower Wreaking ale beneath your breath It gets worse-late you came-a whole hour When the wife no more cares A dangerous place [...]
Monday Laughs: Upgrading from Girlfriend 1.0
Last year I upgraded Girlfriend 1.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and launches during system initialization [...]
Towards 2015: Nigeria Needs You, Join A Political Following Now
By Nehi Igbinijesu Faith without corresponding action, they say, is dead. How can I be upbeat about electricity, healthcare and the general state of affairs in Nigeria and not be able to do something? You might ask. The elections are about eighteen months away and you have ample time to prepare for the changes you [...]
Poem of the Week: Stolen Waters
By Nehi Igbinijesu Sneak sneak Stolen waters are sweet Nosy nether need know How once avid we did tweet Peek peek Just a little see One look too lustful Like Bathseba’s- then we Quick quick Snatched a little of what not Feasting on the worthless Like Esau on Becca’s broth Squeak, squeak Chattering go [...]
TOP 7 Gifts For Children This Christmas!
Hey there dads and mums, uncles and aunts, are you still scratching your heads and wondering what to get your little ones for Christmas? If no, then why are you here, and if yes, why do you feel I can help, do I look like a kid? Okay, that was a joke, stay with me, [...]
HOW TO: Use The ROSCA To Boost Personal Finance!
By Joy Ehonwa. No one really knows how long the ROSCA has been around; my guess is, centuries. Known as Ajo or Esusu in these parts, the Rotating Savings and Credit Association has for a long time been employed as a tool which serves two main purposes for its members; savings and credit. How Does [...]
The Best Of 2012: What’s Yours?
By Ada Arinze. As the popular quote from the Hollywood movie Hitch goes, “life is not about the number of breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.” With the year now coming to an end, one cannot help but look back and reminisce nostalgically on the breathtaking moments that they have [...]
Poem Of The Week: Wastelands… A Tribute To The Ogoni People.
By Nehi Igbinijesu. What time we spoke They hushed What time we cried They hanged our nine From Bodo with tears Of dirt that rubbed And robbed- On us many years O! The bore of hunger That drained us With fleeting blackness Of life sucking roundabout Many promises And then hangings No more fishes Only [...]
Poem Of The Week: To An Icon…
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Teary eyes everywhere No more with us you are The smiles-All gone With wonder gathered from abroad Who shall console us? And give us hope to do Who shall remind us? To be faithful, just and true Many a light with yours had deemed Drowned in a mirth of unborn [...]
Poem Of The Week: Wake Up!
By Nehi Igbinijesu. Silhouettes from another life A people removed from problems Absorbed far with themselves Amnesia saturated And away from the crowd No police, landlords or NEPA No headliners,no crashes And no political mischievers Wait o! No curfews State of emergencies And slicky oil shippers No dealt opened dams With handshakes that [...]
