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From whence shall my reverend reverie tread, With thousand sprouts begotten of his morn, Which stood naked; graced with cheerful forlorn, Upon the earth that smiles with scorching sun, And melted spleen, wherefrom shall he dare run. Along this dreaded path that goes sowhere, With fraughts impending, whispers of desire, Which chided more its trods in granded ire, The birds nowhere and songless might whistle Which might smoothen this path that goes nowhere. Comfort me o that cares, like healing wings Of time upon which my hope therefor lies, May down June this lines still shall i sing, Might soothe my spleen or might as blue- waved skies, Which stand and lay when weather bids it be. Forgive me when i whine to eastern winds, So west in latticed age has therefor been, From lands far down that begotted me so, The breast that fed my young age posses foe, So winds that caressed then my dearly spleen. A gleam and sits to set the mind arace, Or heart when amorous strokes be...

While MultiChoice Zimbabwe is still to announce Zimbabwean housemate to represent the country in the next series of the reality show dubbed "Big Brother Africa Superstar", rumours abound that Nigerian singer and actress Tonto Dikeh will represent her country in the continental showcase. The Nollywood actress has been receiving congratulatory messages and "blessings" from fellow celebrities in her country. A product of "Next Movie Star", Tonto is known for her penchant for controversy since she hit the limelight few years ago. Last year, she sparked criticism with her "weird" tattoo and then claimed not to be Nigerian. Tonto continued with her "wild lifestyle" and at one point she crossed swords with Ghananian actress Yvonne Nelson after she allegedly "wooed" her boyfriend Iyanya. Now in its eighth season, the Africa's biggest reality show recently achieved a milestone of having more than 1 million likes on s...

In June last year when Iyiola Omisore threatened to stop the convoy of Governor Rauf Aregbesola to search him for God knows what, not a few Nigerians home and abroad were alarmed at what they believed indicated Omisore’s resolve to ignite mayhem in Osun if that is what it requires to become the Governor. But even in the face of overwhelming evidence of his threatening outbursts, Omisore went to town denying ever making such statement when it dawned on him that his threat contained elements of crime against the state. While failing to clean up the mess of an open threat against a serving Governor, the desperation for office has led to more faux paus from the cantankerous politician whose career has been dogged by nothing but notoriety. Of course, not a few discerning minds know that all the hoopla about Islamising Osun, concocted security reports; secession plot, cancer, and other forms of manipulated diatribes are aimed at only one thing: Discredit the governor and h...

If you listen often to Nigerian motivational speakers, you might have heard them ask what seems like a pretty reasonable question: “You’ve heard the Americans talk about the ‘American Dream’. Ask yourself what is the ‘Nigerian Dream’?” These speakers go ahead to identify this as the root of our problems as a nation – we do not have a codified, popularised concept of where we want to go as a people, and the long-term sense of mission to stay on that path, and achieve greatness. Before one goes on, it is important to note that the first recorded use of the phrase ‘The American Dream’ was in a 1931 book (The Epic of America) by a man called James Truslow Adam; written two centuries after that country was established. Therefore, Americans didn’t essentially have their dream codified and made plain before the nation could work towards it. Also, many other successful nations don’t have this same document viz. The Chinese Dream or The German Dream. Neither do the British, an adv...