SAGE Journals

Slightly aged, he was so reticent and taciturn. He preferred to live in solitude. Scarcely looked up to see your face and overtly disinterested in what your duties and games were all about. He would seem to be unperturbed and very unconcerned about goings on in the community and his environment. We saw him walk down the seaside always with all solemnity and all reverence of calmness, he rarely looked at any faces. The particular wonder was his especial abandonment of all entreaties, pleasantries and cheers. As if he was already telling you to keep your greetings to yourselves; he never responded to any greetings. No matter how loud you greeted, old Maxwell never responded. Not even in the softest nod or wink. Never! I am very sure that many carefree young people will pass him for a deaf or dumb or both. Yes, and they would have allowed him go without bothering why he never responded to their greetings. Surely, they would have taken him for someone impaired in natural speech or some old...

Woke up to a cold morning. The sun slumbers during the day. Has it forgotten it’s duty? Oh sun, why watch me freeze to death? Stomach rumbles, abs scream hunger. Reminding me, not only is it a cold day It’s a poverty day too. The sun and government have team up to end me. Woke up in a cell,  Poverty stood as warden. Politicians have taken over my household and fields. They send me to the battle front like Uriah. With smiles, politicians promise better life. Behind smiles surfaces a mischievous grin. Only to enrich their pockets at my demise.  A means to an end for them I am. Perhaps when darkness falls, moon can give me hope. The sun has betrayed me. Shivering, stranded under the economic hurricane. No shelter from the rising tornado.

Last night I couldn’t sleep, I grabbed with the pain  that facing reality will turn nightmares to dreams So this morning I rose in my bedding and started moving  The night was cold and thoughtful  Oh my glorious light My Heart is broken  With my thoughts of our warmly coddle  I feel your emotions  In your lack of understandable expression Even your night queen 👸 failed  In understanding your expression of emotions  The pain that face my reality is that Circumstances of life have separated us for good  I can’t imagine your light  Shining from a distance  At the peak of destiny fulfillment  How possible can human being change nature? Otherwise I am off to turn this nightmare to dreams Thou you appreciate my efforts  To guide you gloriously  I won’t get distracted  In this journey of destiny fulfillment  I’m sorry that I caused our separation  It was my wrong choice of shield-maiden  I was deceived w...

...set to share 10,000 facemasks, hand sanitizers  By Ifeanyi Nwanguma A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), DENORSEMEN Kclub International  has intensified the sensitization campaign to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). Members of the group in Imo State over the weekend moved round  streets, markets and other  populated areas in the State to  engage with the people on the need to observe government and NCDC directives to check and stop the spread of the pandemic in the state. The Gurvnor of  DENORSEMEN Kclub International, Imo State Patrol, Ichie Obiora Nwigwe  said that the group was out to "spread words on the dangers of disregarding protocols put in place by government to check the spread of the deadly pandemic as available data showed that the second wave is more deadly."  Nwigwe who said  that the Kclub has concluded arrangements  to embark on distribution of ten thousand free  facemasks and alcoh...