Month: April 2020
A Review of “Half a Millennium” (Free Download)
Few days ago just as the year was running out......I received a gift that turned out to be the the best Christian literature I laid my hands on for the year. The Lord used this book to open my eyes...
Agony of Self Publishing in Nigeria
By: Deji Yesufu My friend, Lucky James, published his book Tales from Our Past in January 2017. Since I did some editing on the book, I volunteered to help him sell some copies. The day came when he handed over 100...
“Tales From Our Past” by Lucky James
Review by Deji Yesufu (Published in the Nigerian Tribune of 30th March 2017) For the literary inclined and those who appreciate good prose and well written story lines, Lucky James’ Tales from Our Past is a refreshing break from the...
Review of “Victor Banjo” by Lucky James
At half past one in the afternoon of September 24th, 1967, four men were lined up for execution in the full glare of the city of Enugu, Nigeria. The men had been tried and condemned by a military tribunal under...
Baby Tara
Lana reluctantly agreed to go with his friend to a christening which was being held at the Lasani Gardens in Lagos. At the event, it was not long before he launched into the complaining mode. “Does she have to go...
COVID-19: Fighting a Germ War
by: Deji Yesufu Yesterday I had two interesting but revealing chats with friends. The first person told me he read my suicide notes – where I had readily volunteered myself to work with UCH medical team in the coming days...
Funke Akindele: Testimony to a Great Nigeria
by Deji Yesufu Two things happened about now that inspired my writing this: I just watched a 2 minute video of BurnaBoy. He was mocking Nigerians, saying that now that the finance office is burnt, all the records of theft...
Destitute Friends
Wilson had been on his phone for about half an hour now, browsing and doing stuff. He looked up occasionally to glance at the wrestling match on TV across from where he sat. I was fully engaged watching the match;...
The Eclipse
Ado absently kicked along a small stone, then a tin can, a plastic bottle, and any sizeable object on his path as he walked home. He had many questions he could not resolve. That Tuesday at school, Teacher had told...
Much ado about tithing
Very few people know that the controversy on tithes in Nigeria is coming exactly 500 years after a major controversy in Western Christendom. This controversy saw the emergence of the Protestant churches from within the Roman Catholic Church. On October...