Toni Kan Onwordi

Toni Kan Onwordi holds both a B.A. and M.A. English (Literature) degrees from the Universities of Jos and Lagos. His works have been published widely in the Art pages of prominent Nigerian newspapers and his poems have appeared in the anthology 25 New Nigerian Poets edited by Toyin Adewale. He has also had short stories published in anthologies like We-Men, Little Drops (1) and Diamond and Ashes. An award winning poet, essayist and short story writer, his awards have taken him to Scotland and Switzerland. Toni Kan is currently working on a novel, Secrets of the Untold.

Naija Notes: Questions Without Answers

How come there are so many pregnant mad women running around Lagos? Who is knocking them up and where the hell do they ‘do’it?

Naija Notes: “Curiouser and Curiouser”

Ghali Naaba’s headache is figuring out what his siblings will now call him. At the height of his powers he had ordered them to call him Mr. Speaker. Alhaji, my humble suggestion: how about Mr. Ex-Speaker?

Naija Notes: Paid Mourners And Rented Crowds

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Naija Notes: Lawyers! Lawyers! Liars!

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Naija Notes: Sitting On A Time Bomb

My mother hasn’t tired of telling me that she will not be in Lagos come April no matter what my dad says...

Naija Notes: Rent-A-Saboteur

The number 3 has always had a bad resonance in the Nigerian political landscape: 1983, 1993 and now 2003...

Naija Notes: Who Is Obj’s Babalawo?

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