Recently, we talked about the interesting collection of five stories of about 2,500 words on political violence, assassination, witchcraft, militancy, drug addiction, abstract projection, prostitution and more happenings in Nigeria. In ‘Hoodlum’, almost every story in the book is a painful reminder of the sorrowful state of our country Nigeria. By analysing it in a critical point of view, Isaac Attah Ogezi, a legal practitioner, poet, award-winning playwright, short story writer and literary essayist critically took an in-depth review for clearer understanding and interest.

By Husain Zakariyya Yawale

Allah says:

"On no soul doth Allah place a burden greater than it can bear. it gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns.

(Pray:) "Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden like that which Thou Didst Lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out Our sins, and grant us Forgiveness. Have Mercy on us. Thou art Our Protector; help us against those who stand against faith."[al-Baqarah: 286]