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PIECES OF US
"........To have and to hold from this day forward,
For better or for worse,
For richer or for poorer,
In sickness and in health
To love and to cherish
Till death do us…
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: DORA AKUNYILI
If the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) ever had a G.O.A.T, it would be Dora Akunyili. Dorothy Nkem Akunliyi (nee Edemobi), popularly known as…
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Free?
Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom at last!
We chanted in the mosques and churches
We danced on the streets and in our houses.
We screamed till we could only squeak.
We were free!
It…
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How My Day Went (September 17, 2021)
I first woke up today at 6 am, took a pee, and went back to bed, exhausted from participating in the 1,500 m and 5,000 m races of the University of Ibadan Inter-Faculty Games. I…
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: MURTALA MUHAMMED
General Murtala Ramat Muhammed (1938-1976) was born on November 8, 1938, in Kano State. He started his education at Cikin Gida Elementary School which was inside the palace of the…
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SHADOWS
It's happening again, just like every other night. This time it leaves me disoriented and breathless. More than ever, it feels so real and it takes forever to calm my insanely…
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DO MAIN CHARACTERS HAVE TO DIE?
“No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them – in order that the reader may see what they are made of.” – Kurt Vonnegut
In the recently…
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WHAT IFS
If I had wings and could fly
I'd soar to the clouds where men could only dream of
I'd descend into the deepest dip where mortal men would not dare
Perching on…
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A FINAL ESCAPE?
If only this incessant beep would stop, don't get me wrong, it's not loud enough to be disturbing, neither is it close enough, but something about it just feels ominous.
Then…
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