A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

It was one of those ordinary work days. I was sitting in front of my desktop seeming very busy yet being very bored. I was still engrossed in my pretend business when the security lady at the door appeared at my cubicle. "Aunty" she said "yes?" I replied "e get pesin wey dea find you;  e carry package come for you" I looked beyond her to see the delivery man carrying a package. He walked up......

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Perdition

beautiful destruction as peaceful as death smiling in painful ending  an heir of perdition tipsily brawling sorrowfully  neglecting the unmerited longing for emptiness clinging to futility hanging unto a mirage a worthless rag then comes the end fire crackling and flowing voices wailing in anguish deafening for eternity perdition it is. -Obi Dennis Chizolu face......

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HOOKED 6

Lara was exited to be home again, its been 6 months now since she returned to Nigeria to start her new job at an oil and gas firm in Lagos. Being in the U.K had been a challenging but beautiful experience for her. She had matured in so many ways apart from her age but nothing had affected her view of life more than an experience she had Five years ago. She exhaled at the thought of AB.......

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HOOKED 5

Lara lay on her bed thinking of what to do. She had tried every  thing possible to stop A.B from coming to her house to pick her up. She did not want the embarrassment of a cabu cabu coming to take her out. She was seriously distressed and had spent hours thinking but she wasn't able to come to a reasonable conclusion; a conclusion that wouldn't  be so obvious. She had called AB earlier......

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HOOKED 4

Lara rolled on her bed. She had woken up earlier than usual and had spent longer than usual praying. She also prayed more fervently than usual. You never know the value of life until you almost loose it. She lay on her bed with little or no motivation for work. She thought of calling in sick but that would have been a lie and Lara certainly isn't on to lie her way out of responsibilities.......

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HOOKED 3

Lara stood waiting for a cab . She closed late from work and was running late for church. She took a glance at her watch 5:45 she had to be in church by 6:00pm and she wanted to get home first to pick up her bible and bible study materials. She wondered why all the cabs she saw for some weird reason were going to Dutse. She waited and silently prayed a Gwarimpa bound cab would come along so she......

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HOOKED 2

Lara walked out of the gates of her estate. Her eyes unconsciously travelled towards the direction of the taxi drivers boarding passengers headed to Wuse. This was the third time she had done that this morning, even though she couldn't understand why she had to keep looking over there. She had decided a hundred times not to give the cute ebony cabbie another thought. She had to concentrate on......

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Words From A Father To A Son About Marraige

1. My son, if you keep spending on a woman and she never asked you if you’re saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention, don’t marry her. 2. My son, a woman could be a good wife to you, some could be a good mother to your children but if you’ve found a woman like a mother to you, your children and your family, please don’t let her go. 3. My son, don’t confine the position of your......

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HOOKED

He sat in his taxi yelling "wuse wuse wuse" when his eye  caught the sight of a young lemon skinned lady, standing near an electric pole waiting to cross the road. Slender and of average height, but what caught his interest most was her dressing. she was dressed in a yellow and orange suit, short skirt and black hose   with a black neat pointed shoe. "wow" he taught " "beautiful! so......

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A Teens Diary

The first time I saw him was in Sunday school… many years ago. I remember sitting at a corner in the Sunday school class room waiting for the teacher to come. The class was noisy …every one chatted away boisterously with their friends. He had a group of friends around Him. They laughed a lot to some joke they told themselves. I couldn’t help but notice that they could all sing. They were seniors......

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The Chronicles of Two Lovers

Martha and Jibo had been dating since their university days. They had dated for five years now and really wanted to get married except that they hadn’t enough money to support their marriage plans. They decided to give it time and save. They got Jobs in different states so they rarely saw each other even though they spoke often. Martha would sometimes remind Jibo that time was running out.......

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CIRCLE OF LIFE

Beautiful Roses of emptiness Visions of the Past A sea of yesterday’s happenings The yearnings of a longing heart Memories of happenings yet to come. The ticking clock It’s ours to choose and wait To do it all over again. -by Okoli Adaeze Ifunan......

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