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  I remember writing one time in one of the rooms in a multi-storey building. There was a soft breeze blowing, and so I opened...
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Kemi and Sarah’s bond in the recently released Netflix limited series, “Blood Sisters” is enviable. They were each other’s support system, as evidenced by how...
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Seems I’ll spend most of my time at night under this tree. My normal routine at night is to be indoor doing something important best...
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James clear said “small change in what you see can lead to a big shift in what you do” .Meaning, that what you see occasionally...
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I miss the calls and the warm compliments that make me smile and sometimes grin out loud. I miss the warm hugs, the forehead kisses...
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May 12  -  1 min read

Destiny woke up with a restful smile. She rubbed her eyes and took some moments to get oriented with her environment. The room was well-lit...
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Disclaimer: Cultural immersion, a highly touted benefit of studying abroad, isn’t always possible, especially in racially segregated countries (Goldoni 360-62).  Show me a study, of...
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May 2  -  3 min read

I’m the first of three children and honestly it is exhausting. My siblings are just so disrespectful and annoying. I can’t tell them anything and...
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Apr 22  -  1 min read

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GOOD FRIDAY? What’s so good about the day? What makes this Friday so good to the extent that they call today “Good Friday” all over...
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Apr 15  -  1 min read

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MY VOICE; OUR EQUAL FUTUREEvery break of dawn,it gets drummed into my ears,”You are a girl! You have to be meek and demure,your voice not...
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Apr 13  -  1 min read

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Some days, we just feel extremely low. Some call it sadness; some melancholy but really…it is more than sadness. Sadness is a normal reaction to...
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Apr 13  -  3 min read

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Generator sounds fill the airThis is the third day and “NEPA” as they’re still fondly called have obstinately ignored the reason for their existence. It’s...
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Mar 23  -  1 min read

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  Many Nigerians, right from their early years have great dreams about Nigeria. I, not being an exclusion, have one too. However, dreams are supposed...
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Mar 19  -  5 min read

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“Hundreds of cash-trapped contestants accepted an invitation to compete in a survival game, huddled together in an island where only a survivorr gets a tempting...
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Feb 3  -  3 min read

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    Here at the king of all universities in the ancient Yoruba city called a place of dispersion, several activities and events are put...
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Jan 17  -  1 min read

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Not a collective race nor a relay race, it is an individualistic race. What are you aiming or/and aspiring for, that you are already getting...
Adebobola George

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Jan 5  -  1 min read

O love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul on thee. My heart restores its borrowed ray that in thy sunshine...
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O love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul on thee. My heart restores its borrowed ray that in thy sunshine...
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Whenever the ‘what do you want to become?’ question pops up when we were younger, Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer, and so on filled the air. Compared...
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Dec 11  -  2 min read

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I wrote this years ago, long before I began to call myself a writer. I personally think it could be better with some editing. But...
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Dec 8  -  1 min read

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I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can.    Oh well ! Ecclesiastes 3 verse...
Adebobola George

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Dec 3  -  1 min read

RE: ISHAQ AKINTOLA, MURIC AND COLLAPSED LAGOS BUILDING THE RANTING OF A MISCHIEF MAKER By Bolaji O. Akinyemi Professor Ishaq Akintola has enjoyed monopoly of...
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Nov 7  -  4 min read

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Relaxing to various people ranges from watching soccer to movies or a stroll out n to some maybe clubbing or just being left alone in...
Drey Yung

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For every millennial & gen Z, the catchphrase “It’s Don Jazzy again” was a prelude to something magical & iconic. I once heard a story...
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Growing up with a strict mother who was a disciplinarian, the act of talking much was being curbed at an early stage. Whenever my mum...
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“Sister, you have not changed at all, I had expected to see some changes since you’re now in school, “there is no need for new...
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Hey, Check out Astalavee A platform that helps you with an online store to create, sell and manage your digital contents and also connect you...
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In the World where Everything seems so difficult and it’s as if there’s no way out of this difficulty. In a world where evil has...
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We regret to inform you that “so so and so” has been rejected. The illustration above is one that everyone of us has experienced at...
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Jul 26  -  1 min read

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Above the world so high,Like a little diamond star in the sky.You are liken to the beautiful and colourful rainbow,that pops up as the Sky...
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Jul 25  -  1 min read

  The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines heart break as : crushing grief, anguish, or distress. Across the globe, the word has been used mostly in the...
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Apr 17  -  1 min read

It started when I got to know about the Tell! Campus Ambassadors 2020 from someone’s WhatsApp status update but I overlooked it until my friend...
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Mar 25  -  2 min read

In the light of the recent outburst on social media about the opaque handling of what could be regarded as public funds which was donated...
Stanley Monye

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Mar 17  -  2 min read

  GET UP THE NERVE! Whether you are too fat, too short,too tall ,too dark,too fair,too skinny,too beautiful,too ugly or not. You’re right! It’s your...
Favour Odedele

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Feb 21  -  1 min read

LIME GREEN Today I saw a boy. Well, he was not really a boy, he is still somewhere in that confusing gap between teenagehood and...
Anonymous

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Feb 12  -  2 min read

“You’re not your job. You’re not what proportion money you have got within the bank. You’re not the car you drive. You’re not the contents...
Farah Ahmed

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Feb 2  -  2 min read

Marriage is a wonderful thing, yet it is constantly changing. The marriages we see today are nothing like the ones of our parents or grandparents....
Nisa Ndlovu

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Feb 1  -  2 min read

Courage is the quality of being brave in a dangerous situation. The word courage comes from the Latin ‘cor’, meaning heart. Courageous people have big...
Farah Ahmed

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Jan 28  -  2 min read

“We are getting more disconnected to those around us and getting more connected to those away from us” Socially Distanced One of the words of...
Havillah Ogutu

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Jan 24  -  4 min read

Music is a phenomenon that sees no boundaries, regardless of nationality, race, and culture. It creates emotions and feelings, and it is far more powerful...
Nisa Ndlovu

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Jan 20  -  2 min read

Recalibrate. I think, 2021 should be the year when we all get serious about making real progress. It’s healthy to unwind and frolic on social...
SIMEON ELVIS DUMLE

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Jan 20  -  1 min read

  I watched a Youtube video recently about rare genetic diseases that leave people with superpowers. Some of which were spectacular, like Savant Syndrome, which...
Ayomitide Aina

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Jan 19  -  2 min read

   From Alcohol to Cocaine, Heroin, Marijuana, and Benzodiazepines; The list of chemicals that could possibly get you hooked on goes on. These chemicals are...
Farah Ahmed

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Jan 14  -  2 min read

As we live we realize that there is a lot about life that we desire that ever always seems out of reach. It seems like...
Havillah Ogutu

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Jan 10  -  4 min read

This is a new beginning,new opportunities for you to achieve all your goals.stay focus and determined so as to accomplish your dreams and bring out...
Maryam Talks

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Jan 1  -  1 min read

What is Gratitude?Many of us express gratitude bysaying “thank you’ to someonewho has helped us or given us agift. From a scientificperspective, however, gratitude isnot...
Maryam Talks

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Dec 17  -  1 min read

  POWER OF EMPATHYEmpathy is the ability to emotionally understand what other people feel,see thing from their point of view,and imagine yourself in their place,...
Maryam Talks

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Dec 11  -  1 min read

Are you addicted to using your phone always? As a parent, do your kids pester you to get them a smartphone? Giving them a smartphone...
Adaobi Deborah

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Dec 9  -  1 min read

COURAGE AND BRAVERYCourage is not the absence of fear. Courageous people do feel fear,but they are able to manage and overcome their fear so that...
Maryam Talks

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Dec 9  -  1 min read

COURAGE AND BRAVERYCourage is not the absence of fear. Courageous people do feel fear,but they are able to manage and overcome their fear so that...
Maryam Talks

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Dec 9  -  1 min read

The year 2020 has and will always be a remarkable year in the lives of Africand. The ENDSARS Protest has Nigerians activists, youth and Celebrities...
Adaobi Deborah

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Dec 7  -  1 min read

        Covid-19 is an infectious disease that has affected the health of many different people in the globe. Health is the physical...
Sarah Bezad

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Nov 29  -  2 min read

Depressed?? Bleeding??Hurt?? What is your solution? Who is your go to guy when you are in a bad mood? Do you have anyone?? Are your...
Mutiah Mimi

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Nov 23  -  1 min read

“There is nothing i need so much as nourishment for myself-esteem”. We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees,but how seldom do...
Moro Mohammed

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Nov 13  -  1 min read

Hello,The past weeks before this has just been filled with a rollercoaster of emotions for different people and basically, the goal was just to ask...
Mmesoma Lawrence

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Nov 3  -  1 min read

  Where feet may fail – LifeThere are always places of uncertainty where feet may fail,There are storms that’d rise where the feet will be...
Ajijola Ebenezer

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Nov 2  -  1 min read

It’s been so long since I was able to actually collect my thoughts and put them into writing. I have been struggling with anxiety for...
Ujunwa Umeokeke

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Oct 26  -  2 min read

When they spoke about us they said it in condescending terms. We were the destined failed generation. Behind my desk in my well ironed ajebota...
Emmanuella James

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Oct 14  -  2 min read

Weekly_Poetry_Write Part -2     POINT OF VIEW: Portrays that, till date Africans gentle persons were in the stage of immaturity, naiveness and in cultural...
Anonymous

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Sep 29  -  1 min read

I woke up this morning to a sudden reminder that I hadn’t gotten the stuff. The intensity of the air-con beating against my sparsely hairy...
David Samuel

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Sep 24  -  6 min read

  Hi there, this is Writaholic spilling one of her many thoughts and today is about Fake vs Real.    I read a lot of...
Mmesoma Lawrence

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Sep 22  -  1 min read

  I do not need Math,nor do I needits further friend,to log this rhythmin your pulsing heart, for your figure eight expressionis a source of...
Uthman Yusuff

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Sep 22  -  1 min read

Omobola Oh how beautiful you are, Like the beautiful sunrise, a perfect handiwork of the creator, The calmness of your face has successfully made people...
OLa Jeremiah

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Sep 20  -  1 min read

On September 10, 2020 the world marked The World Suicide Prevention Day(WSDP), with events and programs targeted to help prevent suicide through collective effort.  This...
EMMANUEL.

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Sep 18  -  1 min read

  Streams are loosing their fountainsNot one is worriedOur culture is in comaIt is local Isn’t it…? Hmm. Trees are loosing their leafsNot one is...
Anonymous

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Sep 17  -  1 min read

You are sauntering home from work. Fatigued, battling with a banging headache and definitely hungry. You are counting the minutes until your mouth devour whatever...
Olufolake (Zion) Adegoke

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Sep 15  -  3 min read

Be the BEACH BEACH Oh how I dream to be at the beachTo feel the waves around me To swim in its gloriousnessTo bask in...
Antisocial. Words

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Sep 14  -  1 min read

THE WOMAN She is an embodiment of divine assignment She is made of steel,though tough and strong yet in her bossom lies the most peaceful...
Johnson Felicia

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Sep 11  -  1 min read

As writers, we are sometimes faced with the challenge of how to end our stories. Writing could be a well-planned process with an already well-defined...
Lywellyn Saha

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Sep 11  -  1 min read

    The man is a living being with a never dying soul.  There’s is always a question:where do the the dead go? Only the...
Johnson Felicia

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Sep 11  -  1 min read

She called me on phone.A voice from my past.“Daniel i need your help”“How now… been a long time, how may i be of service?” I...
Daniel Ibanga

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Sep 11  -  2 min read

Who am I without the love from you?Sitting outside waiting for the sky blue. Who am I, I need a heart to love,A heart beckoning...
Anonymous

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Sep 10  -  1 min read

Rich and respected. Successfully secure. Independent and very influential. Gifted in looks and aesthetic endowments. This acquaintance who’s substantial abundance. Was procured at the expense...
Daniel Ibanga

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Sep 9  -  2 min read

The dining table,Assorted with various varieties, Waiting for someone to join us in our quest,Remembering all the good days,Eating alone doesn’t seem quite good,The corona...
Zainab Oladipupo

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Sep 7  -  1 min read

Surveying the room and parlour apartment.   Tucked in densely populated Isale Oja.   Agege.   Once a happy home for his family of 6...
Daniel Ibanga

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Sep 7  -  2 min read

Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eyeThrough the bazaars, caravans of Egypt passOne could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofsAnd...
Karolos

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Sep 4  -  1 min read

She was calm, my mother—always calm, even when lashing out would have be justified. She was calm when she told Dylan he couldn’t leave the...
Karolos

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Sep 3  -  2 min read

My mind is in a constant disarrayIt’s like a storm is brewing inside me I’m in an utter state of confusionAlmost going maniac Choices, decisionsWhat...
Antisocial. Words

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Sep 3  -  1 min read

Differences & similarities. Aunty wa, with the long skirt, should not be embarrassed or feel intimidated with the mockeries calling her anti-fashion or grandma: Her...
OLa Jeremiah

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Aug 31  -  1 min read

Toothless yet sharp, Biggest yet fast, Blind yet fierce, Largest yet buoyant. As calm as I seem, Still stay afar from the streams, as you...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Aug 30  -  1 min read

Whenever I am in doubt My purpose would come visitingShe would ask, “when last did you tasted meat”?Same moment, my eyes will speakSame moment, my...
Anonymous

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Aug 30  -  1 min read

  I am enamored, Can’t get you away from my thought, I fill lovish,With you, my mind is nourished, The attraction, I don’t know,All I...
Oluwakayode Anthony

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Aug 29  -  1 min read

“Between 1400 and 1900, the African continent experienced four sizeable slave trade, beginning in the 15th century, slaves were shipped from West Africa, West central...
Abdulkabir Abiodun

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Aug 29  -  3 min read

The shades of colours showed my personality, These jewelry are only but my accessories. The makeup is to cover up my anxiety, for reproach was...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Aug 29  -  1 min read

Death. It comes like a thief, without warning life, Then snatches away its victims. It causes unimaginable pain, To the relatives of the deceased, causing...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Aug 29  -  1 min read

She is beautiful ! Did I just hear you say I’m beautiful ?? ……………………………………… Behind my smiles there are dead pains seeking for revivalBehind my...
Tim Wendy

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Aug 28  -  1 min read

You can’t call that man a father, I lost my father the day my sister was born. He blamed her for the death of our...
Michael Ordia

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Aug 28  -  1 min read

You came close to me, But you poured out what I emptied in you,You said you love me, But I can’t fathom if its true....
Oluwakayode Anthony

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Aug 27  -  1 min read

It was all a night of pain,My inside tearing as you strained,The joy and happiness you brought with your cry,The long doubt and wait you...
Dickson Bestman

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Aug 25  -  1 min read

Look at me, what do you see? Anger, Agony, Pain or Devastation? My face seems unappealing, due to the hate and frustration . You think...
Esther Gabriel-Louis

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Aug 25  -  1 min read

Red signifies love Pain too it might As my feelings were curved I thought it was depression You were so angry at me Always creating...
Munachiso Uzomba

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Aug 25  -  1 min read

Her loud cry filled the whole roomShe’s been in labour for days, today is the fourth moonSuddenly there was a tiny cryIt’s a baby girl,...
Fawibe Jadesola

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Aug 24  -  1 min read

  I called it euphoria,I thought I love this feeling.But all I had was the phobia,Of hurting and not healing. To my emotions,I say destitute.Tried...
Moses Moses

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Aug 24  -  1 min read

Here in the North. They were killing people, Not minding what age they are. Because, those who did,  Are disconnected From the zealot of reality, ...
Fahad Aliyu Muhammed

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Aug 24  -  1 min read

BASIC ETIQUETTE Be a voice, not an echo Be humble and lower your ego Fight for the weak and be their hero Maintain family bond,...
Zayd

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Aug 23  -  1 min read

The place, I went Today. It was so fun, Pleasure and recreation. And i felt secured. Free, like at home.   The place i went,...
Anonymous

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Aug 23  -  1 min read

Like a hunter looking out for a game, we are expecting Festus arrival , hoping the worst will be minimal. Anwuli’s father came, he was...
OLa Jeremiah

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Aug 23  -  3 min read

When angels visit human, there will always be a significant sign. The flashing lights, the brightness all over the place, as our dear Nollywood has...
OLa Jeremiah

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Aug 21  -  3 min read

  So, if you’ve been my friend on any of my social media platforms for long, you might have noticed how I have drastically reduced(or...
Tolulope Salami

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Aug 20  -  2 min read

    It was not the first time, Someone she trusted hurts her, Vowed there would not be a second time, So she guarded her...
Inioluwa Wuraola

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Aug 20  -  1 min read

This is about a girl,A young girl,Who felt life had nothing to offer.A girl, who felt life Wasn’t worth living.She did try, she triedBut fell...
Julianah Oluwatofunmi

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Aug 20  -  1 min read

Rejoice with me, Trip the light fantastic To the drum of festivity And move your body in serenity   For I have axed out my...
Aboderin Lekan

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Aug 20  -  1 min read

In search of a good name, I went through a lot of pain,Just to meet up with fame, I walked a road not plain. Sleepless...
Inioluwa Wuraola

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Aug 19  -  1 min read

Once upon a time,I had it all.My life was perfect I had youAnd that was all I neededYou were my sunshine, The star that guides...
Julianah Oluwatofunmi

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Aug 19  -  1 min read

Arewa!!! A peacock in human form  She’s got a skin as soft as cotton  With coilly hair that keeps stunning  Arewa!!! A special flower in...
Aboderin Lekan

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Aug 18  -  1 min read

MY FIRST TIME By Muib Shefiu I heard my heartbeat reverberated in my ear. A vibration that moved to and fro from my heart to...
Shefiu Muib

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Aug 17  -  2 min read

Happy Monday People😍Its the beggining of a beautiful week again😌Own it!Enjoy it!Relish it!Be it!Stay Safe🤗Stay Jiggy😉 ************************************************Wassup!!Wassup!!My beautiful people😍😍😍 If by chance you are just...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo

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Aug 17  -  4 min read

Do you feel unfulfilled in your life, stuck in a career you don’t like, going to work at some mundane job, trying to earn a...
Chioma Ogunka

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Aug 17  -  1 min read

To everyone currently struggling with one form of addiction or the other and want to come out of it but don’t know how to, THIS...
Chioma Ogunka

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Aug 15  -  2 min read

If only you knew that other people’s opinion does not determine your potentials. If only you knew that the naysayers on your path cannot stop...
Chioma Ogunka

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Aug 14  -  1 min read

Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder,Can anyone try to take away the beauty without getting burnt,A long line queues,Nakedness doesn’t seem to faze...
Zainab Oladipupo

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Aug 14  -  1 min read

DO BEANS HAVE WINGS? I was eating breakfast one morning, a bizarre mix of beans and baked potato goulash with no assortment, just the way...
Izustix

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Aug 14  -  4 min read

  For You, the one who can no-longer see me.(Aka love in the time of ghosts) But I talked about the groceriesAnd you said we...
Moses Moses

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Aug 14  -  1 min read

  Can over lovers comeWith us to heaven? We would kiss our way intoThe holy of holies and watchThe angels chirp the beautiful hallelujah,Hiting their...
Precious Adetunji

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Aug 13  -  1 min read

Hi there! I choose to call myself a Writaholic because I have a gazillion thoughts running through my head and I always have to put...
Mmesoma Lawrence

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Aug 13  -  1 min read

  My pen is afraid To spell out your namesBecause you share names with our leaders And knowing that hate speech is real. Lady justiceWhy...
Anonymous

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Aug 13  -  1 min read

Whut?! Wait, what?! I am actually all these. Wow wow wow, fantabulous! Today makes it two hundred and ten days since I’ve been at home...
Raji Ganiyat

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Aug 13  -  3 min read

Bamused of searching for pearch,Where there is no despondency,To find saint in living.The more i search,The more bootless i found. My heart became lonely,Depression follows...
Abdulkabir Abiodun

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Aug 12  -  1 min read

Bamused of searching for pearch,Where there is no despondency,To find saint in living.The more i search,The more bootless i found. My heart became lonely,Depression follows...
Abdulkabir Abiodun

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Aug 12  -  1 min read

Charmingly charismatic.Scavenger and snarer.Flatterer with practised finesse.Destroyer of homes.Lord of broken hearts.Master of the delicate arts of seduction.He lived on easy streets.Paid no bills.Unless it...
Daniel Ibanga