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The ease of childhood

Many of us will agree that our childhood was the easiest part of our lives. Very little was required of us, in fact, we just...

Favour Bernard in Impressions
Mar 13 - 1 min read

One of those days

I’ve never really felt really Felt accepted or felt like I’ve always been wanted, maybe it’s just my thoughts or something else……...

Stephanie Ogbu in Impressions
Nov 8 - 1 min read

Like Flowers in the Wind…

More than anything else, I want to live. I want my life’s fragrance to be heady and sweet. I want to be remembered with smiles,...

Sandra Arukwe in Impressions
Nov 4 - 1 min read

Random Thoughts from a Weirdo

Okay…okay… So this happened and I don’t know if I’m just being weird like I am or something but…. Does anyone remember watching...

Abdullahi Thurayyah in Impressions
Sep 12 - 2 min read

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT…?

I was once told, “after a ministration don’t ask for feedback. Never ask, ‘what do you think about…?’ The Holy Spirit did His work...

Ifunanya Eze in Impressions
Jul 5 - 1 min read

18/19 Years (A Lot)

18/19 years (A Lot) I turned nineteen today. Nineteen. It sounds like an uncommon number. It’s not one of those easy-sounding ages people like to...

Emmanuella James in Impressions
May 27 - 2 min read

KNOW YOUR ONIONS

First of all, let me reassure you. Competition is part of human nature, so you are not entirely wrong. Every man is expected to be...

Adebusola Nafisa Ogunsesan in Impressions
May 27 - 2 min read

ONE-SIDED APPRAISAL

Earlier this year, I watched an Indian movie titled Chhichhore. The movie is a motivation. It changed my view about one-sided appraisal, success and failure....

Adebusola Nafisa Ogunsesan in Impressions
May 24 - 2 min read

FIRE GUTS DOWN LAGOS BROTHEL; LOSS OF PROPERTIES WORTH MILLIONS OF NAIRA.

WENDY JOSEPH Thursday, 25th of February, 2021. Residents and Business Owners at Costain Street of Ojo Local Government, Volks were awoken at past 1:00 am...

Anonymous in Impressions
Feb 26 - 1 min read

Nigeria: Needs not Restructuring but “An Advanced Restructuring Agenda”

Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies Ph.D – PMA I read with keen interest the publication of comment on the issue of Fulani bandits and amnesty titled, “Gumi,...

Anonymous in Impressions
Feb 11 - 11 min read

WHY I WAS CHEATED

WHY I WAS CHEATED A wise man in my village once said “if you don’t know where you are going, every body will give...

Austin Johnson Odafe in Impressions
Dec 31 - 3 min read

A Sister Is For Fighting And Loving— In No Particular Order

“she loves me, she loves me not…”~ every sisterhood ever. When we were younger, the supremacy struggle was real. She was taller, I was...

Olatorera Dickson-Amusa in Impressions
Dec 4 - 1 min read

Being Nigerian

BEING NIGERIANBeing Nigerian goes beyond citizenship. It is a state of being. A state of being as varied as the many languages that can be...

Sandra Arukwe in Impressions
Nov 26 - 1 min read

A peek into the Artistic Masterpiece that is Taylor Swift’s Folklore

I remember when the “Lover” album came out and all I could feel was guilt. Guilt of being completely disinterested in a work released by...

Yaytee Loves💞 in Impressions
Nov 26 - 28 min read

Staying Fit

Staying fit Alarm rings “It’s 5’o clock.”“Thank you Lord for this morning,”she said with bowing heads simultaneously cleaning the edges of her eyes with her...

eyimofe olugbenga in Impressions
Nov 19 - 2 min read

IN SEARCH OF A PERMISSIBLE GREED

IN SEARCH OF THE PERMISSIBLE GREED And greed, again, and the blind lust of honours Which force poor wretches past the bounds of law, And,...

Emmanuel Ajiboye in Impressions
Nov 5 - 10 min read

DELIRIUM.

DELIRIUM Entry III. Her tears a quiet semblance of what was once was. A notion of dwindling sense. But where is the need for rationality...

Olive Osofowora in Impressions
Nov 5 - 1 min read

BLACK GIRLS MATTER

Black Girls Matter: Speak Up for Our Girls NowBy: Niyi OjuolapeUNFPA Resident Representative in GhanaTwitter: @niyioju Adolescent girls live in a better world today but...

Akintunde Abiola in Impressions
Oct 14 - 4 min read

WRITERS HELP WRITERS

WRITERS HELP WRITERS When non writers hears writers, they see a set of people with God given abilities of over flowing ink. People see writers...

Intisar Lawal in Impressions
Sep 22 - 1 min read

The moon shines too

Great things aren’t so hard to spot. Apparently, the greatness they exude compels attention to them and in most cases, these attentions leads to appreciation.This,...

Tolulope Salami in Impressions
Aug 29 - 1 min read

WILD ESCAPADES

WILD ESCAPADESCan these be avoided? Those times when the heart feels caged and wants to yell out for freedom; those times when it feels as...

Mochiah Bosede in Impressions
Jul 27 - 1 min read

PROCRASTINATION

These 15 letter words has done a lot of havoc in the lives of many. But come ooooo, let’s reason together, these thing na “word”,...

Mochiah Bosede in Impressions
Jul 27 - 1 min read

FEELINGS

As children, most, if not all of us, hated being rebuked even though it was for our oun good. Truth be told, looking back at...

Mochiah Bosede in Impressions
Jul 27 - 1 min read

To change the story, you should know how to write one.

MEMOIRS: LIFE THROUGH THE EYE OF LITERATURE AND JOURNALING. Memoirs are historical accounts or biography written from personal knowledge, or it could be an essay...

Temitope Olofintuyi in Impressions
Jul 2 - 2 min read

Wilding beauty.

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Olanrewaju Olabisi in Education, Impressions, Lifestyle, Love, Sex & Relationships
Jun 5 - 2 min read

RAPE: A REFLECTION OF CHRONIC MENTAL ILLNESS AND ABNORMAL DISCHARGE OF LIBIDO

Chastity is imperative in the development of the psychological make-up of individuals in a society. Chastity will constrain a person from engaging in ignominious and...

Akintunde Abiola in Impressions
Jun 1 - 2 min read

MY HAPPILY EVER AFTER

”Are you ready to leave yet?” I ask Steve. ”Uh. Yeah. I’m going to my hostel now.” He replies. ”Great!” My smile is wide. ”I’m...

Erioluwadamiloju Shodayo in Chronicles Of Consciousness, Cornerpiece, Education, Flourishing Daily, Impressions, Lifestyle, Love, Sex & Relationships, Short Stories, Tell! Awards
May 31 - 1 min read

WHAT’S YOUR SUPERPOWER AGAIN?

”I’m rich.” Bruce replies Barry. A wide smile cracks on my face. One glance at my brother indicates I’m not the only one that found...

Erioluwadamiloju Shodayo in Chronicles Of Consciousness, Impressions, Reviews, Short Stories, Tell! Awards
May 26 - 1 min read

SUPERPOWER

My superpower is weakness. The truth is one weakness that will always give you the coolest superpower. I am an inmate at the federal Prison,...

Adepoju Isaiah gbenga in Impressions, Short Stories, Tell! Awards
May 26 - 2 min read

Forget

It is pretty hard to forget about the past but it is one of the best things you can do for you and your mental...

Rafiat, O. M in Flourishing Daily, Impressions
May 17 - 1 min read

Guilt

My father said we are all given twenty four hours in a day and the way you use your time is different from the way...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Short Stories
May 17 - 1 min read

Decisions

In life, we make different decisions and it is only right that we make good decisions. So many people have passion to do something but...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Short Stories
May 16 - 1 min read

“DREAMS”

“Many human today give different connotations to the meaning of dream and every great dream begins with a dreamer, always remember you have within...

Akintunde Abiola in Impressions
May 15 - 2 min read

GRATITUDE

You asked for roses, but all I could give was hibiscus. Please never forget that flowers were all you wanted. You asked for sunlight, but...

Mathias Simon in Impressions
May 9 - 1 min read

Patience

I’m writing this to myself and everyone else that is reading this. Dear reader, In this journey called life, everything you go through is a...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Short Stories
May 8 - 1 min read

YOU MUST REPEAT

YOU MUST REPEAT The date for the common entrance examination was already fixed and I was more than happy ’cause I had long waited for...

Austin Johnson Odafe in Impressions
May 6 - 4 min read

What Shall We Write About Today?

Shall we write about loveand it’s hurting beak that burrows hearts? Shall we lip what life stomachsso that men won’t run after its nothingness? Maybe...

Rasheed Ibraheem Akande in Impressions
May 6 - 1 min read

Know Thyself

Ask me five years ago what I wanted to become and I’d look at you, take a deep breath, smile, fold my hands and reply,...

Seyi Ebenezer in Article, Chronicles Of Consciousness, Cornerpiece, Education, Entrepreneurship, F-Pop (Fillipino Entertainment), Flourishing Daily, Impressions, Interviews, K-drama, K-pop, Lifestyle, Love, Sex & Relationships, Memoir Series, MONUS Anthology, Reviews, Series, Short Stories, Tell! Academy, Tell! Awards, The Subtle Art of .....
May 4 - 2 min read

My first experience

It was my first year, on a Sunday ⛪ morning, shortly after the service. Three young ladies 👧👧👧 dressed in off shoulder polka-dot tops and...

Stephen Olaoluwa in Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships
Apr 30 - 1 min read

MY RESPONSE AS CORONAVIRUSA response to a poem titled: MY LETTER TO CORONAVIRUS by Abiola Akintunde Evelz 👇https://www.tell.com.ng/akintunde-abiola/my-letter-to-corona-virus/ Mr. Man, I understand your plightI should evacuate...

Ojo Tumise Emmanuel in Impressions, Reviews
Mar 30 - 1 min read

Some Can Eat But Have No Food

Somewhere in Bida, Niger State. It is evening. The child beside me clutched a piece of bread in one grubby hand, and looked forlornly...

Olatorera Dickson-Amusa in Chronicles Of Consciousness, Education, Impressions, Short Stories
Mar 26 - 2 min read

Memoirs of Young

Sitting in my room watching in earnest the new Korean series my younger sister bought earlier, I hear the blaring of horns loud and clear,...

Princess Tamara in Impressions, Memoir Series
Feb 19 - 2 min read

CYCLAMEN

to know love, we must know heartbreak.— Kirsten Corley make me know love —touch me, kiss me& make love to me. be my gardener. tend...

Temidayo Jacob in Cornerpiece, Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships
Feb 14 - 1 min read

Dancing on My Own

As always,I’m here again with yet another rant from the deep dark depths of my bottomless heart. A heart, I’ve realized is big enough for...

Eseoise Egbokhare in Impressions
Feb 9 - 1 min read

The Tasteless Salt

Impossible! You would say, how can a salt lose its taste? True, a salt comes with it’s taste but the real question here is, does the...

Ukeje Elex Ebuka in Impressions
Feb 8 - 1 min read

STRAY THOUGHTS

STRAY THOUGHTS Have you ever sat in a class with the hope of listening to a lecturer and a sentence, phrase or even a word...

Ogedegbe Theodore Syl in Impressions
Feb 8 - 4 min read

The Girl Child

They say she is uselessThe girl child is useless, she has no value, she is of no importance and would never be, she is a...

Ukeje Elex Ebuka in Education, Impressions, Tell! Academy, Tell! Awards
Jan 30 - 1 min read

When we tell our stories

Feminism is defined as a movement that supports the economical, social and political equality of all sexes. Basically, it is all about identifying that there...

Kawthar Adeyemo in Impressions
Jan 16 - 6 min read

COMFORT ZONE

Many as seen it as a place of rest, a place to settle and feel relax, majority has made their comfort zone their final stop...

Ukeje Elex Ebuka in Education, Impressions
Jan 13 - 1 min read

HAPPINESS

HAPPINESS! A feeling, some calls It, a state of excitement, an atmosphere where smile lives, where the body is in a carefree zone. Happiness is...

Ukeje Elex Ebuka in Impressions
Jan 11 - 1 min read

I believe in me!

Sometimes I tend to wonder away from being myself due to what the society or my peers are saying but have forgotten when the creator...

Ruth Books in Impressions
Jan 4 - 1 min read

When they see us

Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! These are the things I saw when I typed ‘Islam’ on the internet. Fact one: Islam was promulgated by the holy...

Kawthar Adeyemo in Impressions
Dec 25 - 4 min read

Faces in Phases

So many facesI could be smiling while there’s an infernal rage burning me from the inside, having a conversation about politics and still laughing about...

Eseoise Egbokhare in Impressions, Memoir Series
Dec 18 - 1 min read

The- BestFormofanApology

Hey there !! A lot of people feel like when they do something offensive to someone and they apologize, that’s the end of it. Well,...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships, Tell! Awards
Nov 24 - 1 min read

Why Christians Are Hesitant To Talk About Depression

Many Christians struggle with depression, yet receive little sympathy from their fellow believers. They are viewed with a certain amount of suspicion – they must...

Anonymous in Impressions
Nov 4 - 2 min read

To Those Who Mean Well, But Don’t Understand Depression

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Anonymous in Impressions
Nov 3 - 2 min read

HOPE- Hold On, Pain Ends.

There is a popular adage which says ‘When there’s life, there’s HOPE’. As simple as that can be said, that’s the whole truth. At some...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships, MONUS Anthology, Tell! Awards
Oct 20 - 1 min read

‘COMPARISON’

Hey there ! Have you realized that whenever you’re happy about something yeah? You’re good but the moment you compare it with something else, you...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, MONUS Anthology
Oct 14 - 1 min read

Finding Yourself in a World Full of Noise

By Chinenye Nzom So my brother and I were discussing a while ago and he told me that he was reading a post, and someone...

Impressions in Impressions
Oct 13 - 5 min read

Protect Your Peace.

Hi there !! Here’s a quick reminder that you should always choose yourself first & also learn to never loose yourself. Firstly, In whatsoever ship...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships, Tell! Awards
Oct 6 - 1 min read

theGET>GreatExamTips

Hey there! It’s a common thing for everyone to get nervous especially when examinations are fast approaching! I’ve written below #theGET to follow. I hope...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions, MONUS Anthology
Sep 29 - 1 min read

MOTHER OF US ALL

MOTHER OF US ALL There’s a way about her smile. ItHas me thinking aloud. She’sGot some pretty dimples. TheySeem the perfect joy examples. InHer...

Ojo Oluwagbenga in Impressions
Sep 27 - 1 min read

NEW LOVE

NEW LOVE (Him)Banal words fan the coals in my chest;Embers that itch to parch drying earth.Banal words fan my reddening ashes.And now, a mist of...

Ojo Oluwagbenga in Impressions
Sep 18 - 1 min read

When I wonder If I Have The Right To Be Depressed.

Dear diary, hello again. I read about clinical depression today, and I wondered how it relates to this feeling deep inside me. I can’t be...

Olatorera Dickson-Amusa in Impressions
Sep 8 - 3 min read

Alternative Frequencies: AUTISM

I used not to love unreservedly, innocently. I used not to want to change the world. Until I met him… Jesse… I watched him...

Olatorera Dickson-Amusa in Impressions
Sep 8 - 3 min read

Media Trends and how they affect us

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Olúbánkẹ́ in Impressions
Jul 27 - 3 min read

The #UseYourWords Campaign

Depression currently affects over 300million people of all ages globally. Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year, that is equivalent to one...

Impressions in Impressions
Jun 14 - 1 min read

HE GOT ME FLOWERS

HE GOT ME FLOWERS…Oh, What a beautiful sunny day it is today!The scent of the lilies carried by the gentle breeze permeates my soul.I smile...

Ibrahim Akinpelu in Impressions, Love, Sex & Relationships, Short Stories
Jun 12 - 2 min read

Men have feelings, too

As a man, you’re not expected to cry, or talk about your feelings with anyone. The only day a man is legally allowed to cry...

Toheeb Ojuolape in Cornerpiece, Impressions
Jun 7 - 3 min read

20+ reasons why you shouldn’t Kill Yourself

Most people say Suicide is not an option, but the sad truth is that suicide is actually an option, a quick and easy one. This...

Impressions in Impressions
May 31 - 8 min read

Depression, an impression of regression

At the start of writing this article, my phone was “depressed”. Yes it really experienced a lot of frustration. First, I started typing with 5...

Ibrahim Adesina in Article, Impressions
May 19 - 5 min read

STASUA.

Hi there !! I’m pretty much sure that you’d be wondering what kind of acronym this is ? I won’t stress you too much. STASUA...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions
May 17 - 1 min read

INNOVATOR BY CIRCUMSTANCES

Sitting alone in a lonely place, that one thought kept crossing my mind. End it all, to make the world happy. Don’t get me wrong,...

Impressions in Chronicles Of Consciousness, Flourishing Daily, Impressions
May 17 - 3 min read

HOW BEING AFRICAN CAN AFFECT YOUR MENTAL STATE

Kwame couldn’t cope with the pressure that surrounded him. Being the first of four children, his parents had sent him to the University with...

Impressions in Impressions
May 10 - 2 min read

UGLY -UGottaLoveYourself.

Hey there !! I used the word UGLY because some people think they’re not beautiful or handsome enough. It’s funny how alot of people feel...

Rafiat, O. M in Impressions
May 8 - 1 min read

Your silence will not save you

It’s 5pm already, the day went by so fast. You picked up your heels under your desk, uttered random goodbyes to your colleagues at work. ...

Impressions in Impressions
May 3 - 1 min read

Just Live

Just Live What we often call depression is usually one of several different major mental disorders. It’s a chameleon that tends to show itself...

Kawthar Omisore in Impressions
Apr 26 - 2 min read

7 Tips for Dealing with Depression in Nigeria.

There are so many reasons to be sad in Nigeria. From the economic recession, to the bribery and corruption, to the lack of electricity, unemployment,...

Impressions in Impressions
Apr 19 - 2 min read

Signs of depression

“I think I am depressed.” I remember exactly the day I voiced out those words, it was my first step to a very long recovery....

Impressions in Impressions
Apr 12 - 3 min read

Introducing Impressions

Did you know that more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression? One in every 3 teenagers you meet has suffered/is currently suffering...

Impressions in Cornerpiece, Impressions
Jan 24 - 1 min read

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