Photo credit: Kesco Zagha 2020 seems to be finally over, and so so many people would be breathing a huge sigh of relief at the end of it all. READER'S REVIEW: Click on this link to drop your response on the blog survey For some, it's the end of another year, a year their business …
#ENDSARS: NIGERIA, A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH ITS FUTURE
"Nigeria is a country at war with its future. What a shame!" ~ Dr. Joe Abah Give a black man power, and he will turn on all his brothers. There's nothing truer than this, and I am not even joking! Was this the Nigeria our fathers fought for, laying down their lives gruesomely? How did …
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I TOOK A BIKE WHOSE RIDER WAS DEAF
So today, against all my instincts, I took a bike whose rider was deaf. It was after we had started that I regretted listening to people's opinion. This was my life on the line here, baba was speeding like he could hear the next bike coming. I was praying, I was really praying, I had …
TRYING TO SURVIVE IN AKOKO, ONDO STATE
One of the very funny thing in my Ondo stay is how I am still struggling to believe that I reside here, in this rural settlement. Many times it pricks my heart, I wonder how I may be able to change it. Today, I ate one kind of food that I have never eaten before, …
MY FIRST YEAR OF BLOGGING
Good morning, I do believe by now the whole 'happy new month' vibe would have died down. So my voice can be heard. I actually became a year in blogging on 24th day of August. A year in blogging has not really been all that gold. It has been different things, but believe me not …
NIGERIA: A COUNTRY MADE OF HUSH-PUPPIES
Hushpuppi About a week ago, the news of a celebrity fraudster emerged in the media constituting nuisance. I think any issue that outshines COVID-19 in the media must be one with large impact, but the case of a fraudster and its media attention is worrisome. A Nigerian and worldwide fraudster who has wined and dined …
RACHEL’S DIARY
Yubedee Pyamene Anokari What if I never fall in love again? what if my emotions have been dredged away by one too many deceit, heartbreak and disappointment? Only if Femi had been honest and sincere, I wouldn’t have met the devil. Just how wicked and ruthless could men be! All men are dogs and that …
WHY WE SHOULD ABOLISH LANGUAGE TERMS WITH RACIST CONNOTATIONS
Before I delve into the meat of the topic, I believe it is important that we first understand what racism is. Racism is seen as the belief that a particular race is superior or inferior to another race, that a person's social and moral traits are predetermined by his/her inborn biological characteristics.Racism in a more …
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EASY 20s, NOT SO EASY
If I ever finish this post. I would credit it to Mr. Honour Eke-John. These days nothing seem to be going right, nothing at all. Money, Love, Life, Progress, Creativity, everything is just dormant. Nothing, seems to be moving. I just wish I can hibernate like the bear and come out when it is all …
THE LIFE WE SEEK
Yubedee Pyamene Anokari. Isn't it fascinating how there is a clear distinction between the wealthy and those just trying to get by? How the rich gets richer and then the poor, it is better left unsaid. This is what life has taught me! Yes, I have seen the dark sides of life; and to this …