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Had a melt down.........not mad

DamnnNiggarr:
Unizik...
You could've mention popular places like bakassi, garba square, science village, mph, etc

I'm a proud Alumni and Msc student of the institution.

Bakassi

OGs will know Warehouse, Gas Station, Bus Stand, Quadrangle, Wilderness..............Great Giants!

He's

Men

This pikin get naija blood

Stephen2324:
My workers killed a Cobra yesterday and found almost 50 baby snakes inside

God bless your workers for saving many lives

Jesus!!!!!

This child-witchcraft thing is widely believed in that region. So many innocent children have been brutalized and killed. I remember having this argument years back with a highly educated colleague from Akwa-ibom and he was very adamant.

It's inhuman and beyond sad

Petriaa:
Are you sure you are not my lost twin brother.I also read anything text i came across.I even read my elder ones Gst textbooks while i was in Jss lol.

Lol. Maybe I am. I remember doing that too. In fact before I was done with JS1, I had read all the available literature books (Js1-Ss3) in my school.
Practical English also had lots of stories, so read those too.

This brings back childhood memories. Life was simple and fun. Nigeria was safe.
I used New Oxford English Course (NOEC) though, so I didn't get to read this in school.
This should be Macmillan Primary English Course 3/4. So I guess primary 3/4 for those who used it. I eventually read it anyway. I was addicted to books so I read everything that crossed my path: Novels, textbooks, Newspapers, magazines, Bible...
Hints
Hearts
Better lovers
Moving tales

No pictures, No video

I once heard that he coaches and he still granted interviews late last year.

You may have wasted your tears on a total stranger.

I hope they are kidding

Yvonne Nelson

TVTKOKO:
crazy stuff! Thank God for your life.
I've always had the belief that there's more to life than what mere eyes can see. It's more like METAPHYSICAL. The mind of every individual is somehow interconnected with the universe

Thank you.

I think so too. The mind is a lot stronger than we know.

Brokeloser:
Its unfortunate how we do things in this country.The irresponsible company is directly responsible for those deaths and damages.If possible you all affected by their foolishness should have collectively sued them.

Nigeria can be frustrating.
In fairness, some policemen met us at the scene and asked all owners of the vehicles involved to come to their station to write statements so that the owner of the tanker can pay damages. Dad opted to go fix his car by himself. I guess he was just glad that we were alive and whole.

GumGum:
I like the way you write.

Thanks loads

GumGum:
Thank God for your life. I still wonder how a construction company was negligent enough not to put up signs earning people of repairs at such a sharp bend.

It's crazy and it happens all the time.

kernniejay:
You dont know how much the experience you shared touched me. I just thank God for your life. Who knows if you your call had come through that day and you asked for only one day, you could have lived only one more day and died. You were spared probably because you did not confess the one day out for somebody or others to hear. Just my own thought o. I pray long life of fulfillment and prosperity for you, by God's grace, amen.

I've honestly always wondered.
Glad you could relate. Thanks loads. Amen.

Is that better or worse

Brokeloser:
In a sane working country the construction company will pay heavily for damages but alas "This is Nigeria".

I swear. When we emerged from the bushes, there was no sign of the construction company. Just dead bodies and damaged vehicles.

Pure coincidence but then:

Let us be mindful of the kind of words we speak to ourselves and to others.

Let me share a personal experience (please pardon the length):

Many years ago, I drove my Dad from Ilesa to Lagos for an important business meeting. The discussion was kind of boring so I left the conference room and went to the car to chill. Still bored, I switched on the radio and kept tuning until I got to a channel (can't recall which). A call-in program was ongoing and the question was 'If God let you decide how much longer you want to live, how many years would you ask for and why?'.

Listeners called in and gave varying figures...100 years, 200, 80, 50. Most people's reason was that they still had a lot to achieve. Some said life was too good, one woman said she wanted to see her great great grand children.

I decided to call in and say something shocking, just for the fun of it. I wanted to say that I would ask God for one more day because life is stressful and boring. I tried and tried but my call didn't go through, probably because of the number of people trying to call. It finally connected just as the program was about to end but the presenter announced that they won't be taking any more calls. So I didn't get to air my outrageous view on radio.

The next day, we set off for Ilesa, I drove. Just before Ibadan, Ratcon Construction Company was fixing the expressway at a sharp bend, and their heavy duty vehicles occupied one lane. This generated traffic as all the cars on the road were forced to slow down and squeeze into the other lane. I negotiated that bend at about 80-100 kph, saw the traffic, slowed down completely and joined the queue.

Less than a minute later, I heard some shouting behind me, I looked in my rearview mirror and saw a petroleum tanker bearing down on me. The tanker driver must have got to the bend at top speed like most vehicles, saw the traffic and lost control. The tanker was directly behind me and was definitely going to crush me. All I can remember was unconsciously whispering God please... God please.

Suddenly, a white inter-state commercial bus appeared, driving at break-neck speed and also lost control. The bus driver must have been trying to overtake the tanker at the bend with no knowledge of what was going on.(all these happened in split seconds)

Both the bus and the tanker hit me. The bus, a fraction of a second earlier than the tanker. The bus pushed me forward and took my original space. The tanker hit both of us but the bus took most of the impact. The tanker's blow on my vehicle was glancing so it sent me into the surrounding bushes. The bus was completely crushed. My Dad and I came out of the bushes and watched the bus driver die.

The tanker (fully loaded) had overturned and fuel was trickling out of one compartment. Luckily it was diesel so it didn't ignite.

The events of those two days will be vividly etched in my memory forever.

Now, I'm not a superstitious person. I'm very strong on facts and logic but at times, I can't help but wonder if the result would have been different if my call went through.

God will surely keep blessing Jazzy

dominique:
I didn't, I wouldn't mind reading both books today if I get my hands on them. My memory of the story is getting a bit fuzzy. I know it was set in northern Nigeria where Shettima was captured and sold as a slave where he became friends with the son of the wealthy owner. He grew older as a slave but enjoyed some privileges other slaves didn't enjoy since he's friends with the heir. The rich boy's sister started falling for him and that was where his troubles started. Very interesting story that you can read over and over again without getting tired of it.

Sorry about that. Yes that's the story Honestly we need many of those titles in ebooks so they don't disappear completely. I might still have them in my book box at my Dad's house. I'd let you know if I find them.

Carot:
is he still alive

No he's not.

spicyuzo:
These books made our childhood.

This Raliya-the Sugar girl for example, was my one time favorite.

Now that İ think of it, i didn't really need TV, ready books as a kid made you create the images and play the script in your head over and over, and in ways that prompted you to ask questions. İt kind of stimulated the thinking faculty.
On the other hand, TV is like watch someone's well scripted story, as a kid you can't really add your imagination to a TV show, you just watch and enjoy.

So now İ ask....What's better for kids....TV or Books?
Or a bit of both?

Yes, Sugar Girl was pure magic at that age. I think I read it in primary 3.
Adventures of Souza and the others, I read much later. Those books made my first few years of boarding school bearable. I practically read everything; Oxfords Past and present series, Macmillan Winners series, Pacesetters etc. God bless Kola Onadipe, Nkem Nwankwo, Cyprian Ekwensi, Achebe and other authors of JSS children's books of the 80s & 90s.

Both TV and books are good. More books than TV though. Books help build vocabulary and reading stamina while good TV shows help with pronunciations and diction. Books are easier to regulate though.

dominique:
This sequel to The Boy Slave, I looked for this book like my life depended on it back then. Memories...

Hope you eventually found it. It's a very good read.

ComputerOperato:
You are a legend.
I read all these too.

OG

Sugar Girl by Kola Onadipe.
Some of his other books I read then include:
Adventures of Souza
The Boy Slave
Return of Shettima

Those were the days.

Sometimes I wish I had. Growing up, I loathed school so much I was envious of kid-hawkers.

It will pass. Even wonders last 9 days.

Theesourcerer:
Dominique , darling I've been blocked do , unban me ❤

Wetin you do