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It was half pass 10pm on a Friday in November 2016, Toyosi was standing alone at a bus stop just far away from her company after working late only for a Lexus jeep to pack in front of her.

Hey dear, how are you and why are you standing here by this time or is their someone coming for you? said the voice from the car.

Toyosi been a free spirited person answered that she was working late, missed the company's bus and failed to make alternative before now.

Okey, where are you going I can drop you off or at least drop you off in a place you would get a cab, responded the voice from the car.

Toyosi answered, she was heading to Ejigbo and she would be happy for a ride, then she entered as the strange opened the door from inside.

Am Funmilola said the voice

Am Toyosi and thanks for the ride, I pray I can repay you someday, Ẹ ṣé ma.

Don't call me ma, we might be of same age and that's making me feel old said Funmilola.

Toyosi looked at the beautiful lady in the driver's seat, fair in complexion, a little plumpy than her, then she noticed no ring on her finger placed on the steering.
Sorry Miss Funmilola, some ladies find pleasure in superiority.

It was a lucky Friday drive, they were at the front of Toyosi's gate at 11:30pm exchanging numbers and saying goodbyes, the ride was uneventful but a little discussion was thrown both ways and Funmilola disclosed her girls night out in the mainland to Toyosi which made dropping her at home wasn't a burden.

By December, Funmilola and Toyosi were close friends, chat buddies and gossip mates. They both agreed to a girls vacation in Christmas period and they would be traveling to Port Harcourt, Rivers State. To experience it's beauty and cultural heritage and the journey was stated for the 23rd to 30th which was the closing day of the carnival and events.

By 15th, Toyosi had already got her bags packed out of excitement for the trip and the thoughts of meeting some cute Port Harcourt boys. She was on the phone asking Funke to tag along, who broke the plans because she had something set out with her fiancee.

THE SET DAY IS HERE
Port Harcourt city here we are said Toyosi as they entered the lobby of The Hotel Presidential. The room key was handed over to them by the cute smiling receptionist and their bags taken to the room. In the hall way, Funmilola apologized for not been able to secure them two separate rooms (because the flight booking was on Toyosi and the hotel rooms were on her but due to the overcrowding of tourists and businessmen all rooms were taken) which Toyosi just nodded in agreement.

Funke what is it and why are you shouting?. Am sorry Tosin, I thought I was deleting Michael's number from your phone and I didn't know I actually selected all and delete, am sorry, ma binu. Tosin shouted Jesus you have killed me poo Funke, my village people are at war with me, Jesus, I am dead.

Tosin's shout was not because she was indeed dying or about too but it was because she recalled last night when Tee put his number in her phone, she didn't flash him immediately and when she got home, she discovered she had no call card and postponed the calling to this morning. But Funke had collected her phone while she was asleep to delete her on and off boyfriend's number whom she caught last night at the party kissing the same chic (Oluchi) who he said they weren't dating but just friends. At this point of Tosin's life she was trying to comprehend which comes first 'A crush turn boyfriend or a best friend she had known since level 100 and just like that she threw her phone to the bed, plugged in her headphone and got lost in some oldies RnB songs.

Graduation could not have come in a better time than now.
Toyosi delivering the valedictory speech as the best graduating student of her set, in front of her proud father and watery eyes mom. She encouraged all graduating students to set their eyes on the goal of life and never get distracted. After the event, Toyosi and Funke family had a wonderful and entertaining picnic.

Towards the end of her service year, media houses and newspaper firms were already in the hunt for Toyosi because of her final year article on THE WAR OF INSURGENCY IN THE LIFE OF BABIES, which was published by her school magazine, some newspaper firms and blogs. The name Toyosi Akindele was not to be joked with. After service, Toyosi started working with a private media houses PLATFORM where she was given freedom to control contents on her personnel blog without supervision or query.


THREE YEARS LATER:

Being an investigative journalist, Toyosi was always needed both on and off the field. The distance from Ejigbo where she lives to her working place at Lekki plus the constant demand for her presence was telling on her and her blog and she looks forward to a time good enough to demand for a salary increase so she can finally move closer to work.
The current on-field project was to investigate on the missing 100 billion naira which was blamed on a monkey and her company was contacted by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for her personal services which they and her obliged to. The investigation has taken more than two years and still no unmasked victim but they weren't in a hurry. 'The longer they say, the better' says the director Mr Silva Joshua.

After what seems like the biggest party she has ever attended in her school year and life so far, She could not get her mind off him. The tall, dark, handsome and not too muscular Taiwo but he said he preferred being called TEE.

She had ones met Tee during the all university games where she went with her mass communication student team to get report on the event and mostly report of their own school's performance and Tee was the handsome goalkeeper who saved the last penalty that gave her school the much desired trophy and that made him popular around campus, she even overheard someone referring to him as Teeglove.

She could not get her mind off him because out of all the bimbos and the hot chics, he chose her, he chose to talk to her, a nerd like her and he didAfter what seems like the biggest party she has ever attended in her school year and life so far, She could not get her mind off him. The tall, dark, handsome and not too muscular Taiwo but he said he preferred being called TEE.

She had ones met Tee during the all university games where she went with her mass communication student team to get report on the event and mostly report of their own school's performance and Tee was the handsome goalkeeper who saved the last penalty that gave her school the much desired trophy and that made him popular around campus, she even overheard someone referring to him as Teeglove.

She could not get her mind off him because out of all the bimbos and the hot chics, he chose her, he chose to talk to her, a nerd like her and he did that all through the party, he never left her side for too long. During the long conversation of which she still remember every single details, Tee told her he graduated last year and that quenched her feeling of wonder for his whereabouts during this her final that all through the party, he never left her side for too long. During the long conversation of which she still remember every single details, Tee told her he graduated last year and that quenched her feeling of wonder for his whereabouts during this her final year, and that he was invited to the party by his younger sister Funmi whom she didn't get to meet till she left.

OMG, oh my god, oh my god, Tosin am sorry, am very sorry said Funke as she handed me back my phone which brought me out of my daydreaming.

Good morning class

Today i want to talk about THE MASSES

We live in an era where its a competition to survive.
An era were your three square meal seem divisible by 2.
An era were we only see our leaders ones every four years.

They come, they make promises, we hail and they leave.
They say jump, we never ask how high.
They say run, we never ask how long.
They can't be challenged even in Democracy.

We get:
buildings collapsing, (@nbdstar)
Sickness on the rising. (Work from Nbstudio)
Herdsmen still killing.
And SARS still beating.
By the next four years, they would be coming and we will be hailing.

Our youths are dying as their thugs.
And we still have our teeth biting the tongue.
We suffering from hardship.
Relationship dying cos of lack of employment.
Now we are in no ship.
Our slay queens are being slayed for logo benz.
You don't need education, just be loyal.
Don't worry you will get all, like we Royals.

Election has been inconclusively concluded.
Now their voices and promises are far like his second coming.
30k minimum wage is still a problem in 2019, when some country are thinking on how to launch the 5g network.
Education na scam is trending here, when a 12-year-old kid from Tennessee created a nuclear reaction in his family's playroom.

Now am feeling we demanded for independence 10years too soon.
We can no longer compare with our brothers in South.
We still breeding potbelly rulers and hungry looking teachers.
We are stuck with educated illiterates in the helms of governance.

So what's the change in a change era of an unchanging nation?
What's the next level when the only level is moving backwards?
What's the need of education when I and my father used the same handout, been taught by the same lecturer, answered the same exam questions in a 25years interval of learning.

We are their Slave,
We are the lower Class,
We are the Future,
We are the MASSES.



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