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LiteratureRe: About Whitey's Flash Fiction Challenge *comment Thread* by Eillo(m): 12:37am On Jan 16, 2015
@ whitemosquito
there is a little issue with my entry, Yepala's price

a lot of adjacent words have been merged together for some reason (I wonder why). could you be kind enough to put the spaces where they belong. that way, it will be less clumsy. tenk!

cc: Larrysun Repogirl
PoliticsRe: General Olukolade And Oby Ezekwesili Vent Anger On Each Other Over BIU Crisis by Eillo(m): 2:51pm On Jan 15, 2015
sevule:
Psychological evaluation?? If Boko Haram was pillaging your village and murdering people there, would you be making such asinine comments? huh huh huh huh

A woman had the guts to call the Nigerian army to order and weaklings who call themselves men are all over Nairaland raining abuse on her. People like you make me sick. Apparently you don't care what Boko Haram does in the rest of Nigeria as long as it doesn't affect you directly. Remeber the Abuja bombings AND DO NOT think for a second that you are somehow immune to Boko Haram.

Any mentally stable person obviously knows that Oby Ezekwesili did the right thing by calling the army's attention to this massacre. I do not care if she used twitter, facebook, 2go or even the post office to relay her message. For the rest of you criticizing her it is pretty obvious that the Boko haram scourge is yet to affect you directly which is why you can all be armchair critics.

Finally let us look at France's reaction to a terror attack that killed ONLY 20 people. There was an immediate, urgent and swift response from their police and armed forces and the suspects were promptly killed. Here in Nigeria THOUSANDS of people are being killed and the best thing our military force can do is to fight the war from the comfort of their Twitter handles.
Can you see how our 'leader of tomorrow" reason I weep for Nigeria! There is fire burning your neighbours roof, you cry out, and they blame you for not letting the streets burn to ashes.
Anyone who points out blatant faults in our government has ulterior motives. I guess arguing with them is pointless.
PoliticsRe: General Olukolade And Oby Ezekwesili Vent Anger On Each Other Over BIU Crisis by Eillo(m): 2:47pm On Jan 15, 2015
EUROBOMBER:
Why did the APC Bornu governor refuse to evacuate the girls to Maiduguri for their exams as he was asked to do?
i am not arguing in favour of any governor or party. What i am trying to ask you is this: If crying out when evil befalls our citizens is propaganda (as you seem to imply), what do you suggest we do? fold our arms and pretend it didn't happen?
PoliticsRe: General Olukolade And Oby Ezekwesili Vent Anger On Each Other Over BIU Crisis by Eillo(m): 2:42pm On Jan 15, 2015
brownlord:
Over 1 month now, this yeye woman is yet to tweet anything concerning the 13 year old girl that confessed her parents took ( Forced ) her to the forest to join boko haram, one would expect someone of her caliber would have tweeted to women in the north to deceased from such act and support the federal troops, instead she run round the street with her fake BBOG programme clearly sponsored by politicians to discredit whoever they want to.

Has she said anything concerning the on going certificate abrakadabra facing the peoples general? falana use to be quick in airing his view on issues like this, since it's about the party he indirectly support he has since gone into hibernation.

Advise to Falana and Oby, they should please speak up on the issue, even if they taking side and asking their candidate not to present certificate we prefer this to their silence
what exactly are you implying?
month after the kidnap of our girls, after everyone seems to have forgetten about it, she is still fighting, doing her best. Are you suggesting that she adds buhari's certificate saga (and every other mess that Nigeria is battling) to to her plate? Why must she do everything? why cant you just play your part and stop discouraging those who are sacrificing a lot for the good of others? How many voices are already crying over the certificate? Tell me how many voices are still crying out for the chibok girls that you want oby to abandon that for a less-serious issue? Or is the issue of over 200 lives greater than the political ambition of one person/

Anyway, Oby cannot be pulled down, people like you have been trying your best to discourage her, but guess what? she is still flying high. Anybody that stands for what is right, according to you, "sponsored by politicians to discredit whoever they want to."
I shake my head!
PoliticsRe: General Olukolade And Oby Ezekwesili Vent Anger On Each Other Over BIU Crisis by Eillo(m): 2:14pm On Jan 15, 2015
atlwireles:
The most successful weapon Boko haram has deployed to date is propaganda. The likes of OBY have been instrumental with their success rate.
so what do you suggest? that when girls are kidnapped, we should fold our arms and pretend that it did not happen?
LiteratureRe: About Whitey's Flash Fiction Challenge *comment Thread* by Eillo(m): 8:58pm On Jan 14, 2015
whitemosquito:
@chrisviral, when I said I was dissapointed you thought I was understating it, abi? Wait, you nefa see any thing yet....


Guys, that's as far as I can go tonight. Perhaps repogirl will be nice enough to continue from where I stopped. My battery's low on phone and Pc, I'm tired and slightly irritated by all the stress I have to go through to get the entries on the Challenge thread...and I've work to do.
Repo...please?
well, I have gone through every story posted so far. while a lot of stories were way off the theme, I think some of them captured it, albeit subtly.
Unless you had a very strict interpretation of the theme in mind, I don't think they were all that bad. pls post the rest of the stories ASAP. Tenk!
PoliticsRe: Stella Oduah, Kicked Out Of Anambra Senate Contest by Eillo(m): 10:27am On Jan 14, 2015
braine:
^^^ woman that should be pounding yam for her husband at her age is bearing the "Ms" title.
this statement of yours is just foolish!
RomanceRe: My Addiction To Sleeping With Prostitutes !!!! by Eillo(m): 10:11am On Jan 12, 2015
9jatatafo:
The guy Libido too high and he fit get problem with his wife in the future. The guy is fed up with olosho and him marrying one is out of the equation. I hope you dey feel me. Thanks bro
your advice still makes zero sense.
RomanceRe: My Addiction To Sleeping With Prostitutes !!!! by Eillo(m): 10:05am On Jan 12, 2015
showafrica:
I saw this story in 2012...how come it's surfacing again and you are still 27yrs since then. Something is fishy here
did you really see this story in 2012
RomanceRe: My Addiction To Sleeping With Prostitutes !!!! by Eillo(m):
modified.
LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op): 7:06pm On Jan 11, 2015
Snooppinkett:
The poor girl!...she must be xoooooo scared...and her parentz are in for a rude awakening too...BTW..it was a cool story
thanks. finally, I get a comment!
LiteratureRe: About Whitey's Flash Fiction Challenge *comment Thread* by Eillo(m): 2:33pm On Jan 11, 2015
chrisviral:
M just seeing this now...
Why didn't you include all this in the main thread for the competition.. Mtcheeeeeew!
And I was writing off topic since!
the info was (and still is) in the main thread
Christianity EtcRe: Ever Happened To You? (Weird Coincidences, Synchronicity, Law Of Attraction). by Eillo(m): 8:40pm On Jan 09, 2015
lemme share one small experience
Foreign AffairsRe: Document Exposes Plot To Collapse Nigeria’s Economy By US & Britain by Eillo(m): 2:11pm On Jan 09, 2015
lionness:
So America is suddenly to be blamed for the crash in global oil price which affects even giant oil companies like Shell, Chevron and Mobile Exxon, which are predominantly American companies. The crash is affecting Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iraq, Brazil, countries which have impeccable ties with America as well. Did America spend the $50 billion rainy day reserve GEJ is fittering on his re-election campaign? Seems like the only thing this useless and brainless Government, and its sentimental and tribalistic no brainer media team could proudly point at are just his many local and international enemies, the conspiracies against him, and the many plots against GEJ because he's Christain, because he's a minority, because he's humble, because he's too perfect and because he's blah blah blah.
Jesus, it has never been this pathetic and bad for this country. We have a total FAILURE who keeps pointing fingers at whoever has problem with him. I've never seen a president so terrified of any form of opposition or dissesent. GEJ and his team are total LOSERs. Give them till 10 more years, he will blame the growing poverty, the epileptic power issue, the growing insurgency, the decaying infrastructure, the rot, the corruption, his 1 billion naira food bills, his 10 billion naira on private jet, the oil bunkering, the cabal, the ASUU strike, the sick health system, and every perpetual challenges a reliable government should tackle on the opposition. Such a pathetic, useless and extremely insane government.
thank you my dear. Thank you. intelligent comments like yours are rare these days
LiteratureRe: About Whitey's Flash Fiction Challenge *comment Thread* by Eillo(m):
just sent in my entry. whitemosquito, please acknowledge receipt.
LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op):
Uncle Bolaji spoke angrily. “Evelyn has decided to ruin her own life. I will deal with that girl. Does she think that I labour day in, day out so that she can destroy her life and my family’s reputation. She must be a bastard!” I Shot Kehinde a look that said, ‘what is going on’? She looked away. Then Uncle bolaji said, “just a few weeks in the village and she allowed a village boy to impregnate her…I don’t want a bastard in my home.”

I froze. Kehinde did not. She stood quietly and made for her room. I went after her. Her steps quickened, mine did too. She was going to shut the door against me, but I forced myself in.
“Can you now see? That Id.iot has impregnated Evelyn.” I said. She lay down and sank her face into one of her pillows.
“Ok, fine”, I said, “If you won’t talk to me, then I will let you be.” So, I turned to go to my room.

“Taiwo, wait”, my sister called. Her voice was trembling; she had been crying into the pillow. Now she was sobbing. I ran to her side. “What is wrong, Kehinde? Talk to me.”
“I’m pregnant too.”
“What?! How?”
“Kolade...” Her cries grew louder.
“He slept with you too?”
“I’m sorry. Mummy will kill me. I am dead.”




THE END
**Curtains closed***




ps: anxiously awaiting the comments.
LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op): 9:01pm On Jan 06, 2015
It was the day he referred to Kehinde as “my wife” that I seized the opportunity to pick a fight. “Are you mad? How can you call my sister that?” Kolade just laughed and said, “I will marry your sister.” I wanted a fight. I pushed him on the chest; he barely moved from the spot, he pushed me back. I fell, hard. He laughed.
Then I slapped him. He was two years older than me, much bigger in stature, so he easily would have beaten me black, blue and purple, but he just held his face, and walked home without a word. That was when Kehinde spat her venom at me, “Taiwo, why are so mean? You are my brother, not my husband!” Her words hurt like medicated soap on fresh wound. Then she went after Kolade supposedly to apologise.

For the remaining days we spent in Abeokuta, I and Joshua – with great pressure from me – formed our own gang while the girls continued to hang out with their local champion hero, prancing all over the place with him like a deflating balloon.

Our Abeokuta holiday soon ended – Mama didn’t die as we had predicted. My sister and I had gradually repaired our fractured relationship, although it seemed a little different. There seemed to be a little modification to our unwritten twin brother and sister code –there was awareness of being distinct individuals despite being twins. I was more aware of being a boy and that she was a girl.

I thought things would return to normal once we got back and school resumed, but I was wrong. Kehinde would lock herself up in the room and barely talked to me. When my parents got back from work she would stay in her room. When they asked her what was wrong she would say she wasn’t feeling well. I ended up doing her homework for her most of the time. Sometimes, I would hear hushed voices in her room, too faint for me to make out the words. When I asked who she was talking to she said she was calling a friend on phone. “But it didn’t sound like a phone conversation”, I would say. And she would just yell at me to stop monitoring her.


One Saturday afternoon, Uncle Bolaji came to our house. I ran out to greet him. Without acknowledging my greeting he asked, “Where are your parents?” He didn’t call me ‘T for Taiwo’ as he usually did, he didn’t even look at me as he walked straight into our living room.
“Taiwo, go into your room”, my father said. My parents must have known that uncle Bisi was coming. I knew something bad had happened. I ran to Kehinde’s room to tell her something was up. “Do you think Mama has finally kicked the bucket?” I whispered.

“Shh..” kehinde held an index finger to my lips as she tiptoed down the corridor and pressed her ear to the door that led to the sitting room. The old kehinde – who was my partner in crime, who would snoop around with me and with whom I went on secret adventures – is back, I thought. I pressed my ears to the door too and listened.
LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op): 8:58pm On Jan 06, 2015
no comments yet? mmm... lemme continue
LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op):
Chritsmas in Abeokuta was not as boring as we had imagined. In the evenings we watched movies together, played games and just laughed while Mama fed us like our final destination was the slaughter house. In the day, everyone hung out in groups according to age: our parents did catch up, the older grandchildren talked about whatever. Evelyn, Kehinde, Joshua and I were the youngest. Joshua was thirteen, the rest of us were all about fifteen years old. With our personal tour guide, Kolade, we rocked the town.

Kolade was the boy who lived next compound to my grandma. With him it was easy to get around. He had this badly aligned bicycle that we took turns to ride as we went on fruit-plucking adventures. He was seventeen years old, fair complexioned, tall with a lean and slightly muscular build. “If you had been born in the city all the girls in my school would be chasing you”, kehinde once told him. He had laughed, pocketed his hands and told us that he had two girlfriends in school. Despite his age, he was in SS2. He had a repertoire of jokes, most of which were vulgar and repulsive, but they were funny nonetheless. Of the greatest source of amusement was Kolade’s grammar and accent. Joshua and I would set grammatical traps for him. “Kolade, what is the name of your church?” He would reply, “Bethel Bamtis Shosh” and we would burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter. Kolade never got angry though.

His bad grammar didn’t diminish his hero status. He could do some daredevil stunt with his bicycle, climb tall trees and swim in the river. He would swim several laps against the mild current, disappear under the water and then reappear just when we feared that a mermaid had taken him. We never joined him in the river though. Our parents had warned us never to go into the river, and just when I had gone crazy enough to show Kolade that he was not the only Michael Phelps around, Joshua told a chilling story he had watched on Al Jaeera: a man had been swimming in a river when a very nasty worm swam into his body via his pe.nis
. I changed my mind.

Trouble began to brew when we noticed that the girls laughed a little too hard at Kolade’s vulgar jokes, which were fast becoming stale. I became a little uncomfortable when he and kehinde began to give off flirtatious vibes. When there were arguments, kehinde now took Kolade’s side. This was a blow because we had an unwritten twin brother and sister code that we always stuck up for each other, no matter what.
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LiteratureRe: Christmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op):
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SOUVENIR
Copyright © 2015 by Eillo
This is a works of fiction. Names,
characters, places and incidents are either
the product of the author’s imagination or
are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to
actual events or locales or persons, living or
dead, is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved.*******




It had been concluded, as far back as June that we would spend Christmas in Abeokuta. Grandma had threatened to die if a single one of her descendants didn’t make it to her home to spend Christmas and New Year. “What am I living for if all my children have forsaken me in the village”, She’d said.

Kehinde and I believed that Mama was probably going to die regardless of whether her children and grandchildren congregated under our roof or not. Old people only acted like this when they were indeed planning to die and would like to dole out some last minute sermons on her death bed and distribute their properties among the children, we reckoned. I told Kehinde she would get Mama’s rusty Singer sewing machine.

Our uncle Bolaji travelled down from Kaduna with our cousins Timothy, Joshua and Evelyn – whom Grandma preferred to call Romoke because people had begun to mimick by calling the poor lass Efinrin. Uncle Bisi who lived in Côte d'Ivoire had initially called to say he wouldn’t be able to travel to Nigeria. He however was the first to arrive Abeokuta with his entire household when Mama reportedly called him on phone and wept for thirty minutes. Emotional blackmail, Kehinde called it. “He wouldn’t want it to be on record that he indirectly killed his aged mother.” Uncle Bisi’s two daughters and son were grown up, they were our big cousins.

When our parents asked why we packed so many clothes, we couldn’t tell them that it was because we thought Mama might die during our stay and we would have to stay a little longer than initially planned. We just grinned and shared a knowing glance.
LiteratureChristmas Holiday Souvenir by Eillo(op): 7:52pm On Jan 06, 2015
hello nairalanders. I wrote a story — a short story. I would like you to read and pass your comments, (constructive, objective) criticisms and whatever.

hope you enjoy my short story.
LiteratureRe: Distraction ...a Story by Eillo(m): 8:25am On Dec 04, 2014
let me be your first caller! Go ahead and do your thing.
Waiting...
FamilyRe: Maid Who Savagely Beat Ugandan Toddler To Face Attempted Murder Charge by Eillo(m): 2:26am On Nov 25, 2014
breathless:
Just got this.
the baby is NOT dead!
CelebritiesRe: Death Has Forgotten Me Says 179 Years Old Man by Eillo(m): 12:19am On Nov 25, 2014
Abajosax007:
my grandfather died at the age of 143 and some still said he was btw 149 and 155 no one knew, all his mates had died decades ago,my father is old enough to be his grandchild 'cos he married late so i think its possible to be this old.
if your grandfather died at 143, the your father must be at least 103 (assuming your grandfather had him at age 40). if your father is about 103, then you should be about 63 (assuming your father had you at age 40) So are you as old as 63? please do the math. its highly unlikely that your grandad was that old.

in reality, all these people who claim to be 150 do not know what they are saying. people who live to be 120 are very, very few. in my opinion, this man's claim is hogwash!
CelebritiesRe: Kenny Saint To Fight Prostitution In Ikeja As A Legislator? by Eillo(m): 5:08pm On Nov 24, 2014
ggrin:
GUESS WHAThuh
My former girl frnd cheated on me by pecking a guy she called her course-mate. So I quit the relationship and made new girl frnd whom i believed can never cheat on me.
Last week I decided to invite my new girl to
my place. Wen we wer together, her phone rang but she refuse to pick her call, and I ask her why she didn't pick, she said nothing,and for me to check who was calling her, I saw 'Sterling Bank
calling', and I asked her to pick, maybe d Bank wants to give us money, she refused!
After that, another call entered, 'GT Bank
calling', she ignores it, UBA Followed, and I picked it but the person didn't talk and I cut d call. A minute later, First Bank call entered, she
silenced it. Wen Zenith Bank called, she shouted at
Zenith Bank. After an hour, a call entered her Phone singing Lionel Richie song ('I call it Love'), just to check who called her, I saw 'C.B.N', and she
picked it and answered the Call well! Wen I asked her, she said it's her Uncle working wit CBN, just wished to use d office line. I said ok.
Few minutes later World Bank call and she was so Happy to pick d call! After she had finished receiving d call, I picked up my phone & flash her number, Guess what I saw...angryangryangry?
piggy Bank!
PoliticsRe: Rochas Declares For Presidency. by Eillo(m): 10:53am On Nov 11, 2014
talktimi:
in the Nigerian political landscape, it is virtually impossible for an incumbent to be disgraced in elections except in rare cases like the last Ekiti electoral mauling of Fayemi by Fayose
oyo state has never returned a sitting governor
PoliticsRe: Patriotism: A Cause Of Development by Eillo(m): 9:45pm On Nov 08, 2014
if for example I know (or believe) that getting a higher education outside Nigeria would be of greatest value to me and my aim is to get the best education I can get, why then would I spend that same amount of money schooling here in the spirit of nationalism? that would mean that I would not derive the satisfaction that come from getting what I really want.

for those who go to dubai there is an intrinsic value they get from going there. so I don't think blind nationalism will work on the long run.

there has to be value (utility ) for money especially in capitalist economy
PoliticsRe: A Possible Solution To Jungle Justice by Eillo(m): 9:33pm On Nov 08, 2014
makes a lot of sense. however, not all who witness the jungle justice are in support. of course, some are and this could be because they expect no true justice to come from our central justice system.

but then again, such a law would assume that the individual is capable of stopping the jungle justice. it's usually a mob thing. a person could be lynched right in front of my house and I would be powerless to stop it.
PoliticsRe: Why Boko Haram Fight And Some Recommendations For Quelling Their Insurgency. by Eillo(m): 9:01pm On Nov 08, 2014
Dolypson04:
I think it's high time we forgot about the Chibok girls. This has been the sole ransom with which the deadly group has been clipping the government wing. Most of these girls life has already been shattered. I understand that anybody cud fall a victim of terrorism. Some of these girls may even be my family. Any nations that thrive today had made a lot of sacrifices.
Also swapping BH members in prison is totally out of it. Come to think of it, a single member released is capable of capturing hundreds of girls.
Its very obvious that BH are Muslims but extremist. I have watched Shekau criticizing Saudi Arabia and even pledging to destroy its citizen.
Fight against terrorism is a fight for all cos if they successfully conquer the North then be sure that its either they conquer the other regions as well or Nigeria divide. And we should be expecting a similar case to North and South Sudan, North and South Korea.
I don't agree in any form of amnesty or peaceful dialogue with them. They are not the type that repent. They wud rather die for their cause.
we should d forget 200 girls.... mmm.... that is some advice. I could understand if you only said u don't support dialogue but forgetting the girls? well.....so what happens when an additional 200 are kidnapped ? forget them too?
PoliticsRe: Why Boko Haram Fight And Some Recommendations For Quelling Their Insurgency. by Eillo(m): 8:37pm On Nov 08, 2014
hansad:
But if BH succedes in its fight and Nigeria becomes a country governed under Islamic Sharia laws , which is actually what BH has been fighting for, most Nigerian Muslims shall wellcome that.
and I suppose you have conducted public polls and have sampled vast public opinion to arrive at such a conclusion. innit?
PoliticsRe: Why Boko Haram Fight And Some Recommendations For Quelling Their Insurgency. by Eillo(m): 8:35pm On Nov 08, 2014
Akpan107 should be ignored. he has been paid for doing his job: advancing political propaganda for whoever his employers are. there are several of them on nairaland. they will manage to mention GEJ or GMB on any thread at all, never mind that it is irrelevant to the the ongoing discussion.
RomanceLove: Inspiration From A Movie by Eillo(op):
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