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Congratulations bro. This is not just a recognition of your unique talent, but also a testament of your kind heartedness and goodwill. This is only the begining, because where fate is pushing you to is an unexplored territory. |
This is 2019 and this bufoons are still talking about what ought to, rather than how it should be achieved. The Ganiyu Galadima of Ezekwesiki is an example of the problem bedevilling us as a Nation. He speaks as though he was in a family meeting that has no importance attached to it. For Christ's sake, they were supposed to be extra prepared. I still maintain that we as a nation are not prepared to change., dpndd'! Now I'm damn pissed! |
Peter went on and on about China's development without hitting any notable point. As a matter of fact, none of these vice presidential candidates is impressive. They are so uninspiring, non fluid and highly boring. The only slight exceptions are Osinbajo and kingsley's abi na fela durotoye running mate sef... I'm not impressed. |
Buffalowings3:LOL. You go wait taya. You ain't getting nada |
Here in Ilorin. Feeding -If you are the cooking type, food stuffs are generally cheap. With N1,600, you are sure of cooking well garnished soup with stew to go. Budget like N600 for meat, ponmo and smoked fish, then 1k for other ingredients and you are good to go. Just do your shopping at places like Oja Oba or Oja Tuntun. For better bargain, go after 6pm. *winks - For the eating out brothers, with N150, you can feed well at bukas. Add N100 to that sum and you are sure of same at standard and neat restaurants. For the exclusive fast food joints, N1,000 will do. Accommodation - You can get a good one room self contain for N80,000 at places like Adewole, Fate, Tanke etc. You'll get same for N50,000 or 60K at places like Oloje Estate, Adeta, Agbo Oba etc. Transport. Average cost is N80 for keke, taxi and bike. The lowest for the three is N50. Bus still run N40 from Oja Oba to POst office and challenge.. Or Oloje to Ogidi. Olosho. Who needs them when you can hang out at places like Water view and get a |
TIME AND CHANCE That day, Papa was disturbingly quiet; a demeanour uncharacteristic of him. He had been like that all day and everyone treaded cautiously. Then at dinner when Tade knocked down the enamel cup and papa didn’t bellow-in-rage, we knew something was amiss. “The doctor says I have two months left to live”. Papa intoned at last, a quiver noticeable in his baritone voice. The silence in the room amplified until Mama let out a crowding wail. That was two years ago and today at Mama’s funeral, Papa sitting beside me; I wondered the kind of twist fate played on us. Cc AudreyTimms Divepen1 |
OP, nice work you've got going. Please don't leave us high and dry. That is my primary concern. |
Hard decision but I will go with AudreyTimms. I hope to have nice and winning moments with you ma. Thank you Royver for the review. |
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There was this babe that just moved into my neighborhood. She was the complete package then or so I thought. She was visiting her aunt who lived just behind our house. I was this very shy and timid guy, so there was no way I could approach her directly to let her know I was heavily interested in her. To gain her attention, I turned to a stalker. I’d wait for this girl to come out in the morning, that’s when I will remember I was suppposed to sweep the front of the house. I’d do it with so much energy with my earpiece plugged to my ears, humming and singing along to the music playing. While doing this, I make sure to sneak a peek at her once in a while but this girl does not ever seem to even notice someone is there. I did other odd things like going to ask her aunt if she needed any help. Someone I was never acquainted with. I got to know of this Girl’s itineraries. I knew she always go out late in the evening to get bread from a bakery close to our house. So every evening I will freshen up, bath myself with perfume, and tag along like I am also going out, but what I actually doing was trying to even get her to notice me. All na lie. Then one day, I got an opportunity to speak with her. I was walking home that day when I saw her coming in the opppsite direction. With palpitating heart, I contemplated greeting and striking a conversation with her or not. The closer I got to her, the more my heartbeat per second increased. I got close enough to her to catch a glimpse of smile on her face or so I thought. I in turn started. Me: Good evening Her: Yeah, evening Me: You are Chinenye right? She replied in the coldest voice ever with a cold face to go along with that. “Yes I am”. Then she continued walking away. Damn! I felt so stupid. I didn’t know what made her treat me that way. I mean we’ve been seeing each other before then. It’s just that we never said a word to each other. After that incident , I started locking myself inside. I dodge her anytime I see her. The things I was doing to impress her reduced drastically. Heck even my mood was affected. At last she left for wherever she came from. Lo and behold, I saw this lady sometimes early this year and I knocked myself repeatedly. I couldn’t believe this was the same person I wanted killing myself for just her attention. Damn! Relieving this incident now just makes me chuckle. She wasn’t worth it at all. |
Weldone oga writer. It's not easy writing a story, it even gets harder when you intend sharing it with readers. I love the fact that you are serving something different from what 99% of readers expected. You have shown that a story can still be enticing without employing the use of vivid erotica. I have certain observations to make concerning your story: In a bid to always introduce the element of surprise, you have succeeded in watering down the flavour and essence of the story. What do I mean? You keep on trying to prove that Alex has the purest of intentions. In trying to do this, you have created this super naive and dull character. At a point, I could guess every ending move of Alex even when he seem to be in a choked situation. It was interesting in the beginning having Alex turn down every temptation thrown at him, but subsequently, it turned into a kind of cliche. Now, I'm not saying you should kowtow to the readers' sentiments, but try and introduce new twists, rather than the "Alex is a good guy" stuff we are used to. He is human, he should make mistakes. Also try not to focus attention on only him, it's becoming a routine read for us. I know the story is a first person narrative, but there are other ways to explore the lives of the other characters too. Don't let them just waltz in and out without warning. The essence of the long write up is that the story is getting less spicy with each update. I have other observations too, but I'll place them on hold for now, since they are dependent on future course of the story. Still a great work boss. |
I'm interested |
Saraki is one hell of a fine man. He has a finer brain too and the finest demeanour |
That's a hunter. Not all these yeye boys around my village forming hunter. They will spend all day in the bush and return with snails. Tuufiakwa. |
Lol. It's funny how when you are in obscurity no one cares or even bothers to give a damn about you. The moment you start seeing tiny speckles of light at the end of your tunnel, you begin to get all kinds of attention; solicited and unsolicited alike. Wene mighty, if this is indeed you and a second shot at limelight is doing a reveal on you, then by all means change your ways. If however it is the usual Pull Him down syndrome, then forge ahead because nothing do you. |
I am lost here. What exactly did you do right that made you feel so good about yourself? Is this meant to be humorous, inspirational or a outright display of stupidity? The parting gift; he gained. The break up; he gained because he will probably start spending less money. And coupled with the fact that he has girls at his beck and call. So, I ask again, what is the moral of this story? |
Fayose's pain is subsiding gradually |
samysmoothfresh:Or his best friend's name. His father might be very old and the husband may not feel that pained. |
Congratulations miss. This further goes to show that women need men a lot. The forming is just temporary, they get humble at the end of the day. |
Black eye, then red card. |
There are two things involved. 1. It's her birthday but she stage managed everything to make it seem like she actually turned 50. 2. A 50 years old is actually celebrating his/her birthday, then she decided to take some pics with the props. Either ways, she is lying, seeking attention; core "twitterian" attributes. |
For your boo, but posted publicly probably to seek validation from other people asides your boo. What an irony. |
I pray you meet the deadline. It's just pure business, you have the supply there will be a commiserate demand. |
Na so Batshuayi take mumu himself... Hat trick gone like that.. |
This Carasco is too wasteful. What is he doing sabotaging Belgium's effort at goal. |
Greetings Literary giants. I have missed out on reading books by popular Nigerian authors like Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Adichie, Cyprian Ekwensi, Lola Shoneyin, Buchi Emecheta and a host of others. I would really appreciate it if anyone with soft copies is willing to send them to me. Waiting. |