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CelebritiesRe: Call Us When You Need Us by inkon(op): 7:13pm On Sep 13, 2017
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FamilyRe: Writing Services At Its Best by inkon(op): 2:34pm On Sep 13, 2017
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LiteratureRe: £5,000 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Comes To A Nigerian, See Who by inkon(op): 6:48am On Sep 13, 2017
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LiteratureRe: £5,000 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Comes To A Nigerian, See Who by inkon(op): 5:21pm On Sep 12, 2017
could be you!
PoliticsRe: The Nigerian Army Attack On Biafra: Its Mixed Feelings For Us. by inkon:
huh
PoliticsRe: The Nigerian Army Attack On Biafra: Its Mixed Feelings For Us. by inkon: 12:27pm On Sep 12, 2017
The unlawful disposition of this APC led government is glaring. What's the justification for this unwarranted inversion?
Literature£5,000 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Comes To A Nigerian, See Who by inkon(op):
Hopefully, you are the next overall winner. But if you miss it, I won't.

To make it happen, I've written two exquisite stories – yours and mine.

Now, the only thing required of you is to fill in an entry form, using your details (It takes less than 5 minutes to do that).


Here is a link to the form: www.commonwealthwriters.org/submit-an-entry/

For the umpteenth time, a Nigerian came among the 5 regional winners of the 2017 prizes. But just as the judges got to table to decide who wears the crown for the overall position, it became a toss-up between Nigeria and Trinidad.

After what looked like days of diligent considerations, the judges tilted towards Trinidad.

Akwaeke Emezi, a Nigerian, came home with £2,500 prize money for African region.

"But why......., how could you have chosen silver over gold, eh Akwaeke?" I asked her recently. She smiled and said, "Well, I shot for the stars but I landed on the moon".

Lol.. that was the sarcastic me. Akwaeke is a nice writer and she really did well on that short fiction.

I've never participated in the commonwealth annual competition and when I checked their history, I learnt that no Nigerian has ever won the overall prize. The much we have gotten is the regional prize for Africa, which is not easy anyway.

Well, I think it's time to bring that overall prize home.

For the 2018 competition which is open for submission of entries between 1 September to 1 November this year, I wrote 2 top-notch stories, with the intention to make 2 entries. But at the point of entry, I was told that each participant is only eligible for 1 entry.

http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/our-projects/the-short-story/

Both stories are equally intriguing.

I've submitted 1 already and I'm here to give out the other to whomever that cares. It's a 5k-word fiction.

It's 100% original, of course, you can use some free software to confirm that.

NOTE: it's not free. You just have to do a little thing to appreciate my sleepless nights.

Excerpt from page 7 of the story:

Erimeri had a mouth that yearned for every sweet thing but hands that brought none. Whether people celebrated or mourned, he was always the uninvited guest to every gathering where food and drink swung to. People soon started calling him vulture owing to his penchant for receiving without giving. But those people were not entirely correct because Erimeri freely gave his tuneful voice each time the dead was being lowered to the grave. He sang the dirge better than anybody within the living memory and none came close to his huge repertoire. So touching was his voice that even the stone-hearted men rarely held back their tears.

But he got no special reward for singing dirge. It only made him feel important in the eyes of men and this enabled him to feast with them. On few occasions though, the hosts, of their own volition, would thank him, at the end of the occasion, with a generous portion of food and palm wine from the remnants and he would go home happy.

On this fateful Monday, he was leading a burial song at Egbema village when the news broke that someone just slumped and died at the market square. Erimeri turned to a man standing next to him and whispered delightfully, "the land is fed and so are our stomachs for we are on one breadfruit, yet another has fallen".

When the same man returned the whisper, moments later, that this new breadfruit was Erimeri's mother, he broke down in tears and wailed so pitifully. His anguish was more of a man who lost a means of livelihood than a loving mother because for a man who doesn't lift a finger to work, death of a hard working mother means more.


So I'm giving this fiction to you. Win that prize and make Nigeria proud.

The money on its own may not actually move you that much, but I believe the recognition and publicity that come with it are things to shoot for.

Going by the CBN's official exchange rate of £1 = N472.65, £5,000 will give you a total of N2,363,250.00 while £2,500 gives you a half of that.

2017 WINNERS

Ingrid Persaud from Trinidad won the overall prize of £5,000


For Africa, Akwaeke Emezi won £2,500 for her story "Who is Like God" – she is a Nigerian.


For Asia, Anushka Jasraj won £2,500 for his story "Drawing Lessons"


For Canada and Europe, Tracy Felis got £2,500 for her story "The Naming of Moths"


For Caribbean, Ingrid Persaud got £2,500 for the story "The Sweet Sop"


For Trinidad and Tobago Pacific, Nat Newman won £2,500 for his story "The Death of Margaret Roe"

Reach me for the manuscript: 08038085317 (call, whatsapp)

Regards
SportsRe: Nairalanders!!! The Trashing Will Be Epic. Support The Nairaland Devils by inkon: 9:02am On Sep 10, 2017
Great

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Hope Nairaland wears the crown.

We shall he here to celebrate
PoliticsRe: Slayqueen Writes To Biafrans: “you People Are Deceiving Yourselves” (photos) by inkon: 7:52am On Sep 07, 2017
lol...a kid
PoliticsRe: "Re-Arrest Kanu, Face Consequences" - Militants Tell FG by inkon: 9:17am On Sep 03, 2017
To think that the Arewa youths who committed much more obnoxious crime by their direct incitement, both through radio broadcast and audio songs, to genocide against a people are now the ones urging and directing the FG on whom to arrest makes a big mess of the whole move to re-arrest Kanu. This government should learn to respect the will of the people by embracing dialogue in lieu of brute force.
LiteratureRe: The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Is Open For Entries. by inkon: 8:05am On Sep 02, 2017
sundilazo:
Rubbish, absolutely rubbish....
Why do you term it rubbish?
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TV/MoviesRe: Ideas Are Alive, Let Yours Count by inkon(op): 7:44am On Sep 02, 2017
Still very much around

PoliticsRe: Buhari Is The Grand Patron Of Hate Speeches - Reno Omokri (video) by inkon: 8:01am On Sep 01, 2017
thunder74:
Hate appointment is as evil as hate speech.
Say No to Hate rulership
It's of greater evil tho
HealthRe: Here, We Give You The Best by inkon(op): 6:53am On Sep 01, 2017
Still very much around

PropertiesRe: One Well Received Idea Could Change Your Story For Good by inkon(op): 6:54pm On Aug 31, 2017
Still very much around

PoliticsRe: What I Have Learnt From Kanu And Ibo As A Yoruba by inkon: 7:42am On Aug 31, 2017
Markfemi2:
Uncle i am proud omo yoruba and im not comparing
i am only stating the truth
why has tinubu suddenly gone quiet
the tinubu under gej that was talking every week
me saying i like how igbo have risen up to the occasion is not a sign of weakness its saying the truth
when i saw the village women protesting for freedom i was super impressed
when i saw the people chanting in front of kanus house i was impressed
i repeat yoruba land has not witnessed that cause known of our leaders even tinubu can command such in sw
its the passion for freedom i admire
the yorubas need to be more assertive in the scheme of things
im not here to bash yorubas
only to say the truth
yorubas are not agititating for freedom of their kiths in kogi and kwara
yorubas are not agitating for 13% derivation of our taxes
yorubas are not agitating for 44 lgs in lagos to match kano
today niger delta is securing oil jobs for its people
abeg see customs and sea ports in yoruba land na hausa full am
the same hausa wont give you chance in north
i have woken up
i will still abuse the ibo on this forum
but to see the truth and keep quiet is that i will not do
not everything must be handled diplomatically or peacfully especially in nigeria
brute force works
from obj presidency
13% derivation
fight for independence
end of military rule
none were done peacefully

even when biafra gets independence na when yoruba go begin chase independence
bitter truth
but big congrats to my brethen accross the niger
i am impressed
You have no idea how much I admire your write up.

The fact is that we all need to wake up in the South, and we need to that very urgently. If the Middle Belt like themselves, this is also their opportunity to make their stand known.

There is one question that begs for answer. That question will explain why the South needs to rise: What ethnicity in the South is getting her fair share from the Nigerian structure?

You just mentioned Ports Authority. Is there no credible Yoruba person to head that Port? If that water was a natural disaster like the erosion in Anambra state, Yoruba would be left to bear the burden alone. But because it is a blessing, a northerner must always head it. My question is, WHY?

PoliticsRe: Nnamdi Kanu Is Funded By The DSS – Ralph Uwazuruike by inkon: 10:28am On Aug 30, 2017
Uwazuruike should calm down and be a good elder brother.

PoliticsRe: Cracks As Middle Belt Groups Disown North by inkon: 8:25am On Aug 29, 2017
Is Terkimbi01 aware of this?
BusinessRe: Your Idea Is Worth More Than Gold: Get The Best Writing Services. by inkon(op): 7:50am On Aug 29, 2017
Still here

PoliticsRe: Are Igbos Really 'Special Brothers' With The Delta Ethnicities? If So, How? by inkon: 8:00pm On Aug 28, 2017
amjoseph19:
You claimed you have made a research to connect the dot between Igbos and the South South and you couldn't find any.

People like you sickens me. Someone who made a "Research" about a topic doesn't even know the definition of what he is looking for.

South South is a geopolitical zone while Igbo is a tribe on it's own. For the fact that you don't know this after your "research" speaks alot about you and what you stand for. You could have used "South South and Southeast" but your dumb head wouldn't tell you that.

To also show your level of propaganda, you went ahead and brought out hypothesis without any factual backing that " Igbos marries Yorubas more than those from South South ". You went ahead and use it as fact after your so called research.

I'm not going to bring history nor do a real research. I'm just going to tell you from my own personal encounter. I'm from arochukwu in abia state our neighbours are Aro ikoto epkena in cross river. We share the same land, similar culture, We inter married. There's a school called Ihechiowa High school. that school for both those in arochukwu community and aro ikoto ekpena till few yrs back. we have historical connection together which I'm not going to go into like I said earlier.

My roommate back then in 100 Level is an ikwere boy. He bears an Igbo name. we discuss most times in Igbo. He claims to be an Igbo boy in South South. But yoy are there in oshogbo claiming you have carried out a research.

You did your research and include people of agwasikwu, anioma, as in Asaba the state capital of Delta state and you really found no connection.

It's for a know fact that Igbos are known to be self sufficient. We have been doing far better than most regions with the little FG help we receive. Niger Deltans Oil is not of any interest to us. But, we are surely not going to leave our brothers behind unless if referendum says otherwise.
The lesser the liars we have in this country the better for the nation.
PoliticsRe: Lawyer Files Suit At ECOWAS, High Courts To Compel Arrest Of Arewa Youth Leaders by inkon: 6:39pm On Aug 28, 2017
Udantu:
Afonjaism is a very serious disease sad
I hope it's curable, or is it permanent? grin
PoliticsRe: Despite Agitation, Igbos Obtain More National ID Cards, International Passports by inkon: 3:57pm On Aug 27, 2017
Fourwinds:
this is a mature person who reason... God bless you...
God bless you too.

Nigeria has more than what is needed to be great, but all what is given, in terms of resources, is being destroyed daily by leaders who prefer lying to the provision democratic dividends.
PoliticsRe: SERAP To Buhari: End Monitoring Of Nigerians On Social Media By Military Authori by inkon: 10:15am On Aug 27, 2017
This is just another task too huge for the Nigerian army. How proficient are they to successfully monitor social media activities?

Stopping hate speech in Nigeria is easy and simply. If the APC-led FG is working in the interest of the masses and my leaky-tongued neighbour suddenly decides to maul them for no justifiably reason, I'll sincerely consider it my statutory obligation to defend my president by calling my neighbour to order.

But what do we have in APC today? A special squad of talented liars. It has gotten so bad that some of us now believe that they will never stop lying.

Let's not deny the fact that people are hungry. And people say nasty things when they are hungry, especially when that hunger is man-made.

PoliticsRe: Despite Agitation, Igbos Obtain More National ID Cards, International Passports by inkon:
A mere quest for Biafra doesn't mean the independent state is already actualized. Every individual must have a recognized nation to identify with. That's why such participation is seen but that doesn't mean people are comfortable here. People should stop pretending. The leaders know exactly what to do to revive Nigeria and should they continue failing in this regard, people will continue to ask questions.
PoliticsRe: IPOB Rejects Arewa Youths’ Quit Notice Withdrawal, Asks All Igbos To Return by inkon: 3:30pm On Aug 25, 2017
Nwadiuto247:
While i agree that southerners in the north should tread with caution, you ipob miscreants should know that your stubbornness is on the extreme, what is wrong with you people?
Can't you people be reasonable for once. Hope you guys know that you are not representing igbos.
Come to think of it, are you suppose to live in fear in a country you call your own?
PoliticsRe: IPOB Rejects Arewa Youths’ Quit Notice Withdrawal, Asks All Igbos To Return by inkon: 3:26pm On Aug 25, 2017
Remimadrid:
Only the stupid Igbo's and southerners who have nothing in the north will listen to the words of Kanu and his cohorts. The sensible ones will be happy that the storm has passed
Everything is not about money and property.
CrimeRe: Fulani Herdsmen Rape 72 Yrs Old Woman In Ondo by inkon:
Terrible

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