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Phones / Re: What's The Best Phone To Buy Currently Within 150k - 250k? by Umartins1(m): 9:05pm On Feb 13 |
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Literature / The Devil That Loved Me (A True Life Story) by Umartins1(m): 8:12pm On Jan 22 |
When does life begin? Is it at conception, at birth, or is it when one realizes the essence of life? As they say, ‘life begins at forty’. I am not yet forty, so, can I pretend to be oblivious of the many happenings of the past and wait till I am forty before starting out life? Many happenings of the past… Better forgotten than remembered but still have to be remembered to live a better tomorrow– a better life in forties as is my case. So, we begin from the past. Somewhere in the South Western part of Nigeria– Osun– a family of five cramped together in a small, sturvy room, enduring the agonizing melody of feasting mosquitoes. It was always a daily routine: coming back from a long day and retiring into a room of joyous mosquitoes. That night, one of the five was not sleeping– a young girl of about sixteen. She is tall, has shining dark skin so smooth that even the moon loves to kiss. Her Fulani nose must have passed through the most patient heavenly angels, and her hips? Too rounded for a sixteen-year old. Nature most likely halted creation to make out enough time to mold a perfect African beauty. She lay, her head resting on her palms with her eyes widely open. It wasn't insomnia nor were the mosquitoes virulent enough to keep her awake. She looked right to find her mother lying beside her younger sister– one of the twins– and returning her eyes to the other side of the room, she saw the other half of the twins together with the youngest son– both boys– locked up in sleepy merry. Not just her eyes were roaming about, her thoughts were as well. I understood fully what was keeping her awake because I understood how well she thought. Because, this girl is me. My name is Mariam and here is my story. Part II Ding dong. Ding dong. The school bed sounded for an emergency assembly. As soon as the students converged, a middle-aged stout man mounted the podium and went off in British English. “Good afternoon, students. This emergency assembly isn't without a purpose. The plenipotentiary of the school…” “English”, I murmured underneath my breath. “Better not let him hear”, Mirian, my friend and classmate whose name often got confused with mine, replied sharply. I let out a soft smile and wandered off in internal soliloquy as I watched Principal Badero laboring to address uninterested students who found his English rather foreign and cumbersome. Principal Badero was said to have been tutored by British missionaries during his college days and that was where he got his accent from. It was also rumored that he was obsessed with becoming a lawyer. He thought learning big grammars would make him a good lawyer but fate instead got him a teaching job at African Church Grammar School (ACGS), Apomu, Osun State. Even though he had risen to the rank of a Principal, his obsession with English made him retain his teaching role. He taught English Language to Senior Class Two (SS2), my class. Principal Badero was now reading from a paper, all smiles, to the delight of applauding students. I was lost in thought that all I could see was his smile even though my ears were almost deafened by thunderous claps. It was the same thought always. Even as I lay that night restless, the scene of couples, who had three children together, fighting, swearing and tearing off clothes of each other kept replaying in my head. Just that morning while preparing for school, my mother got her husband's trousers burnt by pouring hot charcoal on it. The man in retaliation, hit his wife hard in the face, and back and forth they struggled to wriggle out of each other. “Be brave always Doesn't mean you shouldn't be scared…” That familiar line from Principal Badero half-jolted me to reality. I was struggling between coping up with whatever it was the Principal was reading and remembering what I did to that man when he shredded my mother's cloth to pieces. The sight of my mother's saggy breasts in full view of the public made me furious, and lifting a plank nearby, I knocked the man unconscious. “Mariam!” My name echoed from two different worlds. One from my head, and the other, right before me. |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 11:51am On Oct 11, 2023 |
opezdrmznet: Results have dropped for most departments, but I don't know about MBA 1 Like |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 11:10am On Oct 11, 2023 |
You can check your results now 1 Like |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 5:35pm On Sep 30, 2023 |
Famous25:Wow... I dey here dey swear for PSG o 2 Likes |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 3:18pm On Sep 30, 2023 |
E232ECB Sporty
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Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 12:05pm On Sep 30, 2023 |
Xxxxtentacion2: I should go back to Ss3 to learn the basics of Economics? See as you slaughter the University of Lagos on the altar of politics |
Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 12:02pm On Sep 30, 2023 |
Xxxxtentacion2: If you run a business, can you keep borrowing money to pay debt? |
Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 11:51am On Sep 30, 2023 |
Treasure17: Artificial inflation. |
Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 11:51am On Sep 30, 2023 |
garriAndsugar: I don't subscribe to calling anyone names. He's the popular choice. Sorry, this is democracy |
Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 11:49am On Sep 30, 2023 |
Xxxxtentacion2: Removal of subsidy was necessitated by economic reality. There are videos of Peter Obi saying the first he would do was to remove the subsidy. With time, positive effects of subsidy will kick off. There is really no need to start using cooking gas to power your generator |
Business / Re: Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 11:43am On Sep 30, 2023 |
garriAndsugar: Economic forecasts rely on statistics, and not individual's emotional feelings. |
Business / Before You Accuse Tinubu For The Increase In The Price Of Cooking Gas by Umartins1(m): 11:27am On Sep 30, 2023 |
Before you accuse Tinubu for the increase in the price of cooking gas, take a look at the graph below. Seun, Mynd44 Chidozie Martins Ugwu BSc., Economics (University of Lagos)
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Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 7:12pm On Sep 20, 2023 |
Eastlink: Give it a try https://applications.unilag.edu.ng/(S(gqppufbarie3jm1whs2tlgvh))/Start.aspx |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 2:47pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
oxx4: https://applications.unilag.edu.ng/(S(x5d5vvp0dnj0f22sivpnonjm))/default.aspx Choose fresh application |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 1:35pm On Sep 15, 2023 |
oxx4: Yes, boss |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 10:12am On Sep 15, 2023 |
Post graduate form is still on sales |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 2:33pm On Sep 13, 2023 |
Mojoyinoluwa: Ooooh. It wasn't specified earlier 1 Like |
Education / Re: 2023/2024 UNILAG Msc & Postgraduate Info Thread - All You Need To Know by Umartins1(m): 11:44am On Sep 13, 2023 |
Mojoyinoluwa: The person that told you this lied to you. He's right about 40 questions for 30 minutes though |
Politics / Re: Gombe: DSS Office Destroyed By Rainstorm, Gov Yahaya Commiserates by Umartins1(m): 4:13pm On Sep 12, 2023 |
Na this morning rain e go be 2 Likes |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 12:49pm On Sep 03, 2023 |
Punter7728: Last week, I needed Weder Bremen/Freiburg to score only one goal to win #1. 4M... Yesterday, they scored around five goals. |
Politics / Re: Opinion: Should FG Remove Or Pay For Oil Subsidy? by Umartins1(m): 12:08pm On Sep 03, 2023 |
This aged well |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 11:39pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
#500 to win #60M Me sef know say e no fit come But, who knows? http://www.sportybet.com?shareCode=EA958284&c=ng EA958284
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Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 5:02pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
Betting hard |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 1:09pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
OgwuEgo: Is AlexisTaiwo still active here? |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 12:50pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
OgwuEgo: Rule number 1: you can't be unlucky for 365 days 7 Likes |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 12:42pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
oyewale0001: Boss, gamble na luck |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 12:13pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
taiocol: Since 2012, when the first thread on betting was created, it has always been quarrel and war. I stopped commenting around 2020/2021. I don't even know why I came back. Maybe because things have cooled down a bit. |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 12:11pm On Sep 02, 2023 |
OgwuEgo: Your Username no be lie |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 11:51am On Sep 02, 2023 |
ThatrealestApex: Let's pray for green. |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 11:49am On Sep 02, 2023 |
OgwuEgo: 1 Like |
Business / Re: ➜ ➜ ➜ Football (+/Other Sports) Betting Season 17 ➜ ➜ ➜ by Umartins1(m): 11:48am On Sep 02, 2023 |
ThatrealestApex: That last week own really pain me. How 1.19 odds go spoil 1.2k+ odds? I just dey pray make this week own work o. I even later added Thursday games to mine and it's been great
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