The Shadows Everlasting STAGE 1 I didn’t notice that, I didn’t see that, I didn’t feel that, It never happened, I never saw my soul get ripped apart. STAGE 2 Why me, Why wasn’t it you, What I have done wrong, Why am I always the target, Why didn’t it happen to someone…
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Hmm…., Hmm… (heart bits heavily ) With tears mama Shola ran out of the garden. Mama SHOLA : Yeah, mogeh(I am finished). Shola why? Shola why? Shola? I taught, you would live for…
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It is okay to be quiet. Dear, it is fine not to have anything to say at a given point in time. It is quite alright if you do nog know anything pertaining to the subject matter being discussed. It is totally alright to say, “I don’t know”, or “I don’t have anything to say…
DetailsTHE FEAR FOR YOU. How could I have been so calm as mill. Tears were vividly seen in my teaching skill. Like coal scared of the fire wholly ready to light it’s desire. I remember the rebels in the salubrious cafeteria died for lips like Lydia of Prejudice. The spying bells got me scared to…
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BATTLING STATE. Aristocratic leaders! I have come again. You broke the sine qua non of the State seats, seems the law room is a lounge. Riotously drunk with unassured bated breathes ,ripping nonsense. Reading prepared speeches for dead men. Children confessed of love, hoping for throes of passion. Developing soil, depraving the land, making derision.…
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Diary of an Illegal Immigrant in Malaysia. (Betrayal, Love, & Luck). Episode 8. I sat down after the jumping incident thinking about my alive. 2 of the other guys that jumped had died due to lack of treatment. The injuries the remaining ones were carrying was smelling and their legs decaying. My mates go don…
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THE OSOGBO WAR OF 1840. After the Fulanis systematically captured and made Ilorin their territory, they sacked the old Oyo Empire in 1835/1636 . They were still not satisfied with their victory; they wished to extend their rule deep into the heart of Yoruba land. Thus in 1840, they set to capture Osogbo , a…
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Buhari, Atiku and the disaster ahead. Tunde Odesola (Published in The PUNCH of Monday, November 19, 2018) A lot of water has passed under the bridge since 1985. But two things I’m sure Veno won’t do today is to dare the political class to ‘thief our oil’ and dissuade Andrew from travelling out. Verily, the…
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When you are not heard, It means you have not been speaking. When you are not seen, It means you have not been showing up. When you are not needed, It means you have not been helping. Where you are not loved, It means you have not been worthy. God places you where you would…
DetailsCOSTLY LOVE Under the moonlight Away from their sightYour skin sparklesYour eyes glittersI see love in them It connects with my heart. My trouser bulgesThird leg at alertI see you notice There is a smile on your lips It sparked a thunder It waxed desire But then I remember You are not for a…
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