Friday, December 30, 2016

The 'ER' Mentality




By Ebi Ashidi
We have a very short time left in 2016, so we've also made this a very short read. So don’t say you’ll read later, do it NOW.

It’s almost 2017 - and it’s only natural that we'd look back at the past year and pull out a few lessons from it; understand the places where we fell, why we fell and how we can avoid similar occurrences.

It’s also natural that we'd take into consideration our victories, the breathtaking bliss of that feeling of victory, and to plan out how we can multiply such victories in the coming year.

Thursday, December 22, 2016

When burnt with a Lagos tire

BECAUSE OF THE BOY THEY BURNT IN LAGOS


By Someone.


***Saving Mama***
Today, Mama's health condition worsened drastically, and the doctor threatened, despite my tears, to abandon mama and let her die if i don't find a way to fetch her food. You see, the treatment wouldn't work, because she hadn't eaten for days. There is no food at home, no money either. Sometimes, she falls when she stands, and cries like a baby, when the doctor's injections come rushing down her veins. It's painful!

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

WW Take 1



"Dear B,
I'm in a relationship, I don't wanna seem like I'm selfish but I really feel like he doesn't understand me and he just pities me, and I know am no charity program. Aargh, please help"

Sunday, November 20, 2016

How NiMSA broke my heart

I remember when we first started going, we left our 5-star Hostels in Ido, to leave for an adventure.
Do you see why we chose to school here?


It wasn't easy to leave, as the consultants would like you to learn for 26 hours, 9 days a week.
Bye bye sir...


Friday, November 18, 2016

Friday, November 11, 2016

Nature's Treasures

Have you ever had a day, where everywhere you looked there were treasures shining bright...?

No, I'm not talking about piles of gold or fistfuls of diamonds... I speak of star studded nights, ruby dawns, and sapphire afternoons. I speak of Nature's Treasures...


When you take a walk in the morning, you're greeted by emerald trees...

A Call To The Deep





By Obafemi Faith



A Little lower

A drawing closer

Deeper, deeper... my heart bleeds

Friday, November 4, 2016

For Leaders Far and Wide



Yes. I am still young. I am a bit inexperienced. I am far from being at the top. All these things, I have not chosen. Let me tell you what I HAVE chosen.

I choose to be a LEADER.
I choose to be a GAME CHANGER.
I choose to INVENT THE FUTURE.
I choose to INSPIRE.

#whatdoyouchoose ?

I choose to attend the Inspire - Young Leaders Summit at ABUAD. Nov 10th - 12th. This is not a copied. I believe in this. I hope you choose to join me. I hope you CHOOSE.

Click https://goo.gl/I1Qzob

Discover MORE. Register TODAY. Do NOT delay. The Future is here now, that's what we have to SAY.
#iylsummit2016 #INSPIRE #ABUAD

Spotlight 2 - Orah Collections



This months Spotlight is on the fashion brand "Orah Collections".

Bold. Fierce. Unyielding. 
It's a brave new world with this group. No limits. No holdbacks. No mercy.

Friday, October 28, 2016

The New Normal



Do the killings, and bombings, sound normal? Are they becoming less strange and more ‘usual’? Will you say you have gotten used to the bad news?

You know, I wonder sometimes if bad news is still tagged ‘bad news’ or if it's now one of those things.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Triolet 5: God is King


Triolet 5: God is King

God is King over Israel,
Ruling with justice and mercy;
The people boast, ‘Immanuel,
God is King over Israel…’
In Zion always will He dwell,
Guarding His people jealously
God is king over Israel,
Ruling with justice and mercy.


-        

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

The Yoruba Demon




Yoruba Demon love is like peppered dreams. Hot and spicy.... it's nice when it begins - until it starts to hurt you, and your eyes start to water, your throat burns from kisses, and the fire burning in your heart starts to BURN your heart.

Monday, October 10, 2016

My Heart Has A Fever



My Heart Has A Fever 
By The Anonymous Me

My heart has a fever. And it seems you're the infection. You've infected my mind and now there's a toxin addiction

Emotionopathy - Grade 3; a traumatic emergency. See..... I'm trying to be free of you; but there's new complications.

I've got my heart inflammed and my love set on fire. There's a whole new classification and it's named after you.

Monday, October 3, 2016

Spotlight 1 - Kalez Collections


There's a brand new talent rocking the fashion world these days. By bringing a spectacular breath of fresh air to the modern style scene. "Kalez Collection" is a brand splashed with a quiet ferocity and blended with elegance.

Saturday, October 1, 2016

Does Nigeria exist?


By Viola Okpara


Does Nigeria exist?

The question appears weird - I know.... very much like a question of one in an alcohol induced stupor. But are there people, who are, in fact through-and-through, purely and completely, simply "Nigerians"?

Aren't the yoruba more yoruba or the Hausa more Hausa or the Efik more Efik or Igbo more Igbo than being 'Nigerians'?

Monday, September 26, 2016

Twitterbug


"Dance like the photo's not being tagged, Love like you've never been unfriended, Tweet like nobody's following"



About a week back, I finally joined Twitter (@therealjamike). It's been one of the most heartbreaking decisions I've made, and I thought I should share this...

Friday, September 23, 2016

Generational Hate



"And she gathered the children of many races into her arms, And said, "Hate dies here — be brothers."
~Harriet Monroe, "America," in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, December 1918

Friday, September 16, 2016

Triolet 2 - Dear Child

Triolet 2 - Dear Child


Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse –
Reverse, recoil, retreat, recede;
With wrong doers, do not converse.
Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse:
To you, let them become averse...
Unless on shame you wish to feed,
Refrain, dear child, from ways perverse –
Reverse, recoil, retreat, recede.



Monday, September 12, 2016

When You Need Me


"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." - Maya Angelou




You probably already know how it feels when you think someone is using you.

We've all got that person, who doesn't remember us till they need that one favour only we can help with... and even then, it feels they might only be contacting us because they couldn't find anyone else. Sometimes you end up feeling like the last resort.

....  Hurts, doesn't it?

Friday, September 9, 2016

My Love Story


By Patsy

He was my childhood friend. I can't remember how exactly we met, but he was always around. They always talked about him and pushed me towards him and made sure he followed me everywhere. It caught on. I kinda built my life around him. I knew what he liked and disliked, and we talked every morning and night before I went to bed. He was mummy's ideal man for me.

But I grew up.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

#WhyILoveABUAD



So this amazing trend was started up a few hours ago, #WhyILoveABUAD, in response to the threat of negative publicity that tends to rear it's ugly head every once in a while. So here we are; ABUAD students showcasing the greatness that is ABUAD.

It's a tale that has been unsounded for far too long. Let me tell you, about the greatest ABUAD.

Monday, September 5, 2016

The Gentle Soul



On Saturday, I lost my grandfather to the ravages and clutches of time.

He was a gentle breath of fresh air, in a foul world progressively riding towards an unrepentant decay. I will miss him. And as I look back, I cannot help but wonder and remember, the things I should have done with him....

Friday, September 2, 2016

The Foolish World




THE FOOLISH WORLD
By Chimamkpam Onyenezi

The Igbos have a saying, "Uwa wu otu mbia"
It means that, in this world, there is just one life
That is why we must all be cautious of this life
I also say, that this world is truly "Ikpu Wigous"
All I'm saying is that we all really have to focus
After this world we suffer in, there is yet a better one
But going to the better, depends on how you lived in this one

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Radiation Smadiation


So there's a Solar Eclipse happening by 7am tomorrow morning apparently, and people have already begun - as usual, to distribute bc's with false and deceptive information.

The eclipse happening tomorrow will not be a total one, so you may or may not need shades for it.
However, it is indeed false information that you should be afraid of radiation coming from the sun to debilitate you.

Monday, August 29, 2016

Monday, August 1, 2016

Engligbo




Ha. Igbo Kwenu!!

"ENGLIGBO"

I'm not sure how many of you dear readers are familiar with this popular bridged term. I first heard it  in secondary school from a teacher, reprimanding my "generation" for watering down the purity of the igbo language with blobs of English words bubbling around between our igbo sentences.

"A nyerem ya yesterday"

Friday, July 29, 2016

10** Most Popular Fake Whatsapp messages


"Facebook is where hypocrisy, falseness, double standards, rumors and depression meet up for coffee."





I'm sure one time or another, you've received a message from whatsapp saying "Send this to 5 people to activate your whatsapp", "The CEO of whatsapp informs you that....", "....Send this to 10 people you know if you care".

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Speak. Out.


 "Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes"   - Maggie Khun




There are times in life that silence does not get you the answer you would like it to. Silence is a cold storm of memory and thoughts that can chill you to the bone, and sometimes you’re lucky enough that people feel the cold and know there's something very wrong.

Sometimes, however, silence and chill just are not enough.

Sometimes you need fire.

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Testimony ONE

So...

Todays' post is just a short summary of what happened to me just this past Sunday, and how I almost lost a virtual half of my life...



First off was my journey back to Ido... that place of "true happiness"
Such lies...

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Jamb Experience

With rumours of plans by the Federal Government to scrap the post-utme exams. I decided before they magically wake up someday and decide to remove JAMB, It would be good that I let the future know what we.... "enjoyed" in JAMB



It begins by you hearing that your seniors usually get like 230, 250 etc out of 400..... You laughed in french
Dullards..



  Afterall.... Anything below 80% was never meant for your destiny
Tell yourself the truth joor

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

The Good Fight


"Sometimes you have to be strong for yourself... Always fight, until you can’t anymore, and then be fought for."





Recently I was pushed by someone to get off my butt and go about to do good work again. It's why you've been seeing articles regularly on the blog again  (**Hides Face**)

I had been trying to live a simple life. Just me, myself and I. No worries, no troubles, no stress. It didn't last long. It's not the person I am, I guess. It seems I'm more like peppered fire than a calm scented breeze.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

The Future


“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be?”   
- Marianne Williamson, Return to Love




Countless years have since past as we've heard it chorused; In the classrooms, In the streets, In the churches - "Children are the future", "The youth are the leaders of tomorrow".

But.... the youth have now gotten old. Some got so old that their time came and they have even passed away. Yet the same people who have lead and governed for 30 - 50 years are still leading and governing today. With the trend we're on, it seems we go further and further in the past to drudge up leaders from regiments and councils of old to take the reigns of power.

Are we so incapable, we "youth", of taking control of our own lives? Our present? Our very futures? Will we stamp down our heritage? Have we young lions forgotten how to roar? Meant to be eagles, but unable to soar. 

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Being Pete Edochie


“A word to the wise ain't necessary, it's the stupid ones who need advice.”
― Bill Cosby




Have you ever heard Pete Edochie's voice? The rich baritone and emphatic demeanor he has while saying his lines is so amazing that it's like a trademark. The USA has Morgan Freeman but we have Pete Edochie.


We've collected a few lines submitted in social media to give you a feel of the Pete Edochie Experience. Read them all in his voice. Who knew wisdom could be so hilarious...




No matter how much you massage the banana, it will never become plantain.



A man that goes up a tree to see if the mango is ripe, and comes back down to throw stones at it to pluck it, is destined for failure.


No matter how kind a man is; he will never give his wife as a gift to his friends.


Saturday, March 26, 2016

How We Killed The World.... 2


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”  ― Martin Luther King Jr.




#We steal from our parents - and even others - then we go and blame God for allowing thieves and armed robbers to plague our cities and roads.

#We cheat on exams and cause problems in the real world because we are unable to apply knowledge that we do not have - then we go and blame God for not preventing unproductivity and the fall of the economy.

#We cheat on our partners and spouses - then we go and blame God for not killing all the sinners so that we would have peace.

#We kill people with insults - slowly and steadily.... demeaning their spirits and torturing their minds - then we go and blame God for letting suffering exist in the world.

How We Killed The World....

"If you could ask God one question.....what would it be?"

That's the post I saw in Nairaland one day. It's not a new question. Many people have asked the same question before. And many more people still will.

"Why did you create hell?"

Thursday, March 3, 2016

I, Difference

“The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers, but above all - the world needs dreamers who do.” | Sarah Breathnach






I've been witness to a lot of controversial events that have happened around me in the last month or so.

Granted, not as controversial as a lot of major things in the world might actually be, such as the killing of numerous Paris citizens by terrorists, rising of the Naira-Dollar rate to N400, or the kidnapping of a 14 year old girl from her home and family to be converted to a different religion, forcibly married and having her age falsified.

But simply the less grandiose controversies that get lost in day to day life... in the hustle and bustle of todays' modern digital and, increasingly, reality detached age. Things that bother a lot of us, most everyday. Things that need to change. Things that, if left unchecked, only grow bigger and bigger, eventually becoming - or lending a hand - to the grandiose controversies we see today.

The world we live in, today, is both better and worse than yesterdays world.

Friday, February 12, 2016

10 Real Things About Nigerian Guys

1. We can actually get hurt... real bad...
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2. All we want is a little more time....
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

Picture Memories



I'm an extreme photographer :P . I've been known to take quite a few pictures at everywhere i go and anything I do. I take pictures of interesting things, people, sights or events. Anything I'd want to remember or talk about with someone someday. 

They say 'a picture is worth a thousand words', and maybe it's true. You can tell a lot about a person from their pictures. Even a single one.