THE LONELY ONE | SUICIDE TALE

Never mistake him for lazy
or perhaps he is just a little bit lazy
No he has no disability,
he is quite fit, strong and has got agility.

EssayMama Winter Essay Writing Contest 19/Feb/2016

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THE THIRST OF POWER

To acquire a position is not all about threat or coercion… it’s all about the ability to acquire the position without any sort of riot…

Most people are yet to discover the category they belong to… Some are destined to Rule, Some made themselves Rulers… Before u think of taking or hijacking anything from anybody, you need to understand if

$1000 for 1000 Words Writing Contest 01/Feb/2016

About the $1000 for 1000 Words Writing Contest

Welcome aspiring young authors, and thank you for your interest in the $1000 for 1000 Words fiction-writing contest! We’re looking for an outstanding piece of short fiction that consists of exactly 1000 words. While there are no specific guidelines beyond that, we encourage you to tell a story that matters. Write something you believe in. Tell a story that only you can tell. Our judges have no specific criteria in mind other

7 Simple Ways to Make a Good Story Great by Elizabeth Sims

Whenever I think of the word gatekeeper, a little film clip from The Wizard of Oz starts up in my head, where the fearsome palace guard denies Dorothy and friends access to the Wizard. “The Wizard says, ‘Go away!’”

2015 UBA National Essay Competition for Nigerian Students

OPPORTUNITY OFFERED: Essay Contest

BRIEF DESCRIPTION: UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the opening of entries for the 2015 edition of its annual National Essay Competition.

The Bodley Head/Financial Times Global Essay Contest

OPPORTUNITY OFFERED: Essay Contest
BRIEF DESCRIPTION: The Financial Times and The Bodley Head, an imprint of Penguin Random House, are proud to announce their fourth annual essay prize. The Bodley Head/Financial

Lamentation of a Lagos Resident

                        URGENT CALL BEFORE LAGOS LOST IT

I am very sad today looking back at what started some eight years ago what we all felt would be the cradle of the transformation into the new Nigeria we are all clamoring for now deteriorating day after day.

When love was here;

Our smiles were beautiful and new
Our eyes were lively and blue
Our kiss…long and true
Now that love is gone, where do we go from here?

An Ode to Lucy

Young and soft she was
Her countenance like the soothing sun
Her beauty was divine to us
And our lust after her had only just begun

DISAPPOINTMENT; A Set-back Or A Stepping Stone?

Hey beautiful people!!Happy new month!! I hope this month brings to us our expectations.. Been long I came around, it wasn’t planned that way though, truly sorry!!! Straight to business!,Please read to understand, comment and share.
1st Scenario.

ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE DIGITAL AGE MEDIA: SUMMARY BY RUTH OKOLI

 As a Registered member of the University of Lagos Press Club, it is my responsibility and duty to write on Programs that took place in the University and also on issues affecting the University Community (within and outside the school environment).

 On the 26th of September 2015, The 4th Annual Ngozi Agbo Memorial Lecture and Essay

This sect (3)

There is this sect of people.
They see everything as possible.
Their pasts are only seen as a parable, used to set daily principles.

This sect (2)

There is this sect of people.

They see heights as “not my calling”

As, their past is a well soldered road side warning, giving the stop alert on their path to face the future.

This Sect (1)

There is this sect of people
They see heights as impossible,
their past becomes their principle,

Perfect immunity

You hit me painfully hard today,

So painful that I wanted to retaliate;

I wanted to knock you on the head,

Love dilemma

Now it’s in front of me, it’s in the air,

Still I’m shy about it;

Whenever my friends ask me, I won’t tell,

God

People always ask, how can there be a God?

How can there be a God when the world is full of destruction?

How can there be a God when the best of hearts are full of corruption?

How can there be a God when people are taken too early from their loved ones

It’s cold

First, it’s a cold world you’re living in,

The streetz is cold, yes the very one you’re living in;

Expectedly, its cold, this air I’m breathing in,

If I had not…

Permit me to think aloud just this once,

To bare my mind of things locked for months;

Permit me to say things the way they are,