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Love on Both Hands
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. The warnings of my parents follow me everywhere. When I thought of leaving my comfort zone, I feared their words might turn to dust. So I lingered. I wondered who would take care of my siblings while I was many miles […]
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20 Best Weight Loss Cookbooks
It is no doubt being overweight or obese tugs in lots of risk to oneโs long-term health. To run away from such health risks such as heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and others, you have to do everything in your power to shed excess weight. If your health is a top priority, […]
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The Hermione Granger in Me
If you could be a character from a book or film, who would you be? Why? If I were a character from a book or film, I would be like Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series. Hermione is a loyal friend who is always willing to help others. She is also highly intelligent and […]
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A Letter to August
Dear August, My grandfather likes to spell your name as Ogoost. He used to say it gives better reverence to your nature; good and golden. He was certain prayers are often answered as the sun stands till dawn whenever it’s your season. ‘It is the most beautiful month when the farms are high with maize,’ […]
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The Odor of Unknown
The past two months have taught my tongue to swear and make excuses for others. Yesterday when the rain met the stink on my porch, I swore my house was hidden by the tall trees, ‘it takes sharp eyes to notice my little house anyway.’ Everyday, I cooked up more excuses for his blindness. The […]
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Naija @ 61: Can We Still Climb This Steep Mountain?
Countless occasions, on this rough road to freedom, peace and unity, Nigerians have had many doses of frustrations and few times, a little drop of their dreams. A slow stride to progress no doubt, some have sworn the journey to a great nation is beyond reach, one we shouldnโt have set sail. On a second […]
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Far, But Not Away: A Teacher’s Departing Letter To Her Students
Dear Beloved Students, This letter is coming to you from the Light of the Nation, this wasnโt the initial plan. I had planned to read it out to your hearing in your classrooms, while looking into your faces one after the other, but the curfew chased everyone indoors, dashing our plans to the walls. Maybe […]
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Of Bloodshed And The Deads, Not Of The Drunkards
๐๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง;๐ฆ๐น๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ถ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ข ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ,๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฅ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ;๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด,๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด,‘๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, […]
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20 Best Weight Loss Cookbooks
It is no doubt being overweight or obese tugs in lots of risk to one’s long-term health. To run away from such health risks such as heart diseases, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and others, you have to do everything in your power to shed excess weight. If your health is a top priority, […]
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Unspoken Words Are Named Sorrow
๐๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ช’๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ; […]