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What is going on?

What is going on?Something is wrong somewhereEverybody is pretending to be silentOur leaders are fooling themselves again. The same people who chose to fight corruption have been victims of the same corruptionThey took their share of […]

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Nigeria is not a home

Nigeria is not a homeIt has taken away my nationality and made me a stranger in my father’s houseIt has deprived me of my brighter futureNo! It can never be a home for any reasonable […]

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Where then is my freedom

A preacher told me, freedom is part of my lifeHe prepared my mind to believe in liberty of religionYet, I had a record of great men and womenthat have died practising what their faith. Another told […]

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They are gone

I’m grieving because my strength is losing My life is melting away like a lighted candle I’m not just happy with my world Everything about me is turning upside down.   My joy is fading […]

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My pocket is dry

Everyone needs a pocketeven though an ideal pocket does not existAn imperfect pocket gives you just a lessonThere is no doubt you may lose what you put on it. Pockets are a necessity for dressesThe pocket […]

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The return of evil

The world is full of good and evilIn politics, a man’s downfall is the rise of anotherThe evil in the world is real and presentWhen virtue is suppressed, then arrives darkness.They told us he was […]

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Don’t forget my story

Many things in life have caused me painas the battle of life gets tougher each dayLife is a struggle for the strongthe weak have no share or heritage in it. I find life comparable to a […]

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Ignorance, an unseen enemy

They came out in large number and asked for our votesWe gathered thinking that we are dealing with friendsIn reality, they were wolves in sheep clothingTogether we gathered our votes and gave them. We gave them […]

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The world is divided into colours

At first, God moulded man from the soilHe created animals of various speciesHe divided the planet into different cultures, customs and traditionsIn knowledge, He shared them differently. He bestowed in man the grace to see, reflect […]

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What they did to us

They came and saw us as an enormous familyThey separated us and made us hate each otherThey divided us into regions, tribes and cultureThey overcame us because we were no longer united. They discovered the natural […]