HOW DOES A HEART BREAK TWICE?
How does a heart break twice? To still be immersed in grief, barely breathing again, and then to be plunged callously back into a sorrow you cannot even articulate. How can my mother be gone forever, and so soon after my father? My warm, loving, funny, kind, quick-witted, beautiful mother. Unconditional supporter and cheerleader […]
BABA IJESHA AND HIS DARK SIDE
The news of 48-year old Mr. Omiyinka Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha has been circulating the internet for a few days now and this is the story we want to shed light on this week. The story of how society tends to protect sexual predators because of their stardom. The story begins with […]
ADDICT TURNED ADVOCATE
My name is David Folaranmi, a graduate of Economics in 2007 from Covenant University. I’ll like to share my story with you. I was addicted to drugs for 7 years and my story goes thus: My first contact with hard drugs was in Covenant University, I remember before the library was completed, a few students […]
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER 2 A.M.
This is a lullaby my elder sister always sang to me growing up, “Girl child, listen well. Be in bed by midnight’s bell. Its the witching hour and they’ve cast a spell. Decisions made would be a story to tell, Nothing good happens after 2 a.m.” Of course this isn’t a rule on the surface, […]