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WHEN? When are we going to talk about the poverty ravaging in the land? When the three-square meals have become a thing of the past, When the meagre incomes are spent even before the time passes the half mark, When the majority have turned to beggars,  When industries are packing up  everyday,  When hunger registers more death rate compared to accident When rags and tattered clothes become the official uniform of the populace, When homelessness can't let us differentiate between the masses and the electric poles - they both sleep out I ask, When? When will we get to iron out the ritual and serial killings? When people are slaughtered every day like fowls, Many are massacred for gullible and delusional reasons, When the loud sounds of wailings and sorrows deafen the few remaining, When the blood of innocents flow in the land like natural resources, When our people are displaced and rendered homeless almost every hour, When beautiful you...

Like the sun in the morning, He came into the world a champ, His arrival brought joy and laughter to everybody's faces, Everyone welcomed him with prayers and high expectations, He was a blister of hope Oh! Dear boy, He grew and developed into loving and caring hands, He was the pride of the clan, A deposit of praises and adoration, He was welcomed like rainfall after a long drought Oh Dear boy! He soiled every record in school, Teachers were marvelled, Friends were wowed, A good example at church, Oh Dear boy, He got stuck in the strong net of peer pressure, Dreams and aspirations were washed down the drains, Grades were dropping like Naira to Dollar, The once good boy went worse Oh Dear boy, He had a U-turn in his life, Drugs and fraud became his best friends, Codeine and Tramadol became his food, "It is the money of my forefathers" he says, He was the royal 'Highness' He got his joy from other...

Adunni, sing for me like eye Àwòko sings to the farmer, For I'll dance ijo èsò to your charming voice, While I plough and till the soils of your fertile land, And we'll get bountiful harvests of twins, triplets, quadruplets and quintuplets. Orekelewa, play with me like the cat plays with its olówó, For I will always enjoy giving you a pat on your forehead, And you will not grow up to be wild and leave me for the jungle, And I'll always give you my sweet milk Eleyinju ege, stick with me like the pigeon always stick to its owner, For I'll always enjoy laying my head on your bank of juice, Because our love is ife eleyele Eyinmenugun, speak to me like the parrot speak to its owner, They may say that the bird's speech is meaningless, But your words are like the sounds of the Agídìgbo, Only the wise can dance to it Adumaadan, adorn me like the peacock adorns the compound, For I'll take you to down to Oluyole, my fatherland and show my ...

Old Mr Death, I have a complaint against your nefarious deeds. Yes, I know you are inevitable But I hate the fact that you are inconsiderate You are a foe of all races, Putting fear in the face of humanity. How dare you? You took our loved ones and left us in pain You turned a sweet home sour You set our lives in jeopardy. How could you ruthlessly pull the child's life like a tooth? Their happiness you mercilessly devour, this I yearn the sooth. Your cruelty knows no measure Don't you have a heart or it is made of stone?  You leave every house you visit in mourning You wickedly snatch the only child of a widow Leaving the walls and sands wailing Her being and joy leaped out the window. You gladly feed on the good, leaving the wicked to rot You took the young lad with dreams, how unthoughtful of you He was on the track to achieving greatness Until you came and snatched him away Here I wonder what his offense was. You are like the air in all nations A...

Image credit :  FES THE FEAR OF FEAR. This feeling is unpleasant and can make you impuisant Fear is instinctive, learned and taught It dictates the action you take It is more an enemy than an ally, so I thought The tiny innocent insect skim by, I screamed in holy fright, Fear send my subconscious mind on a journey, It kept me locked up in the cage of insecurity. I enjoy that part of my day, When I lay in my bed, ready to slip into dreamland. How sad all the scenarios I had conjured in my mind, Words I have left unsaid. If only I had the courage to speak. But I was afraid, I was scared to say. I am afraid of being heartbroken I am in trepidation of being rejected People will vibrate if it end up in divorce Or what if I become widowed? Oh no that I can't conjure This is the reason I remain single. For the fear of failure, I deprived myself the pleasure of success. I look into the dark ahead, I gave up even before I began Because I am afraid o...

If I turn around and walk out of life, Will anyone notice I am gone? I find it hard to measure my worth on a scale The world doesn't even care. Sitting on the bridge of depression Ready to jump into death My heart pumping pain My face as white as snow This is a life I didn't ask for. I feel hollow deep within I feel life has rejected me My folded tears fight to be free You  stared into my eyes for long How blind you are, you didn't see my smile was shallow I jab and cut into my skin Wishing that could bring eminence I lay buried deep in dejection In pain  I call for death Death refuse me, it refuse to be an ally When I stare into the mirror I saw a frightened weak self I called the attention of some pills Wishing the bottle could take them away for ever But every time I rise from sleep I find yourself in dysphoria Please help I screamed But the world appear silent to my cry. I am alone, no one cares I wish to be shown love, Hopping to...

A lot of things happen in life, yes! The blind can see that, the deaf can hear it, the dumb are saying it again and again, it is crystal clear, thus, we conclude that life does not give us want we want or deserve, life seems or it is not fair to everyone. We strive for greatness, then something goes so wrong that we find it difficult to take a step further. Hence, the "when life gives you lemon, make lemonade". It is a fact that lemon is sour and lemonade is sweet. Making lemon  into lemonade means turning an unpleasant situation into a pleasant one. It is easier said than done but it is true that from a bitter situation, we can get a deeper sweetness, every well-managed condition is a blessing. Negative things will happen, it's inevitable, but out of virtually every bad situation we can constructively find  a way out. The following 8 points may help in doing that: [1] LOOK FOR THE LESSON When you are in an unpleasant situation, look carefully into it, there is...

“They couldn’t even say thank you after all I. I regret doing every bit of what I did for them” those are the word of a man that had let the worry of ingratitude takes a large chunk of his life A quarter of us indulge ourselves in the orgy of self-pity of ingratitude. We worry about those children we raised that we thought were not appreciative enough, we worry about worker that were not thankful enough,  we worry about those whose live we’ve saved an couldn’t bother to atop an say ’thank you’ The first thin to note here is:  If we really want tackle ingratitude I that we should learn that IT IS PART OF THE HUMAN NATURE - IT IS HUMANE A story was told of a woman that raised 6 of her nephews when they were small; she housed them, nursed them through the measles, fed them and got them educated. Did they come back for her? Yes of course but they feared these visits because she thought they were not appreciative enough. They knew that by visiting her, they would be subjected...

Some pains will bring the beast out of you If you've been fake, some pains 'll outrightly make you live true Some pains make our lives true through what we're going through And some pains serve as a cue To help us checkmate life's puzzle too. When failure hug you out of the blue And yo'er desperately looking for someone to sue When hardship to your life bitterly glue And you feel like yo'er been hit by juju The pains may exceed breaking a bone or two But, remember, yo'er you And pain is part of what makes you too. Hug it tight... Use it as a weapon in life's fight Let it drive you to set things right Stop been limited by fright For a friend like pain can catapult you to a place of attainable height. Credit : Dammy Crescent Image credit  Diversified Health

. Few years ago, I had no thoughts of writing and when I did I only wanted to write about not giving up, reach out to as many people as I can and put a full stop to it. I can remember that evening I asked a friend and mentor: Me:Can I write? Him:Do you think you can? Me:I don't know and that's why I am asking Him:Believe you can and you will. For so many days I sat down in my room wondering if I really could do that, I was figuring it out! Few months ago, I knew I just wanted to write, it has become a passion, I have figured that part out(Thanks to God). Today I am writing, though still growing but I am writing and will keep getting better because it gives me a sense of fulfillment. Though I was able to figure out writing but there are a lot I am yet to figure out. John C Maxwell is a 'Wow' writer but he his still figuring it out The point is, we are all figuring something out, the question is what are you figuring out? You are so lost, ...

FAILURE IS A PROCESS The wise man said and I grabbed; "If you fail to plan, you're planning to fail", meanwhile there are a lot of "Master Planners" who have failed even after planning, therefore I say - even if you don't fail to plan, if your plans are faulty, you're planning to fail. Let's take a tour to the United State of NOT America but Wikipedia, we have failure defined as the state, that condition of not meeting a desirable, targeted, intended, aimed or set goals. Bunch of English words you said? Let's go further.  I have been about this topic, I must confess it is not as easy as I thought earlier. Well, from what we got in Wiki's nation above, failure is said to be when you don't (when you have FAILED to) meet up with a desirable objective  and I agree with the used words along the definition. Coined from my previous article - "Figuring It Out", I said "Success is not a destination, success is a journey"...

We are all humans and have all, in one point or the other in our lives, encountered criticism from people; constructive or destructive. When this happens, we tend to have our emotions tampered with and this may affect our day to day activities. Here is a list of what to do whenever criticism comes knocking at the door: ·          Learn To Stop Criticism From Hurting You: Major General Smedly Butler, one of the most decorated generals of the United States Marines, said “I have been berated and insulted and denounced as a yellow dog, a snake and a skunk. I have been cursed by the experts. I have been called every possible combination of unprintable cuss words in the English Language. Bother me? Huh! When I hear somebody cussing me now, I never turned my head to see who is talking” We should all know that people are not thinking about me and you or caring about what is said about us. They are thinking about themselves. They w...

1. Focusing On Things Outside of Your Control It’s one week until you’re final exam or test, you haven’t even looked at the material that’s covered yet.  Oh god, stress overload.   Why oh why didn’t I start studying earlier, damn those Netflix marathons! That’s exactly what you DON’T want to do. Instead you need to FOCUS on what you CAN DO and take back responsibility and control over the situation. You still got a week left to work with - use that week as best you can to study and stop freaking out over things that are in the past because it doesn’t help you! 2. Approaching Study as a Chore There’s a BIG difference between HAVING or WANTING to do something. Do you  have  to study? The truth of the matter is, no, you don’t  have  to do shit. You WANT to study. No one is forcing you to study and even if they try, you ultimately have the choice as to whether you will study or not. When you approach studying as something you WANT to do it’s a ver...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a plane crash. Who survives?  America. If I had a penny for every Trump joke being made right now,  I’d have a  small loan of a million dollars .           Donald Trump may be the next President but the big winner is Melania Trump.  Now she can call herself the First Lady instead of the Third Wife. A young immigrant boy tells Mr. Trump he wants to be President when he grows up. “Are you stupid?” exclaimed Trump, “are you an idiot? Out of our mind? Are you retarded?” The kid calmly replied, “you know what, never mind, those are too many requirements.”           How is Donald Trump going to fulfil his promise to shut down the Department of Education?  By renaming it Trump University . What do you call a movie about Donald Trump, Bernie Madoff, Charles Ponzi, and Kenneth Lay?  The League of Extraordinary Con Men . A swastika has been spray painted over Donal...

Food :  Certain foods  help in stimulating focus, motivation and energy. If you include these food items in your diet, you surely can see visible changes in energy level, which will help in maintaining motivation level in you.  Dark chocolate, green tea, flax seeds, spinach, blueberries, nuts, banana, whole-grain food  are few to name it. Music : Music has ability to influence your mood to huge extent. Make sure that you are listening to right kind of music which is helping in elevating your emotions related to motivation. Sometimes  right words ,  right tunes ,  right blend of instruments  can do wonders. Exercise : When you work out, your body releases hormones like dopamine, endorphin, serotonin which helps in improving your mood, focus, happiness, motivation level and much more. Whether you play outdoor sport, do  yoga , aerobics, dance or go for a run; all these physical activities makes you more motivated and ready to achieve your g...

Length does not matter: It’s often seen that people worry a lot about how long it should be and question about the ideal length. It must note, that it varies depending upon your education and work experience. Don’t worry if it extends to two to three page; all that matters is that it must be well presented and is equipped with only relevant details. The length can be adjusted by ordering the information correctly. Like you can start with your objective statement, then your skills, qualifications, experience and then references. Whatever method of listing the information you choose, keep in mind that you are putting the most valid and important information first. If you coherently connect these ideas, you can achieve the ideal length automatically. Get it tailored: With time, your job aspirations may change. Let suppose you are a computer scientist and previously you were a software engineer and now wants to switch to developing. So make amendments to it accordingly. ...