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<div class="text-justify"> For the first time, I sat down at midnight, staring blankly at the books scattered over my reading table. <center>![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmQTx9…

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<div class="text-justify"> 7:30 a.m. The sun streamed in through the curtains, revealing a young man in his late twenties stretched out on the small-sized bed like sardines on loa…

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<div class="text-justify"> Time? I thought they say time and tide wait for no one? So you wouldn't blame my sixteen-year-old self for saying yes to that handsome dude, would you?…

<div class="text-justify"> The atmosphere in the classroom was different that afternoon. A sudden uneasy silence. Evelyn felt it the moment her heart skipped a beat. She thought …

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<div class="text-justify"> I was in school that afternoon when I got wind of the update. <center>![](https://images.ecency.com/DQmZ9vjQZLnPSYGJkYJHrwnjLKd5N7T2sjsPqoFBWRsbJhF/175…

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<div class="text-justify"> It was four effortless months of working without pay. I was tired of trying so hard to keep up. I mean, could life get any better? That day, I sat on my…

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<div class="text-justify"> I do not mince words when I say Mama is best at believing weird things. From her odd practices to trying to enforce them on us, that woman barely gave …

<div class="text-justify"> Maggie had never been more stranded than she was that night. The road was almost empty, except for the few cars that sped by intermittently. The street…

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<div class="text-justify"> Countless times I've seen myself standing with a microphone on the stage wowing the audience with my spoken word performance. <center>![](https://images…

<div class="text-justify"> I hadn't felt that way in ages. The way I felt that cold and seemingly calm morning. Goosebumps sprang all over my skin as Mama's frail voice echoed in m…

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<div class="text-justify"> As a spoken word poet, I've always loved and admired a famous Nigerian spoken word poet named Ibquake. The young lady is not only beautiful, she's also k…