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September 29, 2013

Oluwatobi Adesina: Christ’s Amazing Love (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Oluwatobi Adesina "Living he loved me, Dying he saved me, Buried he carried my sins far away, Rising he justified I…

September 29, 2013

Tawose Olajumoke Elizabeth: Entwined – With them, but in spite of them (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Tawose Olajumoke Elizabeth Nightmares, Lived and thought in them. Satisfied, I used to grace in them. Life, Came and went with them. Magnified, I saw myself in them. Sight,…

September 28, 2013

Killian Obinna Eke: The – not so – beautiful game of football (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Killian Obinna Eke "Suddenly, everyone had become a football tactician! “That guy should be subbed!” “This man pass the ball! Give him a line!” “Old boy open! THREAD THAT…

September 27, 2013

Arinze S. Chiji : What they do to your kids (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Arinze S. Chiji "With kids, one would think that the married ones among them would be subtle, but it isn't so. You begin to wonder, "can they hit their own…

September 25, 2013

Kolo Kenneth Kadiri: The adventures of a homeless man (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Kolo Kenneth Kadiri "Tapgun Close (or die-a-gun alley as it was locally known), was hustler heaven; a place where you could “arrange” anything." The night was cold. It was…

September 23, 2013

Ezinne Onyeka: This is who we are (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Ezinne Onyeka "Just our hopes, our fears, our regrets, our joys." We each have a throne on which we rule; the extraordinary things that make us superior, the next man,…

September 22, 2013

Damilola Kenku: My favourite soap opera (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Damilola Kenku "Now I wonder, who directs this soap, which gives us hilarious comedy in one moment and bone chilling horror in the next ?" This morning as I woke up, I…

September 19, 2013

Chris Okagbue: It’s necessary to recover from success (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Christopher Okagbue "What if I stopped after it was impossible to get the registration requirements that Sunday morning? What if I stop now?" The first time I entered in…

September 18, 2013

Ama K Abebrese: Lights, camera, action! (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Ama K Abebrese "In acting (like in any other profession) raw talent is very important, however, the importance of training and perfecting one’s skill is an added bonus…

September 16, 2013

Oluwabi Mobolaji: The witches are not to blame (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Oluwabi Mobolaji “if he was asked to open a church based on business strategy, it would definitely be the ‘witches and demons must die’ one because it conforms…

September 15, 2013

Adeife Adebiyi: Midnight delirium (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Adeife Adebiyi Behind the ancient hills of Jagun The tired moon retires swiftly to sleep Albeit quite rudely, without so much as a goodbye to me Hmmn, Please somebody…

September 14, 2013

Chiamaka Meremikwu: An ode to my unborn child (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Chiamaka Meremikwu "And although at times you may not understand why I do the things I do, I just want you to know that it’s all for your…

September 13, 2013

Moses Sogunle: Ubiquitous computers (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Moses Sogunle 'With a simple shrug of his shoulder, he would say: “I guess all the future holds is laziness”.' My father had always had his reservations about…

September 12, 2013

Goodness Ezinnaya: As the year winds down (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Goodness Ezinnaya "Think Big! All the Future Award Africa nominees and award-winning individuals; "them get two heads?" Fireworks. Smiles. Laughter. Calls. Pings. Happy New Year!.. I'm guessing that's how the…

September 11, 2013

Uche H. Okafor: Hear all evil but say nothing (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Uche H. Okafor “I will respect the secrets that are confided in me, even after the patient has died”. Life is full of choices and secrets. The life of…

September 10, 2013

Daniel Olatunde Balogun: Active thoughts (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Daniel Olatunde Balogun "Everyday we write ourselves a letter with our dreams, but our world only understands our dreams through our actions." If I write to the world…

September 9, 2013

Aguiyi Ironsi: My personal imponderables (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Aguiyi Ironsi "If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?" So I was trying to learn big English today, so I could go bully my grandfather…

September 8, 2013

Olaniyan Ajibola: Fragile words (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Olaniyan Ajibola In the height of my fervor; in the intoxication of my emotions. At that moment when my heart is in control, when my brain is soaked in…

September 8, 2013

Oloyo Ayodele: If I was more trusting… (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Oloyo Ayodele "The whole texting with Funmi continued and Ola started coming home late - blaming work for this predicament." Oh my God! Olawale please darling. My love, you are my…

September 4, 2013

Temitope Isedowo: I envision a more united Nigeria (30 Days 30 Voices)

by Temitope Isedowo "...but I keep asking myself if I did not notice this over-zealousness because my mind was prepared beforehand to notice it" Embarking on my first international trip…

September 3, 2013

Victor Olusanya: The ghost of Madam Agnes (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Victor Olusanya “The thing is, Andrew, your madam died five years ago in Abuja before you saw her here in Lagos.” My madam always smiled. Her smile brightened her beer parlour as…

September 2, 2013

Osione Abokhai: The suit and tie syndrome (30 Days 30 Voices)

by Osione Abokhai "I thought of how my hope ebbed away when I saw what the man was wearing." I was in a bus once, travelling a long way from a…

September 1, 2013

Somto Ibe: For the love of recipes, old memories and good food… (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Somto Ibe " I don't necessarily crave to eat the food, I crave to make the food." This morning, I woke up with a stronger-than-usual craving for my grandma's…

July 31, 2013

Nneoma Chukwueke: Cancer, grief and the audacity of hope (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Nneoma Chukwueke "Well, we clung; clung to our mother with every breath that we had – that she had." I’ve told this story a thousand times, and yet,…

July 31, 2013

Jenim Dibie: Without a care in the world (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Jenim Dibie "Somewhere on the street of 'I'm only human', I found Dominic sitting on a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g Dora." Somewhere on the beach, the east of nowhere I gathered…

July 30, 2013

Tade Falana: The angels among us (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by Tade Falana "There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” I met my first angel when I was…

July 27, 2013

Emesiri Omofuoma: A dancer’s life (30 Days 30 Voices)

by Emesiri Omofuoma Dance now means so much more at this very moment. Its beyond the moves, an expression of a life form, it gives rhythmic motion to my essence…

July 26, 2013

‘Jola Sotubo: What I learnt on the dating merry-go-round (30 Days, 30 Voices)

by 'Jola Sotubo "Looking back now, I realize, with all due modesty... I was perfect just as I was." The Martians and I… My relationship with the opposite sex began at…