The Fiance Who Loves His Girl's Friends To Bits

As Ife helped her companions into an extend Hummer she'd composed to take them all to the dance club where they'd arranged a "hen" party for Fade, her closest companion, she had no notion of the bad dream that would later unfurl. "We'd begun drinking from another companion's home where we had all gathered. When we got to the club near midnight, we were slushed. The music was boisterous, as were we – and the discussion got increasingly blue...

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WHOEVER WROTE THIS SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD.

WHOEVER WROTE THIS SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD. I AM A WOMAN!!!  So what? I get into an argument with a man, he slaps me, I feel the pain, yet they tell me I provoked him. I should have been quiet, I should have been patient. I should apologize to him. I get into an argument with a man, I slap him, they tell me I have no respect, no home training. I should have been quiet, I should have been patient. I should apologize to him. Because...

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A Very Humbling Experience

A very humbling experience .... Amitabh Bacchan says... "At the peak of my career, I was once travelling by plane. The passenger next to me was an elderly gentleman dressed in a simple shirt and pants. He appeared to be middle class, and well educated. Other passengers  perhaps recognising who I was, but this gentleman appeared to be unconcerned of my presence... He was reading his paper, looking out of the window, and when tea was served,...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 2(Must Read)

Bode was the closest to me among all the choir members. I could see in him, a younger brother I never had. My school was not so far to the church, so sometimes after service or singing practise, he would say “Aunty Sewa, I’m coming to your place to eat o”. I would tell him to come, since I really didn’t know how to prepare one man meal, I was always having leftover. He was only 20yrs old then, while I was 24. He was a 200 level student of College...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 8(Must Read)

After the action, I locked the door behind him and started weeping. I wept till my eyeballs turned red and my head began to ache. I was confused, I didn’t know what to do, I was just weeping. I couldn’t even pray, I never thought I could do such a thing. i thought I was strong enough to stand. Oh my God!…How wrong I was!!. The next day was Friday, I couldn’t go to school. I had headache, so I called my HOD to inform her I would be absent. She...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 7(Must Read)

It was Bode that woke me up the following morning. He told me his dad’s burial had been for the next weekend, and there’s no money. He told me how his dad’s family members started blaming his mum for not giving them adequate information about his dad’s illness before the old man eventually passed away. All these stories made me love the woman more. At last, he decided to go. I saw him off to the door, and he suddenly turned back, hugged me and...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 6(Must Read)

Then something happened. Bode lost his dad. It was then I got to know that the old man had more than one wife, as a matter of fact, he had four. One was late already, and Bode’s mum was the last and the only one living with him until he passed away. Among the children from the other wives, only few of them were educated, others were either bricklayers, drivers, carpenters, tailors or petty traders. It was only Bode’s mum that was struggling to...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 5(Must Read)

“Who is that?”. I asked as I quickly came out of my thought. I opened the door, to my utmost surprise “It’s Bode o”…………Of course, I could recognise his voice. I quickly strapped myself in my night gown. “Come in, the door is not locked” I answered. Before he could enter, I sat on the bed, I adjusted my dress and brushed my hair backwards with my right hand. I wondered why he came back, after all he had been in my house since morning. When he...

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Diary Of A Church Girl Part 4(Must Read)

It was 1st of April, my birthday. Bisi and some of the sisters of National Service crew came to my house to help in the cooking. The birthday was fixed for 12pm, since we would be having choir practice by 5pm. We ate, drank and made merry. In fact, it was indeed a memorable occasion. I really enjoyed myself. Pastor Mrs Williams gave a short exhortation. She titled the message *Unique Grace*, citing practical examples from her own life experiences. We...

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