OLUWAJIMI . J . THORPE

The world is completely green to an innocent mind, but an innocent mind is indisputably blind. Evil has no chance in water and I've swam a Spring river, says a friend called Latifah. Ask her who sinks the ships in Bermuda, she would never know it's Lucifer. I once read about a lady. In the house of her parents was an adored baby. Give any code of conduct she would always obey, not in any way rough or uncouth; she would walk splendidly without relay. But sometime, her dresses started to fade, and when she went to a river to bade, she was kidnapped and eaten by a mermaid. No revenge possible; a river is not a place to attack or raid. To a child, the world is beautiful. He would sit by fire, not afraid but considers everything wonderful. But soon enough when burnt, he gets dreadful. Writers know what the world is: a man could gather all sorts of wealth but for a while would the wealth be his. Yet when we write we call the world "beautiful", how we love to tease...

To the youth of our generation;what do we call this infantile display of IQ of our so called leaders...They have said so many things to us in the name of change yet we took it hook,line and sinker because we believed we voted them in and so in this case every of our answers has to be yes to them. Everyday is a new distraction (if it was relevant I won't even be pained)One time it was display of different letters (maybe they were doing a sort of grammatic competition i don't know because I'm yet to see the relevance of these letters). Later came news about huge amounts of money being kept in abandoned properties. As if that wasn't enough those hopeless creatures fabricated stories about animals taking up human properties( please o when did money became food for snake for it to have swallowed 36million naira,abi monkey does not recognise banana anymore that it mistook money for it?). In addition to that...rat pursued Mr President out his office can you imagine?! ...

To learn while still a child What this life is meant to be. To know it goes beyond myself, It's so much more than me. To overcome the tragedies, To survive the hardest times. To face those moments filled with pain, And still manage to be kind. To fight for those who can't themselves, To always share my light. With those who wander in the dark, To love with all my might. To still stand up with courage, Though standing on my own. To still get up and face each day, Even when I feel alone. To try to understand the ones That no one cares to know. And make them feel some value When the world has let them go. To be an anchor, strong and true, That person loyal to the end. To be a constant source of hope To my family and my friends. To live a life of decency, To share my heart and soul. To always say I'm sorry When I've harmed both friend and foe. To be proud of whom I've tried to be, And this life I chose to live. To make the most...

  The strongest couples give each other the benefit of the doubt, for one. A healthy relationship doesn’t just happen by accident. It takes two people, however imperfect, who are committed to putting in the work to better themselves and improve their partnership in the process. See what relationship experts had to say below: 1. You don’t take the little things personally. “Rather than assume the worst, healthy couples will ascribe the best possible motive in the face of mistakes. Forgot to pick up the dry cleaning? Left the car with almost no gas? Rather than think, ‘She doesn’t care about me’ or, ‘He’s just out for himself,’ they think, ‘Even the most loving partners sometimes screw up.’” ―Winifred M. Reilly, marriage and family therapist and author of It Takes One to Tango 2. You can talk openly about anything  even tricky topics. “Sex, money, frustrations, desires. Healthy couples want to know what the other thinks and feels even though the truth m...

A lot of people like to talk about how easy it is to fall in love when you’re falling in love with the right person. But not a lot of people bring up the fact that it’s just as easy to fall out of love with someone. And that’s going to be the subject of this article. When you’re in a relationship with someone you love, you must always make sure that you’re not taking this relationship for granted. You always want to be exerting as much effort as possible into this relationship. You want to be making sure that you are doing whatever you can to make this relationship work. Otherwise, you risk letting your love die like an untended flower in a vast garden. Like any flower, you must make sure that you give your relationship the attention and sustenance it needs to survive. That’s why it’s absolutely imperative that you always do your best to stay on top of things. You have to be perceptive. You have to have great attention to detail. You have to ensure that the love that you h...

Ikorodu is technically the last known bus stop from my place which was still a tripple goal kicks away. I can remember taking that path in the evening time every single day except for  Fridays' when we get the opportunity to see the real sun painting on the walls of the street.  With coolers in our hands, we bounce and jog all the way home especially when we are few minutes late against the time that the big clock in the sitting room has given to us through the ordination of mother; the spokesperson of our ceremonial dad, lyrics of eventful songs bouncing on our lips, some that we frightfully sing and some similar ones that we chew. There are some few times however that we get sober in our minds, single thoughts on individual minds, little little thoughts that would eventually make a ball of stories to be treated down the valley, on our way to the farm on saturdays. On such occasions, my eardrum gets thinner and this permits me the trouble of hearing the whistling of th...

Over the years Nigerian schools were practical workshops where education was not only available but actually put into practice. Pupils who finished standard six in the 50s were highly literate and well respected. Jobs were also waiting for products of both primary and secondary school students. Big companies like G.B. Ollivant and Leventis competed in the recruitment of university graduates and 200 level undergraduates were interviewed for jobs pending graduation one year later. However, Six or seven Decades down the line the scenario changed dramatically. At this point, government was not proactive in the provision of education opportunities for those who cannot continue upto secondary school and in order not to be seen as weakening,students are cowed into entering secondary school without sound academics prowess. This to a large extent predisposes such students to unemployment after graduation since they will come out not having sound certificates or at worst end up immersed ...