Omojuwa

If Only……..               “I love you very much.” I said brashly. “I would love to be in a relationship with you, something real and permanent, “I continued, “I want to share my heart with someone. Please let me share the rest of my interesting life ….” Before I could finish that line, she interrupted ... Read More »

Why This Madness Must Stop             The girl is 17 years old but looks much younger. Her face has the fine elegance typical of Nigerian natives, but her accent belongs to the streets of Nigerian villages. She is plainly terrified. That much is clear from the way she avoids eye contact.   “Promise you won’t ... Read More »

Personal Responsibility             “Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.” ? Mahatma Gandhi   When I was a kid growing up in Benin City-Nigeria, I was taught ... Read More »

My Boyfriend Tale             At age 11 I had my first boyfriend, I thought I’d found love, I was young, intelligent, smallish and adventurous.   I was alone and lost in the world I had been kept. And in the midst of the entire crowd, He found me; he called me “his ebony cutey’, he ... Read More »

Letter to Mr President             It is with a heavy heart that I write to intimate you of the happenings in our dear land. We pride ourselves as the most populous black nation with abundant human and natural resources. We have all it takes to make our land a pride of place among the committee ... Read More »