R.I.P Aminat
It was really a long something that day. A long ride home after a long day’s work and then I met, a long line of cars caught in a tight gridlock. Inside my Car, I sat bemoaning how lost my city was to have such congested roads. In times like this, I wished I had one of those super powers. Perhaps teleporting with my car and appearing right in front of my gate would do no harm. Good thing My ‘Spider’ had an A.C. and so, I had no problems with heat while waiting for the traffic… but the boredom. I searched the lower apartment in my mob looking for any CD I could play to break the boredom. ‘Lionel Richie’, ‘Bobby Brown’… What rubbish? This Tayo of a boy had disrupted my CD settings again. I still could not figure out how a seventeen year old boy would…
Pieces of Silence
I am almost 20 years, my whole life should be ahead of me yet it feels like my life ended on that April afternoon 11 years ago. With the stretch of my legs that April day, my life snapped.
And now I walk around in pieces and silence.
Why quote writing? My passion!
Little by little, that shy, angry and ugly girl as it were, evolved to a beautiful, bold, happy and purposeful lady.
Over the years, I have come to the realization that one major cause of failure in life is acceptance of stigmatization.
When I Was Young…
I now nurse a hunger for the wild things of life that you awoke in me, and left unattended, it’s like you did this on purpose. Shebi it gets easier as your jail term comes to an end, or it doesn’t?
This will be the last time I will ever be this vulnerable! I will rise!
A young Nigerian musician working to develop smart cities in Africa
These days, I spend most of my time travelling; doing music and creating social changes. I believe that apart from being a musician, I am also a core humanitarian and coupled with my training as a Surveyor, designing opportunities for impact has now become my new lifestyle.
Love Autism
Do you have a friend who is autistic? Aren’t they amazing with beautiful souls?
Paulina Mwindor shares in this extremely short, captivating but yet powerful and personal piece, the beauty she found in a girl who used her smile to speak volumes of love to her.
To All Women and Sisters Fighting Silent Wars: Superwoman
Here is a beautiful poem to all sisters and women in the world 🗺 fighting a battle in silence. Giving many hope whereas they themselves lack some hope. To those who make others smile, who makes them smile too?
Here are a few tips to help you sacrifice and prioritize your young life
Here are a few tips to help you sacrifice and prioritize your activities and here’s also one of the best advises I’ve ever received from a friend.
On speaking up and Chimamanda Adichie’s personal sexual harassment story
During a keynote address at the just concluded Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality, Adichie disclosed that she was sexually harassed at the age of 17 by a ‘big man in the media.’
About Nigerian federal schools and maybe opportunity really knocks on my door once?
There was a lot of struggle and students had to push each other. The university surveillance had to intervene and who is at fault here? Should hundreds and hundreds of university students have to queue up only to be attended to by just a few staff? Should students also be hit with big sticks so as to control them?
Cold weather, and the home of Harry Potter: What one Nigerian student thought of Gloucestershire – Park Life
Nigerian student and BlankPaperz Editor, Mirabelle Morah gives us her take on her experience at The University of Gloucestershire while being sponsored by the British Council Nigeria as well as the University of Gloucestershire to study Media and Journalism.
What Exactly is Wrong With Mentees?
Here’s a guide for mentees and mentor seekers on how to work with mentors. Dear mentee stop waiting for your mentor to call you please. These people are busy! Sometimes they don’t even remember you. Life is such a hectic thing. Pursue your mentor. Let them know you are alive but you had better not be a pest.