BE A CHAMPION
“You’re a champion you need no further validation or whatever to operate as one”
THE GH MUSICAL INDUSTRY by ABDUL BASIT ALI
I sleep with yet again another sad reality of the scene in my good Country Ghana. It all got to do with the kind of songs that our Musicians sing that is said to be show casing the Country to the rest of the World. I ask is there no better way of showcasing the Country’s image than through this songs? I hope there is a better way than this in sha Allah. The music industry has been good in relaying the image of the Country before but I bet to differ now. It needs rehabilitation. There is a hullabaloo ongoing with regard to a particular song “One corner” that is said to be misleading the mass majority of the youth especially in the Zongos. I ask is this new to you? Subhaanallah! We have witnessed songs which are very dirty that you will even feel ashamed to hear it…
Winners Of The Public Speaking Competition themed “Education Eradicates Gender Violence”
We love it when people read that’s why we love to give out books in book giveaways! On the 2nd of April, Blankpaperz went into a partnership with Voice of Reason and the Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Right to give out book gifts to the top three winners of The Public Speaking Competition themed “Education Eradicates Gender Violence,” organized by Calabar Youth Council for Women’s Right. Congratulations to Olga Chiazo from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti for winning first place and for carrying home the heaviest set of book gifts to be won that day. Of course, the 1st runner up and the 2nd runner up also got book gifts. Every winner is a reader and every reader is a leader.
SLAVE PRICE BY OFEM UBI
SLAVE-PRICE I am the new slave of the century And silence is my voice My lips have been sealed with selotep of fear And only my kind see my heavy chains So why should I raise alarm? I was present when he handed over those cowries clothed in costumes of a bride-price And my smiles hindered my eyes from seeing the exchange rates attached to those naira notes The terms and conditions applied the very first day we smiled against each other And those hidden charges took the center stage the very night he took me home So why should why I speak when he molests me? Why should I scream when he threatens to deport me? When he makes me his dictionary of curses I am like a ram taken up to the altar for slaughter I certainly have no say in the hands of my Master I was…
WHAT IF BY OFEM UBI
What if… What if time were the new currency What if any and everything were controlled by the tendencies of past, present and future What if tick-tock became the new exchange rate? What if your life were radar etched on the folds of your wrist And you could virtually watch your life melt away like candle wax Knowing that every tick-tock of the clock was a walk off luck and you were steps away from being coffin locked What would you do? If oblivion waved a smile across to you What would you change if you had seconds starring at the sun stunned face of yours? Would you right your wrongs? Or let them multiply like the figures of a Nigerian politician in a Swiss bank account Would you stop wasting time in the bid of trying to save it? Would you make the most of it by not trying…
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Blankpaperz December Giveaway Winner Announced!
It is with great pleasure that I announce to you that the winner of the Blankpaperz December Giveaway is … Idongesit Okon! Congratulations I.D for being our first winner. Please come and claim your prize soon and read something amazing this December! Blankpaperz is proud of you. . . . Other winners include Solomon Ikpeme Naana Abena Ekene Ngoka
THINK OF THIS (1) by Ekang Edem
Be courteous to all, but intimate with a few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your rights to grow. True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends but of their worth and value. When a friend is in trouble, do not annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think of something appropriate and do it. False friends are like our shadows, keeping close to us while we…
Today’s Motivation
Believe you haven’t arrived yet. You’re still going, still moving. You should never stop learning.
PESSIMISM VS OPTIMISM by ETIM RICHARD
The optimist sees the possibility in impossibility, while the pessimist sees the impossibility in possibility. What drives a man to success is his belief system. If he always believes in negativity, then he is bound to fail, but a man with a positive thought is a meter closer to success. There is nothing man (both male and female) cannot do. There is nothing our hands cannot create, you can only put a full stop to your action when you are determined to end at that point. A man that is optimistic has a very solid mind, but a lazy fellow wine and dine with pessimism. Sometimes our expectation always turns out to be unrealistic, but however, one required to fail in order to stand solidly on the foundation of success…So the choice is yours, either to be a pessimist or optimisT! BY RICHARD ETIM About Richard Etim When I came…
PESSIMISM VS OPTIMISM with Richard Etim
The optimist sees the possibility in impossibility, while the pessimist sees the impossibility in possibility. What drives a man to success is his belief system, if he is always negative, then he is bound to fail, but a man with a positive thought is a metre closer to success. There is nothing man( both male and female) cannot do,there is nothing our hands cannot create. You can only put a full stop to your action when you are determined to end at that point. A man that is optimistic has a very solid mind, but a lazy fellow wine and dine with pessimism. Sometimes our expectation always turn out to be unrealistic, but however, one required to fail in order to stand solidly on the foundation of success… So the choice is yours, either to be a pessimist or optimist!!!!! This is just a short version, I will drop the…
Wisdom From The Wise: 6 Secrets of a Happy Person
There are a lot of sad people these days. Some hunt for it in a life time but never locate it. Others stay depressed all throughout their life blaming others for their unhappiness and give up and quit looking for it. Show you on how you can begin to become a joyful man in your lifetime beginning now and I am here to help you; because you hold the key to unlock your well-being, you no more need to keep hunting for it. All you need to do is begin turning it in the correct direction… 1. Quit looking back before. In case you are constantly looking back in your past you may never be happy. You can simply make your future better, so begin concentrating on your future. God has given you another day to get it to become a joyful man, so what are you really going to…
Words From The Wise: The Art of Love
So many people assume that true love is what we see in films and on television. In Hollywood movies, heroine and the idol satisfy, drop in love, combine ultimately to reside happily after and possess a receding. For example, at Valentine’s Day, love is measured by how many diamonds, flowers, greeting cards, and chocolates are bought for the loved one. Girls particularly focus on their physical look with Americans spending more than $12 billion a year in cosmetic procedures. Sure these processes may bring a superficial, fleeting kind of love, but it’s not the avenue to genuine, lasting, love that is religious. The key to bringing a soul mate is just this: Master the skill of loving in a manner that is genuine, deep and holy. The kind of love I am talking about is when our heart overflows with love for all, and we see the light of the…