Paradoxically, in spite of her enormous natural and human resources, Nigeria’s education system is bedevilled with the challenges of underfunding and thus poor infrastructure; inadequate classrooms and teaching aids (projectors, computers, libraries, laboratories etc); paucity of quality teachers/ poor or polluted learning environment. As a result of mis directed attention of stakeholders to issues of […]
Short Story – Nigerias’ Poor Educational Standard
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Short story – AZUKA
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Chioma is the only child of her single mother who works as an auxiliary nurse at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital. She is twelve years old. After school, she goes to her friend’s house, Ada to wait for her mum. Ada is also the only child of her parents. Unlike Chioma, she was pampered with […]
Short Story – Trapped Inside Nigeria.
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Many Nigerians have become frustrated and have lost confidence in the entire Nigerian system. The older generations of disoriented Nigerians have buried their heads in the sand, resigned themselves to fate and generally seek to enhance their lives by either perambulating from one church, mosque or prayer house of prosperity preachers to the other, in […]
Short Story – The Turgid God.
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The door was secure, or so he thought. With the windows closed, and the blinds drawn, he felt invisible. There was no room for mistake, he thought. He dragged the black leather chair from one corner of his office and positioned it just about two feet from the door- far enough to allow him ample […]
Short story – Be Thoughtful
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It is often said, “look before you leap.” The above statement is still factual. John woke up one glorious morning. He looked around him. Lo and behold, lines are falling in pleasant places for him! His long awaited success came in the nick of time. He received an email alert of a job interview from […]
Short story – Klaudia
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Navigated by the best sailors food and money could buy, Klaudia was set to bid the shores goodbye. Ashore, her red coloured sides shone very brightly, reflecting the rays of radiant light from the early morning sun. The Mayor of Warwick had payed a huge amount of money to construct and furnish her. This of […]
Short Story – A Twist in Valentine
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‘ Nri is the ancestral home of all Igbos. It is an ancient Igbo city state in Anambra state. The reign of the Kingdom began in 900BC ‘ Nri Kingdom, 1879 The air smells of mud. Her stomach rumbles like the fridge at home. God, she misses home! She couldn’t tell how long she has […]