LIFE IN ALL SPHERES
Young people A lot, a whole lot of people wish to be someone else. You look at someone whom you feel is doing better and wish you are that person. A whole lot of people can not stop comparing themselves with the next person. A whole lot of persons can not stop. Sometimes it feels …
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Corps members After much pleading, Corper James then decided to watch and know what next to do. He still could not forget what had happened the previous night, but Titi kept on apologizing. He then told her that just wanted to know why, to which she kept on saying no reason, until a certain point …
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Photo by Budgeron Bach on Pexels.com If James was told that all this would happen to him, he would have doubted. James was a 'corper', who had never really lived in South-Western Nigeria. He is from Port Harcourt, Nigeria; and has lived most of his life there except for occasional visits. Though, a Christian, James …
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NYSC members during a parade Still a member of the National Youth Service Corps with some weeks left to go, I've had quite the experience. Most of the places of primary assignments often gift corp members large accommodation, and this was one of them. We were given a 3-bedroom apartment despite being only two of …
NYSC members in a parade (Corpers) "Corpers, never follow any female indigene of this village. If you must follow your fellow corpers." This was the warning we were given when we arrived our PPA as members of the mandatory National Youth Service Corps. The advice had been sounded long before our arrival to the PPA …
So today, against all my instincts, I took a bike whose rider was deaf. It was after we had started that I regretted listening to people's opinion. This was my life on the line here, baba was speeding like he could hear the next bike coming. I was praying, I was really praying, I had …
One of the very funny thing in my Ondo stay is how I am still struggling to believe that I reside here, in this rural settlement. Many times it pricks my heart, I wonder how I may be able to change it. Today, I ate one kind of food that I have never eaten before, …
Life as a corps member in Nigeria comes with many challenges. Well, if you have no idea what a corps member is in Nigeria, you can look up NYSC here. I was part of the 2020 batch A1, who COVID - 19 had disrupted their orientation activities, so I had been at home, back in …
I woke up this morning; still feeling the pains of yesterday on my thighs. It was hell; my thighs virtually belonged to another person. But at least my platoon wouldn't be on duty till another ten days. Yesterday, my socials director had some sort of altercation with our members while trying to relate some information …
I guess I had no idea how this was going to be. Asides being the platoon leader; I had wanted to be part of other organisations too. The music guys had seen me plating guitar and requested that I be part of them. I wanted to join the journalistic guys (orientation broadcasting studio). For I …
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