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Six Great Words of Advice for 2023 From My Best Friend

2022 has been a rollercoaster in every sense of the word. We all felt it in our bones. Some more than others, in our homes, jobs, and health. Inflation bit us in the ass. Banditry and kidnapping became full-time jobs in Nigeria while mass shootings became the modern-day nightmare of…

This Happened To Me

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Six Great Words of Advice for 2023 From My Best Friend
Six Great Words of Advice for 2023 From My Best Friend
This Happened To Me

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Three Women Murdered for Minding Their Business

The worst True Crime Cases of “Right Place, Wrong Time” — “There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.” — Albert Camus I know someone who literally died of fear. As my brothers and I prepared for bed one night, the sounds of sporadic gunshots rend the air and we stilled. You…

True Crime

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Three Women Murdered for Minding Their Business
Three Women Murdered for Minding Their Business
True Crime

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Globalization: Panacea and Plague

The problem with mistaking Westernization for development — I recently completed a course titled Glocal Justice & Peacebuilding organized by the UNESCO-APCEIU GCED online campus. The course was a deep-dive into how we can work towards and achieve social justice for various social strata like The rural poor Women Indigenous peoples. It was a grueling course that entailed…

This Happened To Me

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Globalization: Panacea and Plague
Globalization: Panacea and Plague
This Happened To Me

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May 21

I Did Not Get Into My First Choice for Grad School

What I have taken from this experience — I know there will come a time when I will write/talk about this without some tears but that time is not now. My application cycle began in 2020 during COVID lockdowns. I spent much of my time attending everything from virtual coffee chats to school fairs, to e-meetings with current…

This Happened To Me

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I Did Not Get Into My First Choice for Grad School
I Did Not Get Into My First Choice for Grad School
This Happened To Me

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·May 9

There’s Something About the King’s Coronation

Or is it just me? — Prince Charles of Wales was formally crowned over the weekend and exchanged his title for the proud title of King Charles III, Leader of the Commonwealth. For football lovers, we noticed because kick-off times for EPL games were moved far into the day and there was no goal rush. However…

Sports

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There’s Something About the King’s Coronation
There’s Something About the King’s Coronation
Sports

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·May 4

Mac-Goalister Punctures Manchester United’s Champions League Hopes

Rashford silent — The game was almost even. Both coaches had made four changes each to their squad. While Ten Hag’s men needed the three points to move into third place and increase the gap between themselves and a fast-rising Liverpool side, Di Zerbi’s side needed a win to keep their hope for…

Football

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Mac-Goalister Punctures Manchester United’s Champions League Hopes
Mac-Goalister Punctures Manchester United’s Champions League Hopes
Football

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Apr 17

Amsterdam Wants You to Keep Your Drunken Sex-Starved Self Away From Its Borders

Una go hear word? — “Dem give you allow, you wan collect allowance.” This Nigerian pidgin saying comes to mind. As a 1900s-born Nigerian, I was taught never to chase people away from my home. Our parents never did so in their day and taught us to never do so, no matter how disgusting the…

Travel

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Amsterdam Wants You to Keep Your Drunken Sex-Starved Self Away From Its Borders
Amsterdam Wants You to Keep Your Drunken Sex-Starved Self Away From Its Borders
Travel

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Apr 8

Did This Man Feed His Two-year-old Son to The Gators?

True crime in Florida is gruesome — Neighbors had heard a loud noise around 8:30 pm on Wednesday but no one called the police. That must have been the dying moments of 20-year-old Pashun Jeffrey. The police would later discover her badly bruised body in her apartment around 2:30 p.m. the next day. An amber alert was…

True Crime

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Did This Man Feed His Two-year-old Son to The Gators?
Did This Man Feed His Two-year-old Son to The Gators?
True Crime

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·Mar 17

The Three Quotes That Stood Out to Me in Creed III

Michael B. Jordan did a thang — Even as a 90s baby, I never saw Rocky, until 2018, and I loved it instantly. My taste in movies and series mostly leans towards loads of action, thriller, and mystery. So, watching an underdog beat up some bad guys was like candy. To date, my mum wonders why I…

Self Improvement

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The Three Quotes That Stood Out to Me in Creed III
The Three Quotes That Stood Out to Me in Creed III
Self Improvement

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Mar 8

An Open Letter to My One and Only Referred Medium Member

You have been a lifesaver — My Dear Referred Member aka Lifesaver aka The upholder of my income, $2.01 These figures look so meager but in actuality, do big work. This is the amount of money I earn from your direct contribution monthly. In the past four to six months when I had been inconsistent with…

Social Media

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An Open Letter to My One and Only Referred Medium Member
An Open Letter to My One and Only Referred Medium Member
Social Media

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Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba

Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba

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I write about life as I experience it. As I know it. As it could be better. 🤔 Reach out — fromoly2you@gmail.com.

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