On seeing her dead son’s body, she hit herself on the walkway like a pawpaw falling from its tree helplessly; it was 6:23a.m. I was talking to Nuru last night about his solitude these days. He told me he had never read anywhere aside the University Library since his four years on this campus; now, the university library is locked and we are to write exams in two weeks time. While many of us are trying to adapt to system that threatens our survivals as students on this university, Nuru told me he could not read to comprehend and he was scared of having carry-over which could lead to extra year because her mother had been paying her school fees with NAPO Loan and his father is late. I told him how my mother was embarrassed by NAPO Loaners in the public after government demolished her kiosk. My mother has been paying my school fees with NAPO Loan too and my father died before I got admission into the university.
My books are for every living soul that can read and tackle the menace of drug abuse in our society- Saliu Ahmad Toyin
Saliu Ahmad Toyin, popularly known as ThePenWarLord is a Kwara based poet and spoken word artiste with two books: The Eye Opener and Extract from the Hourglass. In this Interview with ABDULHAFEEZ T. OYEWOLE, he attributed his ability to discharge his family, writing and tutoring duties to self-motivation, while expecting to fulfill his family members’ biggest desires to impact in the lives of young writers and be happy with himself. He also spoke about his book on drug abuse and his poetry collection which is for every readable living soul. Here is the conversation.
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| Saliu Ahmad Toyin (The legendary Penwarlord) |
“Amina the Virgin” was a product of an inspiration on Virginity - Amina Babatunde I.O.
Author of the newly recommended play, Amina the Virgin, for the students of the Junior Secondary School in Kwara State, Nigeria, Babatunde Aminat Idowu Omolola (Mrs) in this interview with Abdulhafeez T. Oyewole shared among other things are thoughts on virginity, early girl-child marriage and why her muse chose virginity as a perfect contemporary dramatic object and subject of her play. Here is the conversation.
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| Aminat Babatunde Idowu O. (Mrs) |
When I say I love you, sweetheart,
You should know I really mean it,
I don't fake orgasm when I feel naught.
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| Photo credit: Big Think. |
'Igbo', as the popular derivative from the cannabis plant is commonly called here, is a banned substance, of which planting, production, possession and consumption is heavily punishable by laws ranging from years of internment to the capital penalty.
But is marijuana consumption really that destructive? Do the cons outweigh it's pros? Should consumption of marijuana really be a crime? Should it continue to be considered a vice?
