The Strange Boy 2 (via @mizz_norah)

On getting home, being myself wasn't easy. I had to wear a happy face to hide my troubled heart. But we all know mothers, super-sensitive creatures. They "always" get the feeling when something wrong/unlawful is going on/happening. My mother wasn't an exception. She asked me if I had had any bad encounter in school. "Uh-oh!" a bell rang in my head! What should I tell her? The truth? No! She'll take it too seriously. "Mum....school was fine! You know how lecturers behave,teaching for over 3hours like they don't have a family to go home to/take care of. I'm just having a slight headache that's all." "Are you sure?" She asked. "Absolutely!". She told me to go to her bedroom drawer and get 2 tablets of panadol. Phew! I had finally induced her to believing my story. "Duh..... I didn't really lie to her" I tried telling my good conscience."I still have an headache after all". I took the pills, had my bath, and dashed off to bed. "This the part where you close your eyes, leave aside all the day's thoughts and events and wander far far away" I told myself. As I closed my eyes, all I could see was the little boy with the big cut on his head.I opened my eyes and shook my head,willing myself not to call up every single memory in that scene.I picked up my phone and dialed Ifeoma's number, "My head's still at the front gate, if you know what I mean. I wish we had a sleepover". "Sorry Coop. I warned you about drooling over that boy's situation, but you wouldn't listen. See you at school tomorrow. Better sleep with the light on". "Yea! So much for a good friend", I thought.
It wasn't the dark that frightened me. It was the fact that out there, below my window, was a sick and dying child. I stared out at the lights of 'uyo', for the next hour, watching them gradually go off as people went to sleep. And all the time, as i sat awake, I thought about the living dead who walked among us and how we could help them. As soon as I got to school the following day, I rushed up to the main gate, right to the spot where I knew I'd find the boy. Surprisingly, he wasn't there! I checked the other school gate and the annex gate. Still couldn't find him. I decided to go for my lectures and checkup on him after classes. He still was nowhere to be found. For a whole month, I kept looking for him but to no avail. Confusion set on me. Where did he go? Could he be dead? Would I have disappeared too if I had helped him? I wasn't sure if I was to be glad I didn't offer to help[ him. Anyway! I hope he's still alive and finds favor in the eyes of men. Ah! What a mystery!

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The Strange Boy (via @mizz_norah)

It all started one evening while I was heading home with my twin friends Isioma and Ifeoma. We had decided to stroll a little and discuss our "female issues" before going our seperate ways when we came across this poor,homeless,dirty-looking boy. He didn't look older than ten. He had ragged clothes on. His hair was rough and unkept. He looked like someone that hadn't had a bath in like 4 months. One thing that pushed me to sympathy was a deep wound/cut on his forehead. It appeared as if someone had hit him with a matchete/cutlass. It had affected him badly. His health had deteriorated/looked deteriorated. He seemed like he was going to collapse that very minute. I felt really sorry for him. I began wondering what would have caused him to be in that kinda condition; maybe he got missing and couldn't find his way home? Or maybe his wicked-stepmother...^_^ /aunt gave him that cut and sent him packing for being her idea of a bad boy? Or maybe his grandmother
in the village had decided to kill the poor boy because she was having issues with his father,her son-in-law? Several negative thoughts just kept running through my mind.I finally came outta my trance when I noticed that my friends had been calling me simultaneously. I told them to check-out the boy. They did so and told me they felt sorry for him.I went ahead to making them see to my point of view. I asked after their opinions on what must have happened to him, and they simply went plain telling me that he might have lost his way or something must have happened to him spiritually. Still not satisfied with their opinions, I began to curse and blame those rich men and politicians who would always drive past occasionally and see the dying boy and still refuse to offer help.It was then my friends raised their voices objecting to my curses and blames. She told me to put myself in their shoes and asked me if i would've helped him. Ignorantly, I said yes. She disagreed with me and told me that no normal person would just walk up to a retarded-looking boy to offer help. What if he was having some kind of spiritual problem and when he touches u, you'll go insane too? What if all this was a camouflage, that he is a wizard in his true form/nature? they kept bombarding me with questions, making me know that it was what was considered before helping a person in that state/condition. Unfortunately, I was strong-willed to agree with her and stood my grounds on helping the poor boy if I had the chance/opportunity. They noticed that I was trying to induce them to supporting my idea of helping  the boy and decided/went ahead to change our topic of discussion.................
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Unizik Student Defiles 14 Year old Girl(via @trends_ng)

Wonders they say shall never end. There are So many matured beautiful ladies ready to be in relationships but somehow these men still prefer underage children. It just goes to show the rate of moral decay in our society.
An Nnamdi Azikiwe University student defiled a 14 year old indigene
girl. He picked the girl from her sister's shop and
camped the girl in his friend's house for two days.
One the third day,the girl went home and after
serious interrogation by sister,the girl disclosed
her where-about. The sister reported the case to
the school Anti-cult unit and the boy was
apprehended for child molestation. The sister
claimed that the boy dis-virgined the girl and that
five thousand naira and a mobile phone was
collected from the girl.
On questioning of the girl
by the Anti-cult personnel, she disclosed that she
was not a virgin,that one Emeka in temp-site had
already dis-virgined her.

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All That Glitters (via @wickedstepmami)

A true story
Kemi was not from a rich home but her mother ensured that she got a goood education So as to have a better future.
She was in 200 level when it all happened.
She met a nice guy who was every girl's dream.Tall,dark,Rich and caring.she was immediately carried away.
She started dating him and her studies suffered as a result.she skipped classes and missed So many assignments. She was So convinced that this young man was an angel sent from heaven to make her happy.he was perfect in her eyes.
In just a month she got pregnant for him and she told him. To her surprise he asked her to marry him. She didn't hesitate to say yes and immediately moved in with him.
Barely 2 months after she moved in,her nightmare began. He beat her at the slightest opportunity, his sisters didn't help matters but contributed to making him hate her More not even considering the child she was carrying.
At this point she was certain that all that glitters is not gold. She had a baby boy a few months later and the baby was taken from her. She had to repeat her second year in school.
I hope you ladies can learn a little from her ordeal and make better choices.
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Global Warming and its Effect in Nigeria(via @wickedstepmami)

Lately the heat wave all over the country has been unbearable. Even with the rain, the heat is still unbearable.
Have you ever wondered why the sun is So hot? The heat is caused by global warming.
Global warming is the rise in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere.
It occurs when greenhouse gases are trapped in the atmosphere, with nowhere to go, they are retained in the atmosphere. this is called the green house effect.
A greenhouse gas (sometimes abbreviated GHG) is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect.[1] The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.
The effects of global warming include extreme weather conditions,heat due to the depletion of the ozone layer by the greenhouse gases, flood, shortage of water due to climate change.
Global warming can be solved by setting limits on pollution(the kyoto protocol in Japan deals with emission of gases, emission is outlawed in some states). Another solution is investing in clean energy, planting more trees as they purify the environment,stopping bush burning, recycle instead.
Driving smarter cars and using clean electricity such as solar powered electricity.
Share and educate your friends.

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Trading Places(via @wickedstepmami)

A true story.....
Chika arrived early to the salon she works in. She cleaned up and began to attend to her customers. Mimi enters the salon and greets her, she is surprised (mimi was her apprentice) to see her. Mimi quickly gives her a wedding card inviting her to her wedding. Chika bursts into tears and is inconsolable, she never thought that mimi who is So young would get married before her. At this point, she wishes she can trade places with her.
Guess what? Mimi died some months after she got married, imagine the look on chika's face considering the fact that she actually wanted to trade places with her.
Always appreciate what you have, the gift of life.
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Dead Body Found Along Road in Uyo (via@mizz_norah)

A dead body was found this morning along Atiku Abubakar Road,Uyo.
It was alleged that the man was a thief and stole from his neighbor the previous day. He was caught, stripped of his clothing and beaten to death.
Just when we thought that jungle justice has been away from our society,it continues to prevail.
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