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Shattered Beyond Repair (Episode 5)

Her life became shattered when she found out that she was pregnant for Barr. Iwuonye, her Property Law lecturer. The doctor had told her that her womb would be damaged if she aborted the baby and she had decided to keep the pregnancy. She told the Barrister about it and he was furious. Few days later, he invited her to his office and told her that he would be very happy to father a baby by her. He offered her a glass of orange juice which she drank. Unknown to her, he had put some abortion pills in the juice and few minutes after she got to the hostel, she started bleeding. Luckily for her, a roommate’s boyfriend was around and she was rushed to the health centre in his car. The doctors had to remove her womb because it had been severely damaged by the drug. When she recovered and the doctor gave her the bad news, she didn’t cry. She just smiled and said “thank you, doc.” She opened the door and left the ward. Passing through the O.P.D, she smiled and walked out of the health centre.

YORUBA: A LANGUAGE TO BE CHERISHED OR DISDAINED?

       Yorubas are the people occupying the South-Western region of Nigeria. They speak a language popularly known as the Yoruba language, this particular language has variants in different Yoruba states, towns and villages but they all still remain a variation of the original Yoruba language except for the people of Akoko, all other languages are understandable by the speakers of the original Yoruba language. However, it is a pity that nowadays, a lot of people now disdain the Yoruba language, most parents don't speak it to their children and most children and youths today don't even understand a word of the language. On the other hand, we have those people who can speak and understand the language perfectly well but form and pretend as if they don't know a word in Yoruba even if they've never stepped out of the country.       I know you're boiling already and wondering who I am to start ranting about the Yoruba language. I am a Yoruba girl who is very proud and

Shattered Beyond Repair (Episode 4)

He was stronger than she was and all she could do was scream. Another slap landed on her cheeks. She started crying. “Do you want to wake the neighbours? You must be very stupid,” Tayo said. He succeeded in pulling off her pants even though she tried frantically to stop him. Before she knew what was happening, something hard was poking her in-between her thighs. “Open your legs, stupid girl” Tayo shouted at her but she didn’t move. “Raise your knees,” he ordered again but she made no move. Tears flowed freely from her eyes as he raised her knees and forced himself into her. She couldn’t scream, she felt like fire was burning between her thighs and someone had inserted pepper inside her. He kept moving inside her, jerking roughly until he collapsed on top of her. He got up and went into the room. She didn’t get up. She just laid there crying and scratching herself. He came back in the morning and did it to her again. This time, she didn’t shout, she had resigned herself to fate. I