The Mortehn Expressions

FRIENDSHIP Friendship is the basis of every human relationship. To truly know anyone, we need to first be their friend. And this was what led to the beginning of a lasting friendship with this young man Temitayo. The fact that I wanted to get to know him. I had gone to a bar that evening after work on a Friday just to unwind. I do not drink so I settled for a cup of chapman and ordered fried shrimps to munch on as I sipped my drink. I glanced across the room and saw this young man sitting alone at the corner, quietly sipping his “33” export lager beer from a glass. The bottle stood admiringly on the table and the beer glistened in the glass and occasionally, the disco light in the bar bounced off his glass of beer. I looked on in admiration as he laughed and smiled at his phone. I wondered who it was he was chatting with and what it was they were discussing that amused him so much. The waiter came with my bill, but I was not ready to leave so I ordered a bottle of “33” expor...

From January to December, We had so many trials, Many tribulations come our ways, Yet we are still standing, Thousand of souls were lost, Millions of disasters here and there, Yet God protected us, Many are gone to the under world, Many destinies buried in the graves, Many started January with us but no more, Yet we are still alive, Let us give GOD our thankful heart, He is our protector, Let us give GOD our thanks, For without Him we shall be no more, Every moment of our lives,  Should be full of thanks, With life, there is hope! BY: PRINCE ADEGOROYE, ADETUNJI OLUWABUSAYO

I hear the bird singing, I can see the moon smiling, I can see the booming of the wind, I can see the star glittering, I can see the plate dancing, While spoons and forks are clapping, All to the sweet music of life, Never cry, wipe your tears, Never loose hope, You are born to win, Never give up to challenges of life, Never relent, you surely get there, The challenges of today, Is a stepping stone to your greatness, Your stars will forever shine, Just be patient and wait for your time, Never cry again, your success is at hand! By: Prince Adetunji O. Adegoroye

How many times have we sat across our lovers on dates, and silently wondered if we should or should not be with them? I'm sure some of us must have wondered at certain times what we were doing with our significant others. It happens. Funny huh? Yeah, but that doesn't mean they are not good enough for us or anything. It's just our ever busy, ever working minds messing with our heads and filling our brains with all those Cinderella fantasies of our Prince Charming. Perhaps, he is not too handsome, but then, he is not ugly but your mind keeps showing you images of an imaginary Prince Charming; the one with the connecting beards; the tall, dark and handsome Yoruba demon. Meanwhile, this our 'Urhobo' bobo(he could be from any tribe) has not done any wrong. He is just short; remember he did not create himself. Y'all have been dating for the past five, six or so years? Aunty how come you're just disliking his short figure now all of a sudden? One player is sudde...

What's up everyone? Did anyone even miss me at all? Yeah, I know it's been a while and truth be told I miss you all. I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in a very long while, I've just been completely swamped with work. I hope you'll enjoy reading this piece from me as much as I enjoyed writing it. This write up is just from my own point of view and you're allowed to either agree or disagree. That's why I called it; Yay or Nay. I just want to discuss the issue of greeting generally and the old age syndrome among people. Before I proceed, I'd like to ask this question: Who should always do the greeting? The boss or the employee? The younger person or the older person? While I was living in Lagos and growing up in Ondo respectively, this question never came up in my mind. This is because anybody can be the first to greet anybody. It doesn't matter if you're the younger person or if you're the older person. It doesn't matter if you...

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....

       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 v...