Asked To Probate.

            "Asked to Probate" is a  novella written by Chux Anthony Osakwe is a student of physiology. Chux-Anthony Osakwe is an article and short story author, currently working on a novella. He is a little drawn to the dark side, coated and masked in the most charming smile. When he's not cooking up some sad tale, he's most likely out having some sugar with Nicole (his camera).
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The Art Of Letting Go...

Sweat trickling down his skin, heart racing and with ragged breadths coming in whiffs, Eromosele felt like an athlete who had just come off the race track, he was exhausted. Shaking his head slowly, he tried to balance his senses , seating up straight on his bed, he looked around, there was no use, the room was pitch black he couldn't make out a thing. Still in a bit of a daze, he tried in a most desperate attempt to calm his breathing and at that moment he felt weak and he hated this with extreme passion, these panic attacks always took a toll on him, leaving him physically spent, feeling like a shriveled orange discarded on the floor, sucked dry of all its juices, he felt exhausted . Today was July 31st 2015, his last attack was December 18th 2014 "why now, what triggered this particular incident" ? He asked himself and in the midst of his pondering, it struck suddenly, as a flashlight illuminates the darkness when you turn on the switch, the memories came rushing back, flooding his mind as though they were being generated from every single artery that coursed through his veins, not just the memories but also the feelings that accompanied them as well, he remembered, he remembered it all.

  He was eighteen, she was eighteen, fresh out of secondary school and both in love, they thought it would last forever but fate had other plans. Fast forward a year later, issues began to surface, the silly quarrels began, he was insecure and she wanted to explore.

Eromosele shaking at this point tried to dispel these memories but the floods kept on coming, because try as he may at this point he couldn't forget. He begged her to leave Robert and come back to him she said "I'd think about it"  He pleaded and pleaded, hurting begging hoping if she came back it would heal the pain, Robert was his friend and she was dating him, sleeping with him and making no particular attempt to hide it, Eromosele didn't mind, as long as she came back, all that was in the past . Reminiscing, he wondered if he was obsessed or possessed, because he knew now what he felt then wasn't love, but that regardless it still hurt having to replay the scenario in his head , he was stuck in a theatre that was his mind, strapped to a chair, he was forced to watch the images that played out before him. In the end she did come back and later she went back and came back again , there's so much a man can stomach so he ended the relationship. She thought he'd never be bold enough, he thought he'd never be able to, what an interesting turn of events.

This was four years ago, he'd moved on since then but a part of him still held on to the hurt, it helped build his defense mechanism, he'd never be hurt again, but there in lay his problem, he couldn't give Obehi his all, she loved him, he knew that and he loved her in return , something he hadn't done in a while, but he just couldn't let go, it'd been six months, she'd been complaining, he could see losing her in the horizon but what could he do, he couldn't just stop fighting, the war was obviously over, but fighting is all he ever knew. Picking up his phone,he went to his gallery, enlarging her picture he looked at it quietly, smiling sheepishly he decided at that point he was going to let go, the past was ruining his future, he knew he might probably be hurt, but he thought, it be definitely worth it, speaking to no one in particular he said out loud "it's better to have tried, checked by failures now and then, than to have never tried at all" . His mind was made up, his attack episode was over, he checked his time, 1:30am " it's still too early to start roaming about" he thought out loud, laying back and throwing over the covers , he shut his eyes, he was really tired,he drifted quietly into a gentle slumber a smile lingered on his face because he was finally free and trying to conceive another thought he fell into a deep and peaceful sleep and as he slept his soul was slowly unburdened  from the shackles which was his past.
                                                 EJALE VI

The Account

Tuesday a day I'd not soon forget ,the show of love for our fellow student really moved me,I  remember attempting to go to class and running into all those people, all rioting,all angry for the misfortune that fell on Rita and her friend, seeing all I truly regained hope for the youths of of this nation .

 But as there was Abel and there was Cain. I started noticing some

One On One With Solomon Edebiri

On Sunday July 19th, the Solomon Edebiri centre for change: WOMEN EMPOWERMENT was launched in Ekpoma, a grass root programme aimed at empowering women in the rural areas. Chief Solomon Edebiri the brain child of this NGO contested in the last gubernatorial election under the ANPP. During the launch of the program we proceeded to ask if there was something of this nature targeted towards the young people to which he

To The Dearly Departed : RIP RITA

We of the Uniben talking drum family would like to send out our heart felt condolences to the families of Rita, a 200 level student from the department of philosophy, who lost her life on Sunday due to an that occurred on the lagos Benin express way in front of the school. Words cannot express how the family must feel right now,  may her gentle soul rest in perfect peace. Amen.

Food for thought: The Power of positive thinking

Having a positive mindset is solely the foundation of every accomplishment. There are so many factors that contributes to your success and way of life, but solely it depends on your Mindset. The way you see life is a function of what you think of it or what it truly is. Now, get this right.

There are only two perceptions towards life itself. The way it truly is and

Why Nice Guys Finish Last

In the course of my recent foray across the Internet, I stumbled upon an article which pitted the act of being "nice" against that of being "kind/good" and it was interesting to note that there lay a significant amount of difference between the two. Often times we've  come across situations where a person complains that he/she was taken advantage of and you hear things such as "after all I've done for you..."  and the

Afrocentric Gentleman : WARDROBE

         

  Last week we succeeded in defining who the Afrocentric Gentleman is , what he's about and what it entails to become one , now today we're going to be talking about his wardrobe ,to become an Afrocentric gentlemen you have to first look the part, after all one has to dress the way he wants to be addressed.
         Outlining several scenarios we'll highlight the style to match each.

Black Is Beautiful

      I listened with rapt attention as the voice note played, quietly absorbing it's content,it spoke about a man who vehemently denied his citizenship of Nigeria on the basis of his light colored skin, the speaker in question found this really absurd as she knew not only was he certainly a Nigerian but he was also from Edo state, having trashed out that issue she then proceeded to the topic of bleaching

Afrocentric Gentleman :WARDROBE

             

Last week we succeeded in defining who the Afrocentric Gentleman is , what he's about and what it entails to become one , now today we're going to be talking about his wardrobe ,to become an Afrocentric gentlemen you have to first look the part, after all one has to dress the way he wants to be addressed.

POKER Face

Staring unto the screen of my phone I noticed her icon had popped severally on my BBM recent update, I looked on in utter disbelief having called her severally just moments ago and she didn't pick I was disturbed and I began wondering did I do something wrong, has she lost interest in me, what seems to be the problem, I

In His Shoes...

I have never been one to believe in random selection because in my opinion all things have an underlying pattern no matter how random they may seem. Today we're going to be talking about shoes, yes shoes, I once heard a girl say that she used three things to rate a man, his watch, his shoe and his phone

BE MOTIVATED BY THE FEAR OF BEING AVERAGE

"The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the average keep paying debts" Robert Kiyosaki, in his book titled "Rich dad poor dad"  one of the first motivational books I ever read and it spurred something within me that hasn't left me the same ever since . Many of us are quite familiar with the first part of this quotation, but

Ladies Meet The Famous Five.

Today we're going to be talking about something really interesting and it's going to be directed towards our female readers . Ladies you can attest to the fact that at one point there was this one guy you probably hooked up with only to discover he wasn't all that you bargained for, displaying some characteristics that you began to

THE LESSONS I LEARNT WATCHING DISNEY CARTOONS AS A KID

1. If he's got a big house and he's wealthy,it's  okay to go out with him, so don't mind the talking tea cups and candle sticks and the fact that he's a beast should be no biggie.
(BEAUTY AND THE BEAST)

2. Take seriously everything someone smoking opium is saying because at that moment,they are probably the best judge you can find.(ALICE IN WONDERLAND)

3. It's fine to risk your friend's life for a boyfriend after all Ariel almost got her life long friend Sebastian killed, just so she could dine with a guy who'd never even heard her speak .
(THE LITTLE MERMAID)

The Afrocentric Gentleman #1

The disappearance of the archetypal gentleman portrayed mostly in Victorian novels and the extinction of the Urban gentleman in modern times with a growing population of jerks, wannabe bad boys and heart breakers strutting the streets calling themselves gentleman is a sad yet rampant phenomenon.
     These days it's not uncommon to hear people describe you as "that guy wey dey form" or to be seen as pretentious when you are polite, reserved and carry a

LIFE DON SPOIL

Life don spoil. Choi!! Why E be say, Uniben students dey like form seriousness? I dey night class one day, I see person dey form activity with note book, only to dress near the guy, na Nairabet odds him dey calculate. Why?

 Na girls own dey pain pass, person go trek from hall 2 reach pharmacy, dress like Aboki , then E go come carry mirror follow body, E go just read thirty minutes gist for two hours then sleep till six the next morning, Why? Help me ask them why? And some guys nor dey try as well, you go dey come night class you nor go baff? Una go fit just kill person ... I just dey talk my mind sha plus all those boys wey dey wear bling bling like shabba ranks and una chain dey rust ... hand go soon meet una, when the thing go cut una neck , tetanus Toh badt!! .

Why you should be Dating in school

 

Undergraduate Ostentation

The University has become a place of hustle and bustle. Everyone wants to live large to impress others. Ostentation is the hallmark of a typical Nigerian University undergraduate. Walk behind the hostel halls and you will be exposed to the

Morning Palaver

 

Early as the sun rises, the light of the moon fades away. Constantly our bodies get lifted from our beds. No oracle needs to be performed to actually tell you how sweet a feeling it is to be alive. The mind is fresh, the spirit is alive and the body is strong.

Just as you are about to lift your feet off from the ground, you suddenly realise it's a Saturday. How often do you always get such feeling? Well, I guess nobody really knows. Great isn't it? You suddenly cannot wait to grab a taste of that hot sausage in bread perfectly toasted the way you like. Just in the middle of it all, you are about to brush your teeth, and run straight to the dinning table to have such a good feeling with your stomach there, your mother screams your name aloud saying; Ojo wake up!!! "You still dey sleep by this time? Abeg stand up go feed those fish."

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