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RAPE – SHARDS OF BROKEN GLASS

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The word rape is gotten from the Latin word “rapere” which means To Seize. It is defined by many professors of the English Language as: The forcing of someone into sex. This definition has been modified over the years and many have argued that it is more than an attempt to achieve sexual fulfillment (although this may be the case in a lot of instances) but an aggressive desire to dominate a...

Lupita Nyong’o Our New Skin Whitening and Bleaching Ambassador

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Lupita Nyong’o announced her ambassadorial contract with Lancome a French  cosmetics giant a few days ago and the whole black world went agog with the news. I found the information of Kola Boof’s Facebook page but the first thing that came to my mind was “Cosmetics?” I decided to find more info about what they sell… A lot of products but hey! they sell bleaching and...

She Said No!

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Poetic Justice to rape by @ceefour She said noIt meant no, and not yesYou grabbed her hairAnd tore her dress.And bruised her flesh.What you didn’t knowWas the gaping hole you left in her soul.What you didn’t know… Daddy was never aroundMother said he was in heavenGrandma said he was in hellYears ago, like you todayViolence had conceived youYour mothers freedom to...

I Was Raped!

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#SayNoToRape Day4 This a true life story!!! ******** My name is Efe and I finished from UNIBEN. That’s all I will be willing to share on this platform as I crave my anonymity. Where do I begin from? I am a rape victim and now ….. It all started some few years ago while I was seeking admission into the tertiary. I was eager and full of life. I had a friend that our relationship is...

Rape & The blame game

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A popular saying goes “a problem shared is half solved.” Yes! But a heart bottled in the pain of humiliation can never know peace. The issue of rape is that which is discussed and shared amongst us, but yet without the simplest solution. This is very perturbing, and thus has sounded the alarm within us to keep on speaking till we can reduce or inhibit this violence and ungodly act. Let us not...

Chain Reaction

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A popular saying goes “a problem shared is half solved.” Yes! But a heart bottled in the pain of humiliation can never know peace. The issue of rape is that which is discussed and shared amongst us, but yet without the simplest solution. This is very perturbing, and thus has sounded the alarm within us to keep on speaking till we can reduce or inhibit this violence and ungodly act. Let us not...

A Victim of The gods (Chain Reaction)

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“Na the old gods dey wait make rapist turn 90years old before dem catch am, the God of today delivers judgment sharperly #SayNoToRape” 18+ His torso ripped with veins showing through his formerly white but now brown singlet as he pushed the buggy of water into the hostel, this was his final round of water supply for the morning and he was ready to go take a shower, devour some ”...

WE THE PEOPLE OF NIGERIA!

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If GEJ is a building contractor elected by Nigerians and he employs labourers with an average age of 70 to do the job while 80% of the youth in the population are not breaking a sweat, then something needs to be changed. If the ongoing National Conference (NC) was initiated towards redefining Nigeria and building her walls to make her a better country for her people, and the average age of the...