FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye : Unlettered Missives [episode 20]
Emeka, … God gave you an early birthday gift on the second Friday, twenty-second, two days before your twenty-second birthday. You had gone to see Hassan but met his…
Ex-Pen Press Journalist Wins Big in Abuja, Bags UNESCO Academic Award
Mudathir Hayatullahi (Abu Lubabah) reports, Muhammad Adeyemi, a 400-Level student at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) and an ex-member of the most outstanding…
Students’ Failure in Academic Environment: Causes and Possible Solutions
Abdulazeez Toheeb Olawale writes, When a student is asked why they failed, their likeliest comments are; “The lecturer failed me”, “the exam was too hard” or “we were not being…
FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 19]
Emeka, As you walked to Mama Zeenat’s cafeteria, Hassan ate off your ears with lavish words for Grace. His reaction surprised you because it was not his way of talking…
When is the Perfect Time?
Hamidu Alhasaan (Abu Huzaipha Lafiagi) writes, The last time I checked, we were never custodians of our successes, making it almost impossible to have a spot-on definition of ‘right time’. Until…
Pen Writers’ Diary: The Reason ‘Why’ Our Parents Deserve Accolades
Abalu Khadijah Opeyemi writes, The atmosphere was cool, the body felt the sensation, preferring to stay indoors as the weather breezed its coldness, blowing gently into every part of Danfodites’…
High Rate of Unemployment in Nigeria: Causes and Remedies
Ummu Khair Bello writes, Unemployment is a state of joblessness, where people qualified for jobs have none. In other words, unemployment is when the quantum of labour exceeds the number…
How Prepared are you for Life After School?
Yusuf Kawthar Bukola writes, “What’s your plan after school?” Almost every finalist has heard this question. Unfortunately, only a few give concrete answers to the question. Do we ever think…
Envy: There is no Competition in Destiny
Jubril Ahmed writes, Destiny is a belief in the will or determining cause by which everything comes to pass. It is the belief that whatever befalls anyone or anything, whether…
Immediate Environment as the Rudiment of Contemporary Vices
Adeshina Arigbanlabuwo writes, Society is primaeval. Tracing its origins will lead us to the earliest existence of humankind and the consequent establishment of the human environment through interaction and recreation.…