Charles U. Ofoefule

Ofoefule writes from Nigeria.

The Roadside

Lagos – always ever busy, you will frequently observe a high concentration of people moving in different directions in attempt to meet up with...

Disgrace Of The Beret

There is so much panic among the people whenever there is a perception that the state cannot provide adequate security for its citizenry. This has resulted in every community developing a means of providing security...

Crippled By Illiteracy

Mankind has seen many decades and centuries; the precedence of events show that while the nations of the west are advancing in all ramifications, Africa is receding with great zest...

The Thin Lines

As long as the unpredictability of the counting of time remains, the lines permeating the realms of joy from sorrow, love from hate, and life from death will inevitably remain thin...

The Struggles and Pains of the Nigerian Woman

It has been widely said that: ‘the African man is Polygynous by nature’; but the truth is that it is the woman who once again bears the pains and blames that arise from polygyny…

The Day I Heard The Voice Of God

I was in a sort of dream, a dream that was quite different from any type of dream I had ever had before. I heard a calm voice that said to me don’t let your mother go to the market this early...

The Falling Standard

The present status of most public schools across the nation today does not show that these institutions were once well-respected citadels of learning and sources of glory to the nation...

The Sting of Death

In spite of the very many attempts to explain or subdue the power of death, the ‘death phenomenon’ has quite proven to be one thing that mankind cannot overcome...

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