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The question that got me into Evangel Seminary

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  by Newton-Ray Ukwuoma I went to a seminary school for four years - Evangel Seminary Secondary School, Aba, Abia State. But I didn’t pass the entrance exam. It was a keenly contested entrance process. Parents joined their wards to cry if they (the wards) were denied admission, whereas it was the whole community that partied when a ward got an entrance into Evangel. Such was the reputation of Evangel Seminary in Aba - like the glory of Covenant University before word got out. Anyways, but I failed the entrance exam. My dad already guessed the outcome of that exam even before he sent my mom to go with me. Dads know the child that would ‘fall their hand’ early (disgrace them) better than moms. My dad was a dad of his time. Meanwhile, just as we were leaving the hall (which is now the chapel for those who know), my mom (may her soul Rest In Peace) took me by the hand and said some prayer. We were heading home at this time alongside other parents whose kids didn’t make it. It was a difficu
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I discovered why at 33

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                                                                                                              By Newton Ray “The two most important days of a man’s life are the days on which he was born and the day on which he discovers why” - Mark Twain I embraced Software Engineering shortly after I woke up from a hunger-induced nap (another day's story!) with an idea to build an online platform that would change the course of social. That was on February 11, 2018 in my little studio apartment in Lagos, Nigeria. I was 30 already. As a journalist with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English Language and Literary Studies that should naturally be a mere dream, a day dream, in fact, - usually less in hierarchy in the variation of meaningful dreams - in my opinion, of course. I told myself I was disillusioned; hunger was the apparent cause. I will get up, get something to eat and get on with my life. But it’s exactly three years today, the voice of that idea has contin
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Greece

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 By Newton-Ray Ukwuoma Let’s talk about a journey; A longing Our meditation on destiny Come, let’s talk about Greece Our grease A mangrove lying on a coastal tangle Hold my hands: Let’s talk about peace: A tranquil undergrowth Ringed by a naked meadow   Come away, fly like Europa on Zeus’s bull Unplug your mind from this Corolla’s backseat Take up wings and catapult   Your Knight-in-shining-armor struts   Where stones discharge glassy fluids He swims, blazing an African tan on Grecian waters   Stretch damsel like a wet goddess  Hungry for the sun’s heat Unzig your zag, uncoil your legs On this deserted island   Let your eyes greet his groins As Prince Charming digs out of the blue sea A gingerly god trumping ancient demons Let your lips salute Africa like Pysche, Cupid’s arrow   Today’s zeitgeist calls on you Ship your spirit out to cruise Zephyr craves your embrace   Bless the air, vanquish Poseidon’s chains Hug freedom and nail all restraints Also on that cross fix every inward tears
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Nemesis

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Nemesis I have a secret Sometimes I hear voices,  Loud and timbrel-like wads of words.  I hear them now as I punch these keys  “You are not a writer.  “Stop fooling around.” I examine the keyboard.  These are strange letters.  And those words don’t cease in flow.  I hear another voice Staring into my heart, not knowing It always seems distracted:   “A sentence must be pristine - “Simple and majestic!  “Your syntax is hackneyed.  “It is not top-notch “Don’t write!” The sun is now folding its mat  Ready to relocate to another playground.  The earth is walking away. “Achebe must be angry “Your ancestors are ashamed. “ This is an Embarrassment!” Embarrassment.  That word is an explosive My heart said so.  It tells me things Like how I should have married Sugarcane Yes, that’s what it calls Ifunanya The local drummer, whose sticks control traffic Directing the blood to the groin zone  Americans don’t behave like my heart No one controls their traffic  Everything waits for its turn I took my
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Invitation, Pictures of Bless and Newton's Wedding

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  Hello This is your link to participate in the Wedding Ceremony of Blessing Uyioghosa Enogieru and Newton-Ray Udechi Ukwuoma.  Traditional Wedding Friday, August 14, 2020 5:30 pm   |  (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)  |  2 hrs White Wedding Saturday, August 15, 2020 1: 00pm   |  (UTC-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)  |  2 hrs To join the Ceremony click the icon below   Join meeting   Meeting number (access code): 126 969 9714 Meeting password: RKpcDhVP433 ( 75723487 from video systems) Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-415-655-0001, ,1269699714#7572 3487#  US Toll +1-904-900-2303, ,1269699714#7572 3487 #  United States Toll (Jacksonville)   Join by phone +1-415-655-0001   US Toll +1-904-900-2303   United States Toll (Jacksonville) Global call-in numbers   Join by video system, application or Skype for business Dial  1269699714@webex .com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.
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My father told me to learn sewing, while he saved for my brothers' education -- Ex-Nigerian born Floridan Nurse

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Mrs. Evelyn Enogieru My generation had the zeal for excellence that is not seen in Nigeria today -- husband The Enogieru Family Mr. Sunday and Mrs. Evelyn Enogieru is a Floridan-based couple, who came to America from a burgeoning but conservative educated Nigerian class in  the late 70's and have accomplished dreams and goals that looked almost impossible from their growing up. Born in 1957 to the Edokpayi family of the Uwelu Town in Benin City of Edo State, Nigeria, Evelyn Osadebamwen Enogieru tells a story of how she emerged from a background where women had little or no chance of reaching their educational peak to bagging a degree in her dream profession, working at the highest levels of her cadre for 31 years before retiring, while Mr Sunday Eghosa Enogieru who nursed the educational excellence in Civil Engineering in a small city of Urhonigbe Town, Benin City shares how his resilience and passion survived the challenges of coming to another country as
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