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Obinna Paid For His Sins And Died A Shameful Death

 Obinna lost his parents early in life, and his  relations were not willing to help him. He did odd jobs to stay alive, but then he lived from hand to mouth. During the Christmas season, when people travel to the villages to celebrate the season, he discovered that those of his age mates who left the village to the cities prospered, even though in the village, you don't pay house rent, and people engaged in farming, to help themselves. There was little, or no opportunities in the village, hence many people left for the cities, where great opportunities abound . Nedu, his age mate, who ventured to Lagos, has not only built a house, but has helped in training his siblings. He only did his secondary school in Okikpo High school, before he had left. Most people who remained in the village, ended up as drunkards, and never -do -wells. Obinna decided to take the bull by the horn, by  venturing out, since an Igbo proverb says, that you don't watch a masquerade from the same...

Brother Tony Just Sent His New Wife Packing

 Brother Tony's wedding was the talk of the town for a long time, as it attracted most of the prominent Scripture Union big wigs in town. It was an honour to have Professor Jude  Okorie Ufere chair your wedding,  as a good number of couples rooted for him, and humbly, he accepted most of the invitations, and gave them very fat envelops. As a regional chairman in Scripture Union, he was highly respected wherever he went. Brother Tony became a trail-blazer for choosing a hunchback as his best man, as people developed  a special admiration for him, for this singler act of humility. Marriage is a signpost to a man's destiny; a wrong choice could spell doom for him. Ndi Igbo say that marriage is ngwugwu ahia. The contents of the wrap could be good business, or bad business; you never can tell. Marriage has destroyed many men in life; some men who were doing well in life, got destroyed as soon as they got married; while others who were doing badly began to do well after ma...