https://titilopesanni2.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Titilope SannienSat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/r6gyE1TEPjbIt’s funny the different spins life takes You either get this or you get that, Have you ever thought of the fact That while you go through negative experiences Someone out there has things going well for them. Isn’t it ironic that the same day a child is born, Someone is being buried And while the newborn brings joy, The dead leaves behind tears. The job you feel reluctant taking Might just be someone else’s ticket from being homeless. The ring you just turned down Might just take aSat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/r6gyE1TEPjbhttps://titilopesanni.medium.com/is-life-really-hard-bbc6de6b40d6I began to think about this quote by the American Musician while stuck on a bus on a Monday morning, sandwiched between two people in the famous Lagos traffic. I was seriously late for work and the traffic had hit differently that morning. I knew I wasn’t going to make it to work before my boss “madam Frankie”, we call her “Frankie” behind her back because she never smiles. “Frank” is the vulgar way Nigerians say “frown” (I do not know why. Maybe the first angry person in Nigeria was named “FraSun, 12 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://titilopesanni.medium.com/is-life-really-hard-bbc6de6b40d6https://link.medium.com/Nz5g6wOQqibI once saw a drunken old woman on the street in the early hours of the morning while others rushed to meet their daily needs. she was emaciated like she’s had nothing to eat and her flesh had done a bad job covering the shape of her bones. But I guess all these didn’t mean a thing because she looked like all of life’s struggles she bore at that very moment, went down with each gulp of the sachet gin she had just bought. She whispered, she screamed, she danced, she sang, iSat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/Nz5g6wOQqibhttps://link.medium.com/HtRq6hjwZhbThey say the apple falls not too far from the tree, I take one more look. True! but I still wonder how strong I need to be in order to turn out just like the woman in front of me. I’ve seen her hold back tears, I’ve seen her force a smile, I’ve heard her pray at night asking if she’s doing it right, wondering if I would turn out fine. I’ve seen her gaze at me thinking the family and friends that left her behind might just be right this time they had said she was not cut out to raiSun, 18 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/HtRq6hjwZhbhttps://link.medium.com/jJq4dVpJmhbWhen I finally got to see him during the Christmas holiday, which was hard to because he did a good job avoiding me, I demanded an explanation and without remorse, he dropped the line that hit me like a bombshell. He told me he had seen better and now viewed life from a different perspective, and finally decided that… wait! Let me use his words: “Babe! You’re just not my type anymore.” It took lots of ice cream and chocolate bars accompanied with buckets of tears but I finally accepted my fateThu, 24 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/jJq4dVpJmhbhttps://link.medium.com/sDhns0WQqibHave you ever wondered if you’re going off track? If all of this stress would ever lead you to the life you desire. Do you fear that you’re so far off from that which you aspire? Have you stopped chasing your dreams? Do you now take life by the toss of the wind? They say dreams come true…eventually or maybe the hope it will is just a way to get you to pick a lane. Has life been unfair? Has money betrayed you? Have you lost friends or maybe your family has deserted you. Are you trying to beThu, 10 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0100https://link.medium.com/sDhns0WQqibhttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/17638c8e-861c-45d7-8b7c-e7b895508fcf.jpgWed, 12 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/17638c8e-861c-45d7-8b7c-e7b895508fcf.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/577f1076-49d6-4c7d-a51c-0d3b361c9a49.jpgFri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/577f1076-49d6-4c7d-a51c-0d3b361c9a49.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/49a6d446-595b-40dc-8c23-4f02b819dc88.jpgNigeria frowns at cyber Crime and is trying to curb it as much as they can.Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/49a6d446-595b-40dc-8c23-4f02b819dc88.jpghttps://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/db0f1a3f-50d5-49ad-a700-e6f5aad1b93f.jpgNigeria has banned foreign from all borders into the country. Working as a correspondent of the News Agency Of Nigeria, I covered the case where the man was reprimanded by the Federal High Court.Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000https://media.journoportfolio.com/users/79434/images/db0f1a3f-50d5-49ad-a700-e6f5aad1b93f.jpg