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A Val of Void (3)

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  Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash Here is the Link to part 2 https://www.nikeshwrites.com/2025/02/a-val-of-void-2.html …(continued from part 2) [MUMMY PHILIPS] Her name was Roselyn, but everyone preferred to call her Mummy Philips. They called her mummy Philips because of her son. His name was Philip. When he turned 17, He added an ‘S’ to his name and insisted that he should be called Philips, not Philip. He loved it, his gang loved it, but the community didn’t care; it wasn’t anyone’s business. His second name was Terror. Not his Surname. His Nickname, his guy name. It was the name his gang mates gave him.  He was the most active in the group and the second oldest.  When mummy Philips moved to Kerem-city, her Joy knew no bounds.  South City, the previous place she resided in, was rascally and unhealthy. It was highly populated and this brought about so many crimes on a daily basis. She believed she wanted somewhere safer, for herself and Philips, and so she mov...

LOLA OR NO ONE

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  Photo by Seth Ebenezer Tetteh on Unsplash “Lola or nobody! Lola or no one! Vote Lola for SUG president!! These voices came from the campaign group standing outside the female hostel. I peered through the window; I could see several guys, very few girls and a fleet of cars. When I meant cars; I meant CARS. My goodness! Various models of Lexus, BMW, Hilux, and the likes. I wasn’t surprised because several students in my school were wealthy.  I didn’t say “they had money”, I meant “W-E-A-L-T-H-Y.” A lot of them were swimming in money. “Who are those ones again ooo!” Rebecah my roommate barked. She lay on her bed, her head facing the ceiling. She was this kind of lazy person who always complained or felt embittered whenever she moved a muscle or was stressed a bit. The noise was getting too much. The SUG elections were in two days, and up until then we would never rest because Lola and other campaign groups would keep coming to the female hostel three times a day to remind us th...