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  By Otaru Testimony Afigie When the Faculties of Agriculture and Physical Sciences collided in the latest round of fixtures one thing was certain- one of the teams would go home bruised. And so it was as the Faculty of Agriculture emerged 4-0 winners in this one-sided contest.  The match was evenly balanced in it's early stages as both teams surged forward without any side actually controlling the game.  The Physical Science team eventually lived up to their name as they completely dominated the midfield thanks to heroics from Anora, who dictated proceedings from her centre-midfield role. Another stand out player for Physical Science in this period was Divine. Divine consistently terrorised the Agric defenders on the left wing.  Unfortunately, Divine was prone to excessive showboating and was eventually identified as a threat prompting the Agric team to mark her tightly. Consequently Divine was pocketed and largely kept quiet for most parts of the game except for he...

 By Otaru Testimony Afigie Where do we start? How do we tell this? The Faculty of Pharmacy have been disgracefully sent packing from the 5-a-side after their abysmal display against the Faculty of Social Sciences, despite the fact that Pharmacy needed to win by a single goal margin to progress.  In the early stages,  Pharmacy pretended to have something to offer, as they matched the strength and tempo of the Social Science team man-for-man for four minutes at least, before the flood gates opened in the fifth minute. A beautifully taken corner was whipped into the area and Alex was there to convert. Less than two minutes later, Dr Soft the Pharmacy goalkeeper was picking the ball from his own net after his pathetic dive failed to prevent the ball from going in. What had happened? Olaoluwa of the SOSSA team decided to try his luck from deep inside his own half and the gods of football smiled on him.  Before the SOSSA fans could comport themselves, they were celebrating...

By Otaru Testimony Afigie Education qualified for the knock -out stage in style as they thumped Agric 3-nil. The score line actually does not tell the full story as it could have been worse for the Agric team, given that Education outplayed them in every sense of the word. Education came into the game knowing that anything less than a win would result in their elimination, yet they didn't play as if they were under any pressure at all.  Hynex, atoning for his litany of misses in the early stages of the game, opened the scoring for the Education team. The goal was a well worked team effort, with Jerry eventually delivering a De Bruyne-esque pass for Hynex to finish.  Normally, the goal should have restored Hynex's confidence and spur him to grab a couple more, but it didn't and Hynex proceeded to miss a couple of tap-ins.  Osas, from the Agric team was the stand out player in the first period as he effectively carried out his defensive duty to ensure the score remained 1-0...

Hi, are you dead? Good, 'cause I am too. On the inside that is. What you see is merely a shell. Hollow, empty and soulless.  No empathy. No emotion.  Simply a being composed of an extremely combustible mixture of nihilism and self-hate alongside a tinge of acrimony, all emulsified by a proportionate amount of gritty visceral animosity.  Unhappy, joyless. Thoughts depressing, verging precariously towards the suicidal. Each day, I must complete my ritual of doing the same banal things I did the previous day.  Nothing new, nothing different. Not living. Just existing. Repeating the same things, every day, every month and every year. Not a single difference. Merely completing each day with absolutely zero motivation to anticipate the next.  Speak to me, my friend, I pray thee; what keeps you going? What makes you want to live each day? Tell me, and I might just find a reason to live again. Your friend, Otaru Testimony Afigie

  Otaru Testimony Sweaty, tired and irritated he trudged to his room. Like a teenager impaired by hangover he collapsed exhaustedly on the bed. The adverse effects of carrying out three successive practicals began manifesting.  However, an overwhelming pang of guilt forced his slumberous eyes open. Sleep, not now. There was the small issue of writing the practical report and by the time he began, it was less than four hours to midnight as cooking had consumed a considerable amount of his time. Furthermore, he was yet to complete his designated three hours of reading for the day.   As he ate, the brutal chastising from the lab attendant earlier, inhibited the food's journey. He'd broken an apparatus. It wasn't really his fault. He'd tried really hard to stay awake. One moment the pipette was in his hands then, he blinked and found himself staring at the smashed pipette on the floor.  He turned to his laptop for solution and began typing. "To the Dean Faculty of P...

 Otaru Testimony Afigie Admittedly, it would a bit odd if an engineer were to be the painter of the world's most famous painting. Things would even get weirder if this engineer also practiced as an anatomist, a chemist, a mathematician, an architect, and a sculptor. But with Leornado da Vinci, this was very normal. In fact da Vinci was much more than these.  Leonardo da Vinci was a multi-talented man and has been described by man as being 'strikingly handsome'. He was known for his trademark beards which were said to reach his shoulders. Even though he suffered from stroke and latter became paralyzed in his right hand, he conjured so many wonders with his left hand in both writings, drawings and paintings some of which are yet to be fully understood. Yes, he was left-handed, and this together with a lot of other numerous instances have made people to conclude that southpaws are special. (But we know that there are lots of right-handed people who are special too, you for ins...

By Otaru Testimony Afigie PANS, NIGERIA It's 9pm and you've just gotten back from the pharmacy. Of course, you are not yet a pharmacist. You're still a student, but you've been overworked to the point of exhaustion. So tired that you simply collapse on the bed and drift off to sleep, just like the previous nights. Fast forward two weeks, and you are on that same bed, coughing, immobilized, lethargic, shivering under blankets, and informing your boss that you'll be absent from work that day. Let's examine this, shall we? Over the previous months, you effectively discharged your duties, dispensing drugs, and administering injections where necessary. Patients adore you because you know precisely the right drugs for the right ailment. But you've somehow managed to neglect the most important patient of all - yourself. Hours after hours, you attended to several patients who presented with diverse forms of illnesses. For every cefixime you prescribed to a coughing ...