My kids would rush down the staircase shouting – ‘Mummy, mummy, uncle Dave has got up from bed and he is preparing to go to work!’ Every time I heard that, I’d look up and say, ‘Thank you, God!’ Why…
By the late 90s/early 2000, my elder brother, (he is my step brother actually) had finished his studies in the US and was already working. At that time too, a good number of family members and friends who had also…
It’s the beginning of a new year and like most people I am eager to see what it will bring. A lot of us have written down our goals on paper and that’s good. I also believe in writing goals and…
My sister will tell you she had a problem, that business was not moving for her. But my dear, who is business moving for in Nigeria? If you are not the governor or related to people in power in Abuja,…
Thankfully, the days when people mindlessly forwarded videos of children either being sexually exploited or engaging in sexual acts are almost over; people now have the good sense not to forward such. Why? It simply perpetuates the crime of child…
I read something on your website about the yuletide period being the period many people are depressed or are mourning. Yes. It is true. It’s funny how some people gear up to enjoy the season and others just want to…
The holiday season is upon us. It is the season of parties, merrymaking and family gatherings. We all have reasons to be grateful to be seeing the end of another year but for some of us, it’s a season mixed…
When they say we are a corrupt people in Nigeria, don’t think it is only our leaders. The average Nigerian who has small power also wields it in the most corrupt manner. Why am I talking like this? I have…
Some stories are weird and leave a bad taste in your mouth, mine is. I grew up an adopted child. I had known since I was a lot younger that the person I called Mummy was not my real mother…
I visited my old street, where I grew up, a few weeks ago and everything had changed…for the worse. I saw a former neighbor, Bro Gabe, he was my role model back in the day but when he called my…
