Sometime ago I wrote about the very extremes of Lagos. In Lagos, there’s the rich and the very wealthy. The rest of us are just one serious illness/problem away from poverty and gofundme. I remember the first time I entered…
Biko, is uniform to oppress common man? – Lucia Edafioka
So, sometime ago one Sunday, this story was published in the Vanguard – Police brutalise nursing mother, baby in Ekiti over refusal to “settle.” They were beaten and detained because they refused to “settle.” As usual, when policemen are involved…
The things women suffer in this Lagos- Lucia Edafioka
One of the defining things about Lagos is how male dominated it is. Lagos is such a male-dominated city, (isn’t the whole country?) but let’s focus on Lagos. If you stand on a pedestrian bridge or a really tall building,…
We are the #speakonlyenglish generation – Lucia Edafioka
I had a moment recently, one quiet moment A friend sent me a message asking for the Urhobo word for freedom. I thought of all the Urhobo words I knew in English; cup, spoon, come, go, hair, and arrrgh, freedom…
I think the devil is white, do you? – Lucia Edafioka
The other day I went into a super market to get my toiletries, I walked up and down the isle searching for my usual body lotion but I couldn’t find it. I bought the other items on my list and…
Eko don dey baje o – Lucia Edafioka
A friend who used to live in Lagos was pulled by National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to Abuja for her national service. I remember how much she cried when she was leaving. We had to console her that it was…
9 bad habits you must abandon in 2019 – Lucia Edafioka
It is the last week of the year. While we are all being reflective about the year, making plans for the next year, I have a few things I think, we should all leave behind. Texting people HBD on their…
January is coming – Lucia Edafioka
Once upon a time I was a very young adult. It was December, just like it is now and I was excited. That Christmas kind of excitement. I was looking forward to going home to my family after a long…
Naija musicians creating slangs since 19kpiridim – Lucia Edafioka
CNN named the Nigerian accent as the 6th sexiest accent in the world two years go. The reason they gave was the flavour in the Nigerian English, the infusion of sounds and words from our dialects into the English language…
Guy, nobody is byforcing you to comment on social media – Lucia Edafioka
Once upon a time, I wondered why we did comprehension for almost 12 years as part of our curriculum. From Primary school, we did comprehension every morning. We read short stories and answered questions about who, why, when. I lived…