For as long as I can remember, up until a couple of years ago. I used to act based on my assumptions of others. I would start a conversation in my mind or think about how someone will react to…
Sometimes, we humans can be someone’s guardian angel
My story isn’t exactly my own per se. It’s the story of a young woman I happen to sort of take care of. Cynthia came under my ‘management’ a few years ago. She was a beautiful girl of 23 years…
I called her my best friend but she sold me to dogs
Mary and I had been friends since primary school. We were in the same class from primary three at our Lady of Lourdes and we both lived at Clegg street in Surulere here in Lagos. We also went to the…
Come, do you know that Nigeria nearly won the World Cup in 1994 -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Ok. Let’s talk Nigerian unity. Let’s focus on something outside killings, kidnappings, bandits, herdsmen, Boko Haram and all sundry evil matters. Nothing unites Nigerians like football, and it is cool by me to preach unity across the land by…
Be kind and open-minded; it won’t kill you! – Tara Martins Aisida
The lyrics of a song that used to play on the radio whilst growing up came to me recently , the chorus goes thus : “You’ve got to try a little kindness yes show a little kindness/Shine your light for…
Ahh, I was a common welder o, then my friends dragged me inside wahala
We were three in the group, but only two of us have been arrested. My sister, I will tell you the truth, at first I did not want to join them in this armed robbery because they are very bad…
My body warned me against stealing phones but I didn’t listen
See, I know I am a bad guy. Yes, I am not saying I am good but some people, their own is to give you bad luck. If you are going your jeje way, their bad luck will just come…
Let me tell you the story of coups in Nigeria – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Now people are calling Nigeria world capital of poverty but once, this country held the world record in coup-plotting. It is a wonder of the modern world that Nigeria has stayed all of 20 years without witnessing a coup. The…
I was called a bastard for many years, then one day, something happened!
I was raised a bastard; you know, but I like to see myself as Jon Snow of Game of Thrones. I lived in a home where everyone knew I was a bastard. The children around me would taunt me with…
Oya, let’s take a musical journey through Lagos – Dami Ajayi
You know Lagos, that is true. Born and bred in it, you call it Las Gidi even if you don’t quite know how that name came about. Lagos, to you, is not quite a state, it is a city, a…