I remember my mother of blessed memory. Maami as we fondly called her passed on a few years ago from a guilty conscience. That’s the only thing I think could have killed my physically strong mother. Maami was a devout…
Before you judge me, just let tell my story first, ok? I have had enough from my friends and family that my ear is bent. That one don do me, biko. So in the spirit of gisting, let me tell…
I used to rap. My steady urging at stringing rhymes together was at the instance of a well, from which I fetched water on a daily basis. Between throwing the fetcher and drawing water, I found a rhythm to which…
Some years back I read Stephen Covey’s book the “7 principles of highly effective people.” Chapter one- “Begin with the end in mind” was for me the whole essence of the book. In that chapter, he asked us to imagine…
I reported my neighbor to the police because I saw them colluding with our landlord to abuse their 14 year old daughter. We live in Makoko. Our house is a face-me- I -face-you. There are six rooms on each side…
The military never left power. Forget all that jazz about democracy in the so-called “Giant of Africa”. Even common civil rule is neither here nor there. The democracy we practice in Nigeria is a musical chair of retired generals.…
I have a story to tell. Maybe I shouldn’t even be telling it but I think I should, for posterity’s sake. I am the only son of my mother; I have five sisters and being the only son, there was…
There’s a photo of an aged woman found wandering and looking lost at the bus stop of Silverbird Galleria in Lagos being circulated on WhatsApp. It says the woman, in her 70s, had been found by good Samaritans, she was…
The other day, Abuja-based poet Bash Amuneni shared a meme on social media with American singer Carl Thomas singing in the rain. The essence of the meme’s text was that R & B lost its essence when crooners stopped groanin’…
Death is a reality but a lot of us refuse to face that fact. The hausas even have a saying – Mutu a dole. (Death is sure) It is strange but true that even though we long to go to…
