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’…
My dear, death is inevitable, so start planning for it – Tara Martins Aisida
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…
I’m the worst enemy of my twin sister and we’ve not spoken for 14 years
I have an identical twin sister but we are sworn enemies. My twin sister and I were not like this before. Growing up, very few people could tell us apart. We are both gap toothed, we are both dark in…
Fear women drivers o, because you don’t know who her bobo is
I am an Uber driver and I have been in this business for the past three years. I graduated with a 2.1 Pharmacy degree 10 years ago from a state university in the east. I was hired to work in…
Forget music, let’s talk about food -Dami Ajayi
I am writing this missive after my umpteenth visit to the loo, fighting yet another episode of food poisoning in this Lagos. I no dey hear word. But why write about food instead of music? Well, didn’t someone say music…
Death is but a door- Tara Martins Aisida
“A rich and mighty Persian once walked in his garden with one of his servants. The servant cried that he had just encountered Death, which had threatened him. He begged his master to give him his fastest horse so that…
My only son wants to be a girl, e gba mi!
I am a mother for five children, four girls and one boy. I married into a polygamous home, the second wife of an Owo Chief. My husband is in his late 70s and like many Nigerian men in his days,…
Come, do we really need International Women’s Day?- Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I am an expert at ignorance. I just do not know why just one day should be set aside as International Women’s Day. All the days of the calendar ought to belong to women. I have spoken. To be a…
My husband beat his girlfriend and I am begging her to forgive us
Life is funny; sometime it spits in your face and sometimes it takes you over a curve and you smile. I am in the hospital not to visit a friend o, the person I am visiting with all these packed…
What is life asking of you? – Tara Martins Aisida
Why do we suffer to make a living only to die, eventually? What is the reason for our being here, for the length of time we spend on this side and why? I have asked these questions for a very…