See me see wahala, o? My own story is not long, I just want to tell people that they should just be content with who they are because my story is just one that tells you that if you try…
See woman o, after 12 years, she says I am now too old for her
I married my wife when she was in her early twenties; she had just come back from Europe at that time. She was deported from Europe where she told me she was working. I asked, “as what?” but she said…
Do you like the people you love? -Tara Aisida
My friend called me with tears in his eyes and a heavy and confused heart. He almost could not utter the words but he needed to say it to someone and for some reason I was the person that came…
Baba wanted to die and we all wanted baba to die but, Omo, his juju was too strong
My great- grandfather died a few years ago, he was believed to be about 100 plus years old; that would put his birth between 1910 to 1915. The man truly wanted to die ages ago but death just refused to…
When what we say is not really what we meant to say – Gbubemi Atimomo
…Thoughts on the reasons behind many of our communication challenges I remember a story a senior colleague shared with me about something she experienced in the early 90s between a boss and his newly resumed subordinate who was on her…
Do you know the world’s biggest shipping companies?
While the stuck ship, Ever Given, was stiuck in the sands of the Suez Canal, the world’s focus was riveted on the shipping industry. This is important because the one week delay left over “360 ships” and $10bn worth of…
Call me a trophy wife but I helped my co-wife get rich!
I knew what I was getting into when I decided to go out with a married man. He was a man who had married his first wife because they were childhood sweethearts; unfortunately, he furthered his education and she didn’t.…
This is what happened after I took my Covid-19 vaccine – Peju Akande
When news reports indicated that the country was getting the AstraZeneca brand of Covid-19 vaccine, I began to read up on every piece of information I could find on the net. When people began to go for their shots and…
Stockholm Syndrome-When your loved one is in love with their abuser- Tara Aisida
Have you heard of trauma bonding otherwise known as Stockholm syndrome? Wikipedia defines it as a condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors during captivity. Trauma bonding had been with modern man for a while but…
He went to say goodbye to his father and we never saw him again
I met Peter when I went to work for an agency here in Lagos and I would describe him as a fine gentleman; he was always impeccably dressed in three-piece suits and on hot days would wear a jacket over…