Years ago I worked as a sales girl in a huge bookshop located along Herbert Macaulay, Yaba The bookshop was huge with three or four floors filled top to bottom with books; naturally, there were diverse kinds of staff. On…
TALK TRUE: If you test HIV+ will you tell your husband or wife? – Peju Akande
Owolabi came to the hospital with pains in his groin. Tests and examinations indicated he had hernia and required surgery. As preliminary procedure before the surgery, Owolabi was asked to do some blood tests. The test came back positive for…
Randy Prof and a very brave girl – Peju Akande
There is no need rehashing line by line the recorded phone convo that circulated a few years ago on WhatsApp Naija and Naija in the diaspora. We’ve all heard the crass Professor soliciting for sex to upgrade a female student…
Can sex with a robot be the same? – Peju Akande
So in the past few days, I have been inundated with all kinds of videos on WhatsApp by my contacts, all pointing to one thing, artificial intelligence has taken over our lives; all areas of our lives, including the sex…
Biko, what is sexy about a 13-year-old? – Peju Akande
It’s bad enough that kids these days look years older than they really are; you see a fully formed woman in a 13-year-old body, for instance. More than half the time, these babies don’t even understand what they have much…
Peju Akande live on Classic FM97.3’s #BookOnReview with Benj! tonight
Today, Saturday, August 29 is a special day in the life of books, a blessed day in an unprecedented year that has taken more than it has give back. Tonight is a night of stories, just like the many birthed…
Come o, should women be ashamed of their menses? – Peju Akande
It was one of those days. After a heavy lunch at work, I realised I couldn’t keep my eyes open, so I decided to take a walk down the street. It also happened to be the time school kids were…
Peju Akande features on Classic FM97.3’s #BookOnReview with Benj!
The evening of Saturday, August 29 will be one for the books. At 9 pm that day, co-founder, thisislagos.ng and author Peju Akande will feature on #BookOnReview with Benj! On Classic FM97.3. This is not a show to miss. Peju…
That girl selling bread is not just selling bread o – Peju Akande
‘Era bredi gbo na!’ She calls out every morning between the hours of 6 and 7am except on Sundays. ‘Buy freshly baked bread’ is what she is saying and as she calls out, her persuasions conjure melting butter in bread…
The story of Chinwe and her rapists – Peju Akande
I noticed her about five minutes into my stay at the female ward of the surgical emergency section of the Lagos State Teaching Hospital. She was the youngest female in a ward of six patients, though there were about 10…