Beware of the PA to the Holy Spirit – Lucia Edafioka

Have you met the Personal Assistant to the Holy Spirit? The one who also doubles as the Personal Assistant to the Trinity? This special somebody decides who goes to heaven and hell. There are plenty sef, more than one. You…

No dulling, Yahoo boys are on the prowl – Lucia Edafioka

“If it is not 400k per month, I can’t work for anybody,” a young boy I was in a car with told me recently. I looked at him, yes, 400 thousand naira per month is possible, but it depends on…

Lagos people can touch for Africa – Lucia Edafioka

Most people in Lagos; man, woman, boy, girl, old and young like to touch people never mind even if those people are total strangers. It is a disease I call Touchinitis. Touchinitis is a condition where a person cannot control…

Our parents no try, at all – Lucia Edafioka

Isn’t it just cute when you see your younger siblings doing things you wouldn’t have thought of as a child and getting away with it? Nigerian parents will get older, or become grandparents and then suddenly realise that everything is…

How I almost turned into a hashtag in Lagos -Lucia Edafioka

Remember when we were growing up how our parents always told us to listen to the quiet voice inside our head? That it is the voice of God? My Mum used to tell me that all the time while I…

Are there kind people in Nigeria? – Lucia Edafioka

One of the most beautiful things about Nigerians is our hospitality towards one another, despite Daddy Bubu and his team, I always feel warm each time I see people lending a helping hand. So I read a story in Punch…

#ekocorper: If you are not serving in lagos, you are wrong – Lucia Edafioka

If you are not serving in Lagos, you are wrong’ – this is the anthem at the NYSC orientation camp in Iyana paja, Lagos state, and this ol girl was mobilised to serve her country in Lagos so hashtag #Ekocorper.…

Yaba market is not for normal girls o – Lucia Edafioka

So I went to Yaba to braid my hair. After I found a woman with a nice smiling face, we started haggling over price. Why do traders do this thing where they start at a ridiculous price? Anyone ever fall…

Argue with police and blame yourself! – Lucia Edafioka

Police brutality is so rampant in Nigeria such that almost everyone I know has a sad story to tell. But until these things happen to you or around you, they seem like fleshed up stories. I was at Sabo at…

Oga driver, respect ya sef – Lucia Edafioka

The other day, while going to work, there was a bit of traffic on the road and as usual people formed multiple lanes to make getting out of the traffic even worse. Beside the vehicle I was in, was a…

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