My conversations with a friend of mine are the reason I am writing this. 7 months ago, I wrote about not echoing stereotypes, using a discussion...
One day, I found myself walking briskly from Marina to the CMS ferry terminal. It was past 5 pm and I had just finished working at...
I hope to be rich one day and when I do, I hope to have the balls to spend my money exploring the deepest parts of...
Editors note: Every year at BN, we celebrate fathers, not just because it is Father’s Day, but because we understand that fatherhood is a journey of profound...
Just like burgers or ice cream is termed junk for the body, reality TV, celebrity gossip, Twitter/Instagram gists are all junk for the mind.
Before this interview, I had my headphone plugged into my ears, ‘Seven Lifes’ playing softly. I close my eyes soaking in the voice, the gángan, the rhythm...
My friends share their wins and woes with me, and I listen. And every time they do, I see the precariousness of the decisions we make....
Be careful. Be wise. And be patient. Careful not to sabotage yourself to satisfy someone else's idea of who or where you should be. Wise enough...
Labour, they say, is cheap in this part of the world. Too cheap, offensively cheap, exploitatively cheap – Twitter would add. Someone on a 350,000 Naira...
Suffering Olympics, it is called; the times when people exchange poverty or struggle stories, debating who amongst them suffered the most. “Ah, bros, you no suffer...
Some time ago, after a group roundtable conversation that took several hours, one of the facilitators and I decided to have a chat. While we talked,...
The first time I heard “If you need (insert any amount) urgently, and you cannot get your friends to clear it for you, then change your...
In Ayetoro, people built fancy beach houses, and the town was prominent for the building of poles and tourism.
Our lives are intertwined in many ways, what happens within us influences our relationship with others and, many times, our wounds rub against each other until...
Historical movies are filled with stunning symbolism. Paintings captured the images of the gods, scrolls had drawings of wars. Even the swords had images or words...
Perhaps we are not. But how do we explain that in our country, we have money but cannot spend it?
My head is always a big orbit of swirling ideas and thoughts, but as I write this, I ask myself – what's the worst that could...
I have seen videos of racism online, where white people tell Black people, particularly Africans, “go back to your country, go back to where you came...
Once, my friends and I gathered together to have some fun and as we glided from one topic to another, one of them blurted out, “let...
Dear readers, We must avow that this year has been quite noteworthy, especially for storytellers, creators and creatives in Nigeria, and Africa entirely. There have been...
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