I was in my room one night, basking in the darkness and silence of it, when my sister put on her radio. I hate noise. I...
Abelejayan – someone who fries other people’s fish – is what Yoruba people call anyone who leaves his/her own luggage to carry other people’s problems on...
You live in your head. In the illusion of being rich. In your kitchen you have a sink, it isn’t like the one you admired the...
Generally, Inferno of Silence is a book to read if you are interested in socio-cultural issues. My favourite story is Trouble in Umudike, where Chinedu committed...
While it is good to tell good stories and stop painting our country and continent in bad light, I owe it to Sadika, a little girl...
Nigeria is going to pay dearly for its lackadaisical attitude towards education. Nigeria will also pay dearly for her inability to provide jobs. How can young...
One reason why it seems Nigerian youths keep making the same mistake in electing leaders is because the media hardly tells the truth! A few exchange...
The effect of NURTW, especially in places like Lagos, is such that every average Nigerian feels the heat. It is a cycle - agbero harasses transport...
Abi Dare's The Girl With The Louding Voice is a story of hope and optimism - a reminder that there's always light at the end of...
At 24, you eat with spoons because you don’t know how to use a fork and a knife and you never go out because you become...
It is human nature to want to put themselves first, to be selfish, to want to be better than the next person, to be greedy and...
Perhaps, you will forever have walls in your head. But maybe you don’t have to live in there forever.
The world can never be sane. For even if you wiped humans off the earth, the animal kingdom has a lot of hierarchy and violence and...
I want to live life happy and happiness is the chiming of coins or the smell of crispy notes. Happiness is having whole body parts where...
As a young person, there is nothing as stressful as having parents who burden you with their emotional stress. While some truly believe that it is...
This year, I encourage you to hold on to your humanity; never let it go. Fill your heart with so much love that it lights up...
Sometimes, I feel these children are being forced to grow so fast – at a pace higher than what their level of maturity can handle. I...
She is She. The virtuous woman, swaying her waist, beads clanking and clinking, dancing about her as she moves. She carries herself with poise, a dimpled...
A long time ago, I was having one of my many discussions with my sister. We talked about a range of topics and we got talking about...
I have always lived with animals. When I was little, we had turkeys and rabbits running about our home. One little turkey was allowed in the...
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