I hate weddings. Not the institution but the ceremonies built around it. I mean, the first miracle Jesus ever performed was at a wedding…and that should have sent a signal to humanity that no matter how [...]
Apr 042011
Dipo Adesida
Mar 272011
As a graduate of Theatre Arts, I learnt to conquer stage fright early in life. My acting professor, late Professor Ola Rotimi, reminded us that humans were toothless bulldogs. If they didn’t bite, we had [...]
Dec 262010
I could have been an area father
Having no joy in peaceful situations
Or a professional freeloader
With no life, no goal, no aspirations
Dec 072010
It was our first family vacation. Our parents had been planning this getaway for months and we had been bragging about it to anyone who cared to listen – OUR FAMILY WAS GOING ON A [...]
Dec 022010
‘Hi. My name is Dapo. Ibidapo William Adesida’ That was my Father. He was perhaps the baddest guy in south western Nigeria at the time. He wore a trench coat, kept a beard and smoked [...]
Nov 262010
One Bedroom Apartment opposite VGC. N150,000.00 only. The advert caught my attention. I had just changed jobs and was now working in Victoria Island. I still lived in Sango Ota, Ogun state, Nigeria. In the [...]
Oct 072010
Whoever invented school must have been crazy. I always wondered why I had to spend the first 16 years of my life doing what I just hated. My aversion to school started from my early [...]
Sep 252010
I was born in an age of intimidation. 24th September, 1979 was the date and there was nothing special about it. I was the 5th child. I was 7 years younger than my closest sibling. [...]