3 PM, Christmas Eve, 2011. Mpape, Abuja. I sat cross-legged on the ground pondering whether to pick the call or not. There was no doubting who it was. I’d lost count of the number of [...]
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Dec 282011
It’d been a frustrating experience for Nduka. A single compound housing two adjoining buildings facing the other, 24 rooms yet just a single bathroom and toilet for the over 50 occupants with each apartment housing [...]
Nov 212011
Siju finally said yes to me two years after I first delivered my lines of interest. In her words, she’s seen the seriousness in me enough to grant me a chance. Whether her consent is [...]
Oct 162011
I write this not just in frustration but in a mix of thrill at the challenge thrown at me by you. Surely, you can’t deny my love for you. Or how else would one explain [...]
Oct 062011
Maybe I’d simply become rusty. After all, I hadn’t attended a conventional church service in a while. That’s not the focus though. Rather, it’s the raging contradiction that ironically chronicles nature’s very own characteristic calls. [...]
Sep 062011
Prologue… As I look forth to yet another iterative phase of my entrepreneurial pursuit, the X factor comes to mind. X, the unknown variable! Expressible in many words, phrases, languages yet culminating in the same symbol,”?”. [...]
Jul 302011
As I make my way through Ojuelegba en route Akoka to my alma mater, the morning rush characteristic of the city is at its peak with a beehive of activities already picking up as traders [...]
Jun 292011
Bloodshot eyes, facial creases, hasty strides; every man like they are chasing after one ultimate prize. Men, women, young, old of different shapes and sizes with disquiet demeanours. Without doubt, this street hardens you! Better [...]
Jun 182011
Wow, it feels so heavenly! Me, my family, friends, fun, laughter, joy, trust, work, rewards: simply heaven! Universal components that defy cultural, religious and geographic differences. What more? Successive heavens right within and around us [...]
Jun 092011
I buried my face in my hands best imagining the scenario that would likely follow this setback. Surely, oga doesn’t care to know about the ripple effects of his ignorant driven action with greed and [...]
May 242011
Greetings Ma, e ku isimi. Going by your Christian Faith which you held unto till the end, I suppose it’s fair to ask about Life in Heaven, your probable abode. So, how’s the land of [...]
May 162011
[Yawn]…Morning breaks, not to the crows of the cock as it once was. Neither to cries of the crow atop my window seal. But rather, today, to the cries of microphones and loud-speakers bellowing from [...]