In spite of my skepticism due to the situation I expected to meet on arrival, the decision to relocate to Lagos was a necessary one for me for two major reasons. First, I needed the change of environment as I had […]

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When I began blogging sometime in 2008, I sought an avenue where I could just express myself and write on just anything like I had been doing on my previous webpage. Coupled with my dreams to write some fiction […]

The Catholics seem to have an infatuation with the Virgin Mary and I sometimes find myself wondering whom they reverence more – The Son of God himself, Jesus Christ or his mother, the Virgin Mary. Whichever way […]

I’d bet you have heard this line a million times or more. In fact, Brandy, the popular female RnB act actually did a song with the same line some time ago. Now, imagine a scenario where you are a hundred percent […]

Life sometimes throws a painful reality in our faces and that happens to be the fact that the things we desire most just somehow elude us. It could be that coveted position, that plum job, that business deal or […]

What comes to your mind when you imagine the term, ‘Jackpot’? At first thought, one would imagine hitting a big prize in a casino or the lottery or some good luck situation. The thing about a ‘jackpot’ is the fact […]

I struggled to come to terms with the fact that BG was pregnant. It was a most shocking realization and I sat holding the lab result in my hands for almost an hour. My mind remained totally blank and I practically […]

The greatest archers in the world had a contest
They each had to hit targets
The one who could hit the bull’s eye advanced to the next stage
The one who couldn’t dropped out of the contest

By the second day, […]

Emuesiri tiptoed towards the direction the sounds seemed to be emanating from. The voices were coming from the room he shared with his brother, he realized as he slowly approached the closed door. He recognized […]

Unto what could I liken a listening ear

The listener’s silence speaks volumes

That golden silence kills every fear

And spreads its fragrance like the best perfumes

I once saw a woman in great […]