So Soon?

I have monitored the days. They are running. No, trust me, they are sprinting past us. It’s hard to keep up. Even the Usain Bolts and Tobi Amusans of this world can’t keep up with them. When was it again that we put up Christmas trees and sang carols? Not that I cared much; my […]

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What They See When They See Us

I finally summoned the courage to watch When They See Us. Courage. I know how that sounds, but when the limited Netflix Series came out in 2019, I didn’t have the courage to watch past the 20-minute mark of the first episode. I just couldn’t. I was so heartbroken, I concluded it was not a […]

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The shadows never leave

Another midnight phone call from Emmanuel left me shaken to the bones. My wife had been awoken by the loudness of the ringtone with suspicions about who it was that was calling so late in the night. She didn’t know Emmanuel, and there was no point opening old wounds. So I claimed it was a […]

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There’s a lot of hair here

I didn’t pour water on my head for the first time in one year today. Trust me, I didn’t feel very much like myself. I would go on to say to myself, “Who the hell are you, Stranger?” Myself would go “…Errr…I’m you, Dude!?” And then it would dawn, that I am in fact me, […]

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All the people you’d find in a Lagos Danfo

I’ll just jump right into it because I can’t even deal, not after my latest Danfo experience.   1.  The conductor with the body odour. The body odour isn’t peculiar to the bus conductor, but most times he is the chief of the clan of smelly bodies. It isn’t enough that he is wearing a […]

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Sho mo age mi ni?

I had a haircut. But you know this already. Well, unless you are new here, and if this is the case, you’re welcome *insert ear-to-ear grin here*. In fact, lemme do a brief introduction already, so my visitors won’t say I don’t have home training. *clears throat* So I’m Ife from a family of six, […]

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Miranda Bailey is…ME!

Hey there. It’s me again. Yeah, the one with the Grey’s Anatomy addiction. Yep, that one. As we speak, I am almost through with Season 6. I am dangerously close to Season 7. I am not sure my rehabilitation is working yet. I still badly need a handler. You have any recommendations, hit me up […]

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