This short story was compiled in honour of Prof. Chinualumogu Achebe. #TFADay2020 It was MORNING YET ON CREATION DAY when the ARROW OF GOD fell on the people at HOME AND EXILE. The people were NO... Continue reading
A Professor recently asked, “Are we the children of a lesser god?”. If the question is an object, I believe it would be one of those shiny smooth pebbles at the beach, a benign question that has... Continue reading
At a younger age, in a momentary epiphany from judicious thoughts, I wrote that I wanted neither love nor friendship, nor the mindless chatters of future past with kindred spirits; the intrinsic jewelries of the common man. ... Continue reading
I love super heroes and heroines, especially accidental ones (think Peter Parker and Hulk). There is something gratifying about a fellow regular folk who suddenly comes into supernatural power and uses it for the good of the... Continue reading
Sometime in September 1959, an advert in a faded edition of the Daily Times announced the following: Adult Women Technical Evening Classes, 1959: Call for admission can be made by letter or personal interview with the Woman... Continue reading
The journey towards achieving voting rights for Nigerian women was long and arduous; it was driven by rounds of constitutional talks and protests; there were piecemeal electoral regulations whereby limited adult female suffrage, based on ownership of... Continue reading
In the 1940s, the Colony of Lagos was a hub of political activities. This was the height of nationalism, and Nigeria’s journey towards Independence from the British was in full swing. A male dominated political class and... Continue reading
“One bulb at a time. There was no other way to do it. No shortcuts ― simply loving the slow process of planting. Loving the work as it unfolded. Loving an achievement that grew slowly and bloomed... Continue reading
He slapped her hard. Not once, not twice not thrice. Annie lost count as her vision blurred and her right ear rang. She fell and cowered beside the bed, wrapping her hands around her body in a... Continue reading
I clicked on my WhatsApp, and a poster of a conference on witchcraft exploded on my computer screen. A witchcraft conference in a Nigerian University! Wow! Interesting! My mind wandered off as I imagined witches cruising into... Continue reading
As a non-economist, I have frequently asked myself if most of the ideas and principles on which modern life is based on, are actually scalable. Are they really solutions that can be applied successfully on a large... Continue reading
There is a whole school of thought dedicated to financial management, financial independence and its relative, the generation of passive income. The main motivation for these solutions is fear-based. Particularly, the dread of becoming poor and destitute... Continue reading
Strange things happen at the limit of all known phenomena. At first, these limits are treated as things to be avoided. Clever attempts are made to avoid manifesting these limits by circumventing them or retreating to other... Continue reading
It is such a tragedy how the potential of this state is wasted. How it strips every citizen of their humanity, their moral consciousness. We toil from dawn till dawn just for our efforts to be in... Continue reading
There are words in English language that are rarely used because it is often difficult to find personal life experiences on which they can be applied. Verisimilitude is one of such word: the quality of seeming true... Continue reading
Humans seem to be spending resources of living energy in exchange for dead energy, and in the process getting more powerless even as we empower machines. Continue reading
Like products which has to be subjected to different tests before it's market ready, It is also crucial for ideas and beliefs to be tested and proven. Continue reading
it's easy to dismiss certain things which we can't explain as irrational. Author of Python and the Rain maker queries the irrationality behind 'Yahoo Plus' Continue reading
True riches can really be quantified as the amount of things one can lose without freaking out. A man who has millions but will commit suicide if it suddenly disappears, is not rich ...The tenacity of the... Continue reading