lifelong lessons
CHARLES ILEOGBEN Weird and original. This enigma was born an analyst. He groomed himself to become a critic and a very good one at that. He has no flair whatsoever to imitate anyone and the more you clamour, the more he differs. We share the same name and at some points he was a big thorn in my flesh. He just has a way of getting under my skin and it wasn’t a day’s job to get him out. He […]
Read moreOJILE PAUL Simple, easy going, stand-alone evangelist. I have known him for years yet he hasn’t changed a bit. He is as humble as can be. He would chat up a young girl and instead of saying sweet nothings, he would resort to sharing the gospel of Christ. He is quiet and never has a trumpet to blow. He is a gifted writer, deep and searching. I remember when he thrashed me in a competition with an awesome poem. I […]
Read moreNGOZI (NEE NWIYI) OKORONKWO Gentle, slow talking, dark beauty. She is the very first female I would openly call my friend and really mean it. Though levels ahead of me in school, we struck such a union that I grew without intending to. She does not hide her feelings neither does she carry it on her sleeve. My creativity in writing was honed by her demand for poems. She loved to read my poems and though I was just a […]
Read moreKOMOLAFE SAMSON OLAWALE He looks smallish but when he speaks you will know a man is speaking. He is vocal and wouldn’t back down from an argument he knows about. He is interesting to speak to and speak with. His spirit is as eager as his person, if not more. He has the dexterity to learn at amazing speeds. Life has thrown a lot of challenges to him and I am yet to see him on the floor whining. He […]
Read moreWILSON DANSO He is a living mentor. Young and highly experienced. He would easily rule a nation without rehearsals. This young man has been up and about for many years. He hardly has time to breathe for himself, so engaged in people’s lives that even full time resident pastors would see themselves as jobless when they compare. He is head-above-shoulders in many a spiritual course. He is the only one so far that I have been willing to call a […]
Read moreSHEDRACH JAMES Quiet, gentle, introverted songbird. He would come across as one whose presence is not always heralded. He moves independently yet makes his impression wherever he stays. I would easily notice people like him because I love to observe but you could overlook him if you have your eyes on socially engineered entities. I can’t remember if he met me or I met him but we met and his impact in my life is tenured for life. He helped […]
Read moreEDWARD ENEJOH Young men like this are hard to find, difficult to engage and completely rare to envision. He is one of those few students qualified to teach their teachers in due course. He may come across you like a normal hustling young Nigerian but this multi-talented dude is more than the eyes can see. From music to graphics, from programming to management, he is loaded with concepts and thinks out of the box. He is qualified to be called […]
Read moreDINAH DAN-AZUMI An energetic, young and vivacious diva. One that I have always looked upon from afar. I remember how I would sit in the congregation and eagerly wait for the choreographers of TLV FCS FUT Minna to show up on stage just to see her perform. It was always a breath of fresh air to see something that didn’t look spiritual but was never out of place. She had this air of a tomboy but her beauty sold her […]
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