When a child is born, its up to the parents or whoever is in charge to breastfeed the child for six(6) months or one (1) year or more depending on how the parent deems fit. You can even decide not to breastfeed the child. My point here is this: the child has no say! As the child grows up he or she relies on what guide you offer him or her. You decide the clothes they wear, the schools they […]

It was my final year and the preparations for the dinner night was in top gear. Our executives had the plans revving up their sleeves and the details snow flaked on us as they made decisions. We had a lot to put into motion, gifts, dress codes, logistics etc and it all depended on how much we could co-operate as a house. We were known as the Glorious Family, 2006 set and we really glowed in our different cadres and […]

Few weeks ago I had a nice roving-town time with some wonderful friends. It was a heck of an outing. We went from free pleasure centers to well-paid attractions.  We got into a big mall and I saw, laid together in a cartoon, a gathering of birds. The birds were the angry ones! If you have played around with mobiles and tablets especially the Android family, you would recognize the ANGRY BIRDS. They may have a film and cartoon asides […]

  “Honestly, I don’t want someone that would see the good in me, but someone that would see the bad in me and still want me” That’s the status that greeted me this morning when I beheld a contact’s profile. What the heck! Did I read this clearly or am I just hungry? Yes, it was a lady’s status and I could guess some guesses caring not whether I am right or wrong. Excuse me my lady, do you know […]

I have spent my life being friends. I have been friends to friends and friends to those who I don’t consider so. It takes a moment to meet a friend-capable person, it takes quality time and happenings to build a good friendship and then it takes a lifetime to maintain the build. I have been humiliated, embarrassed, abused, vehemently vexed and even desensitized being friends with people that have chanced being on my path. I have been groomed by Biblical […]

I sat with my close pals ready to witness the election proceedings. This wasn’t an INEC based election. It was local. It was an Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) election and being members of the body, we were compelled to witness and partake of the procedure. Different contestants and aspirants came up for various posts and offices and we debated in our minds who will win, the debate even gained some voice and side comments kept flying around. Then […]

 I logged in to yahoo messenger today after a long while. With the advent of the Whatsapp, BBM and 2go, it has become a natural thing of the past to chat with messengers that are e-mail based. The phone number based or device based messengers are favoured more. I navigated to the old list of friends I had and I saw a name I have been trying to remember. She used to be a friend and we chatted a lot […]

Few days ago, I was on a street in Kaduna and I got hit by the STOP traffic light. It’s not always a rosy stop when you have been racing to hit the green light and just at the point when you feel you are through it, you suddenly see a flash of RED staring at you seconds before you hit the junction. It takes a conscience not to beat the light and zoom ahead or rather it takes you […]

 I got home from a long fruitful journey today. it was past 8 o’clock in the evening when I put on my television set. I just pushed the power button and walked away. I later passed by my sitting room and noticed that the set was “audio-less” and it was unusual for a program not to have any audio to it. I got closer to the set and was amazed to see that it was the CAF football match between […]

Have you ever tried to help and suddenly found out that you were the one that ended up crying for help? It could be so annoying to think that the one that you perceive needs money from you is actually richer than you by many degrees. It happens all day and the people that seem to need help are the ones that seemingly do not appreciate the very help they seek. It will make more sense if I illustrate deeper. […]