Sunday, 31 January 2016

Plenty Plenty Things

Happy New Year! Make dis year bring beta beta things for all of us, amen. I say make I write dis post in our very own language, pidgin English, 100% Naija. Christmas don come, don go. Between dat time and New Year plenty of us graduate from lekpa to orobo. Me I wan use food take wound myself, I trowey diet for corner! Now, fear no let me climb scale,...

Thursday, 31 December 2015

Gratitude

A grey shawl, a dirty grey shawl draped carelessly around the thin shoulders of an old woman, is how best to describe the weather this evening. Hazy and humid with nights cold enough to not require air conditioning. Dust has settled over everything in sight like a sprinkling of icing sugar over a freshly baked cake. Even with windows permanently shut...

Monday, 30 November 2015

Country Hard

My mechanic Marcus called me the other day. “ Madam good evening o.” He said in his usual booming voice. “Marcus, good evening. How you dey?” I responded. Briefly wondering why he was calling me, he had only just serviced my car. “We thank Baba God”. He responded and then went silent. “Any problem?” I asked. “Emmm Madam, I just say make I ask...

Saturday, 31 October 2015

A Boy

On a recent flight into Lagos, walking down the aisle towards where I was seated was a nondescript man accompanied by a six year old boy who I assumed was his son. The little boy trodded excitedly behind his father but as he made to move into the row which had their seats, his head collided with a dark blue suitcase that his father had just lifted...

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

A Tale of Two Cities

And so yours truly just had a bouncing yummy kissable absolutely adorable baby girl! Yaaayyyy!!! :) Which by the way is the reason I didn`t publish a new post last month.  As expected, my tiny Madam at the Top demanded and still demands my full attention. But I`m not complaining, I`m very much enjoying the sleepless nights and busy days. Well,...

Monday, 20 July 2015

The Church Versus Same-Sex Marriage

It is no longer news that a bill legalizing same-sex marriage was passed last month in the USA, a decision which has left the country sharply divided. Barely three days after, a Roman Catholic Priest tweeted that he ran into a gay marriage parade, two men walked up to him and spat on him. I fear that this is only the beginning of worse things to...

Sunday, 14 June 2015

In Pursuit of a Defining Purpose by Pamela Efobi

As I gazed through the tiny misty window of the speed boat on my way to work that Tuesday morning, I couldn’t help but marvel at God`s creation. The large expanse of water, the 40-sitter boat waving dangerously from side to side as the merciless waves tossed her around, the fishermen in the far distance expertly casting their nets, some children on...

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