“Hello! Welcome to your new home. Over here, we don’t know each other but we are brothers. If at all you must speak; love, kindness and empathy are the three major languages. Sarcasm will be allowed if only you listen to me, Sir Kazeem. I know you miss home but we all know China isn’t […]

Foreplay or four play It was the night of our wedding anniversary and a day before Valentine; I wanted to give Karen one of the most memorable night of her life. I took her to her favourite restaurant, ordered her favourite chicken soup, had her favourite song ‘lullaby’ play while we ate and I, her […]

It was one of those evening, when the sky and the setting sun connived to paint the world in a beautiful colour. The blue sky was not so blue and the warmth of the fading sun was a hue of yellow and of red, the mixture of which was not a colour that ever existed […]

The city of Ife was not as quiet in the night as it appeared during the day. The after noon was for serious businesses. Around Sabo, area, tons of kolanuts are packaged in large green leaves, and looking at the large bags, waiting to be loaded in big trucks going to the northern part of […]

My friend Miriam lost her mum this Sunday. So we her friends converged at her house in Karu, Abuja to mourn with her and keep her company. A grieving house is a magnet for phony characters. Some people come to cry, some come for the food, some come for the stories, and others come to […]

When you lose someone, people say a lot of things. Like “it will get better with time.” But does it really ever get better? Time makes it seem like you should forget, but what about the scars? Everyday they remind you; about what was lost, what will never come back, beautiful memories, moments and secrets […]

Doris was my best friend . We met at a friend house and became instant friends. She came wagging her tail at me , sniffing round my ankles. Doris was with members of her family, but unlike them, she had a glowing golden colour ,with black circles around her eyes . Her ears stood always […]

When you hang your shame on the shoulder, you do not expect to see me and them trailing in the footprint. Nor would you expect to keep your hands clean by putting them in a mess. However and of course, if you are a clean, honest hardworker and the like going under your every move […]

From the corner of their street,you could hear the loud sound of the music played from the sound system with very big amplifiers. It is usually the latest release from our state owned super star, Orlando Owoh. As you approach the house, you can hear her ,singing alone loudly with the musician, she could have […]