Sometimes ago, I had a dream that I was visiting with a church member. While there, two men arrived on a motorcycle. They made straight for where I was. They stormed into the room and pointed a gun at my chest. I began to smile. One of them angrily said, “They told us that you are very stubborn but we […]
When I heard Danielle’s first cry at 2.23 am on the 22nd of March, 2017, my heart leapt for joy. When the nurse brought her out, I simply looked at her beautiful face. Then I told them, “I am waiting with my wife”. It took some time later but I stayed to follow my wife back to the room. I […]
As I stepped down the podium, I noticed I had aches on my right elbow. I kept wondering what was the cause. It then occurred to me that I had held on to the microphone for more than an hour. I have the habit of using my right hand to hold the microphone as I teach. The microphone is quite […]
I am a passionate lover of roasted plantain (we call it boli in Yoruba), especially when it is accompanied with groundnut- yummy! I always take some Ribena alongside with it. So think about you walking up to a roasted plantain seller with that strong appetite to have your favourite. You saw a really big, fresh and nicely roasted plantain and […]
The first time I would live alone was when I got admitted to Olabisi Onabanjo University- no parental supervision, just me! That was January 2004. I was 17 years old. I spent 7 months in that school as a law undergraduate. One weekend, while all my flatmates had travelled, sickness struck. I was running temperature. I was shivering. And it […]
38 years ago when my spiritual father went to ask out his wife, he told her “If you are not ready to marry a full-time minister, do not even consider the proposal”. It was not fashionable to graduate from the university and take on ministry work in the ’80s! Let me give you a peep into mine- The only furnished […]
I relished a lot of our Law School moments. One of those moments was when Aero Contractor (Airline Operators in Nigeria) was having promotional flights. We were flying from Kano to Lagos for as cheap as 5, 700 naira. We keep monitoring flight schedules and made sure that we booked quite early so we can enjoy cheaper rates. The interesting […]
He began to speak with me when he saw the book I was reading. We shared thoughts across different topics. He was excited. Then he told me “I was born Nov. 1. I had my 50th birthday last year”. I was excited. “Sir, we share the same month. I was born on the 3rd of November. I had my 25th […]
My late grandpa was quite politically aware. Grandpa reads newspapers like a law student preparing for bar finals. He edits errors in them; leaves notes on the front page as references in case he needs to show someone else. It was always fun discussing national issues with Grandpa until one day, I said the words “Ki lo ma n se […]
We were seated at the grandstand of the Secondary School Inter-House Sports Competition watching the events. It was one of the races for male senior students. One of the athletes was already making remarkable progress. However, he began to look sideways. My Dad screamed, “Why is he looking back”. Needless to say, he did not win the race. There are […]
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