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 […]
My Uncle narrated an experience once: After a long flight from Nigeria to his base in the US, they were going through the usual routines at the airport. He had travelled with his daughter who visited Nigeria for the first time. The daughter, about 4 years old then, a US citizen was given speedy attention while he had to stay […]
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 […]
Danielle requested for some cornflakes. Her mum stepped up to prepare it for her but then something interesting happened. When Mum returned with the bowl of cornflakes, I heard Danielle protest to her mum that there was sand on her plate. The mum told her it was not sand but some grains of sugar. She insisted that it was sand […]
My two girls were playing right on the bed beside me. The next thing I noticed was Danielle was putting the sash that was used at the baby shower some months back on her sister, Olive. Written on it boldly were the words “MUM TO BE”. Every child (and if possible every man) must be seen from the view point […]
I saw an old picture of some of my secondary school colleagues and memories came rushing back. There was something about the picture- even though they were all on their school uniforms, they all wore bathroom slippers. Then I remembered how leaving your sandals and wearing bathroom slippers looked like a thing that “big boys” do back in the days. […]
My spiritual Father was sharing with us one day and asked us, “How many of you wake up some days at your usual prayer time and you do not feel like standing up from the bed?” As we raised hands, he said “Hope you see my hands are the first to go up?” He then went ahead to charge us […]
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