I did not start this article with a title in mind. And that’s because I suck at writing. But I’m doing this anyway because who says you have to be good at anything before you do it — plus, it’s free. I suck at A LOT of things (if you…

PART 1 It’s a dark library, I walk in with Raliat. We are looking for a book. I have no idea what we are supposed to find. I walk around until Raliat suggests that we leave. I walk ahead of Raliat. At the exit, we see Damilola, or what appears to be…

“I fear none of this will matter where it should, and now I feel hopeless.” — It’s been thirteen (13) days since the #EndSARS protests began in Nigeria. We’ve made substantial progress considering that Nigeria hasn’t seen a protest with this much attention since we became a “democracy”. A large number of young Nigerians have become a part of this movement. Many have dedicated their voices…

“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb… For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord . They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 1:5, 29:11 NLT. I was supposed to write…

On the Saturday evening when I started thinking about writing this, I was casually doing my thing, minding my own business when it hit me — my romantic feelings towards people have never really been returned. I don’t know how, but I managed to pull myself together before I spiraled…

My love letter to people who feel like failures during these troubling times. — As 2020 grinds to a chaotic stop, my twitter timeline is full of people talking about their wins. And while that’s wonderful considering the tragic mess the year has been, some of us would rather not see these things because it seems like all this year has done to us…

I hate it here. I really do. The government hates me. The world hates me. Everything is actively trying to kill me. My life is stagnant. My human rights are a legal/morality debate. There’s a lot of shit to do with money and there’s not enough of it. My childhood…

Today’s my mother’s birthday. I’m pretty good with birthdays so forgetting isn’t usually a thing I associate with myself, unless of course I am not aware of the date at the moment, which happens a lot these days because of the pandemic. But I remembered today. I’d have called her…

Are we witnessing the beginning of a revolution? — On October 1 2020, Nigeria marked 60 years of freedom from British colonial rule. …