If Nigeria is Hell, Nigerians are the demons that populate it. It is a fact of the matter that Nigeria is not a good place to live. …

It’s the one year anniversary of what is one of the saddest days in Nigerian History, the #LekkiMassacre; the entire plethora of emotions that I feel can be summarized into two words “I’m tired”. I’m tired of the corruption, tired of the ignorance, tired of the poverty, tired of the…

I recently celebrated another birthday on the 29th of August and like Thanos my regular birthday existential crises screamed “I am inevitable.” Ever since I didn’t celebrate my 10th year birthday I made commitment to not make a big deal out of birthdays, I turned another year, which if you…

The time was 6:48, when I switched on my data and VPN and opened twitter to quickly check if Messi’s renewal with the club had been announced, only for me to see very different news from Reshad Rahman (Hagrid): “Messi will no longer be linked to the club…” Instinctively I…

I recently came across a post on twitter talking about female privilege and how it doesn’t exist, and almost instinctively I took offense, because the argument put forward was that “If female privilege is only available to some (relatively) good looking, it is not privilege at all.” And this seemed…

The terrible thing about sadness is how it takes your mind and forces it to only be able to see all the darkness and saddest parts of your life. It takes your bad memories and shoves it into your face and even when you try to search your mind for…

The amazing thing about being a Nigerian is that no matter how bad you think things are; it always finds a way to get worse. Everytime we think we’ve hit rock bottom; we always find a way to sink deeper. …

Have you ever wanted something really bad, that you made several sacrifices to get it, you gave up on relationships, went sleepless nights, because you believed that when you got it, it would give you some form of happiness, some sort of fulfillment. Then when you got it, when you…

After Primary 1, my academic fortunes changed dramatically especially after I changed schools. I became the best, I felt like a genius, I would watch cartoons of Jimmy Neutron, Mr. Fantastic in Fantastic 4 and I was so sure I was like them, a genius. I started reading up on…