As a first-class graduate from the University of Ibadan’s department of History, the potentials are there.
MECHANIC WORK IS ALL ABOUT TRUST
When we see that a customer does not like to deal fairly, next time they come, we will also start telling them lies.
I NO BE SALT
15 years ago, a bag of corn was 1,000 Naira. But now, the same bag is between 18,000 and 20,000 Naira.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
When I first got to the UK in 2021, I landed in Chelmsford. I moved to London a year later, after I got my degree.
RETHINKING MY FUTURE IN NIGERIA
The first time I considered Japa was in 2018, when I graduated. I was the second person in the history of the Department of History to finish with a first class.
GERMANS COMPLAIN A LOT
Families here get child support from the government. It’s not like that in Nigeria.
GETTING USED TO REJECTIONS
Before coming here in 2021, I heard many stories that all Germans are racist and not friendly to foreigners. I prepared my mind for the worst.
FAVOURITE THING ABOUT AMERICA
My favourite thing about being in America is humiliatingly simple — the unlimited availability of electricity and Wi-Fi.
IN LAGOS, I HAD MY MOTHER
I was telling a friend the other day that I’m a sum total of all the different lives I’ve lived, all the values and belief systems that raised me.
APPLICATION DENIED!
I got one of my greatest shocks about this Jápa Syndrome at the United States Embassy in Abuja.