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Snippets

Short, first-person narratives — usually no more than 500 words.

WE SELL MORE GADGETS THAN BOOKS NOW

They used to buy from us before. But now they are buying online.

Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Airport, Books, Economy, Internet, Lagos, Magazines, Movies, Phones

SUFFERING IN NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL

Nothing works. The grasses are overgrown. The light is never constant.

Posted in School, SnippetsTagged Electricity, Infrastructure, Law School, Lawyer, Legal Education, Nigeria, Student, Water

EVERYONE IS TIRED OF NIGERIA

If I knew someone willing to give me a job there, I would like to go to Canada.

Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Economy, Nigeria, Taxi

TRYING TO OWN MY TIME

I think over time, you just see risk-taking as being a bit more fruitful.

Posted in Snippets, Travel, WorkTagged Abseiling, Abuja, Adventure, Capitalism, Film, Nigeria, Scubadiving, Sele Got, Skydiving, Travel, Visa

I THOUGHT GRIEF WAS A ONE-WAY TICKET

I lost my dad in an accident on the 5th of June, 2019. I was in school when I got the call to come home immediately.

Posted in Family, SnippetsTagged Death, Depression, Family, Grief, Love, Parent, Sadness

LECTURING JOB? MAYBE IN AN ALTERNATE WORLD

As a first-class graduate from the University of Ibadan’s department of History, the potentials are there.

Posted in School, SnippetsTagged First class, History, Ibadan, University

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.

Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Abuja, Artisan, Car, Mechanic

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.

Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Abuja, Business, Naira, Trader

LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS ARE HARD TO NAVIGATE

The last time I saw my husband was in September 2022 at the airport. A lot of the changes we went through over the past one to two years have been separate.

Posted in Love, Snippets, Travel

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.

Posted in Snippets, Travel

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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” - Maya Angelou

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