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Snippets

First-person narratives that offer a glimpse into a specific experience, usually short and straight to the point. They are either products of interviews by curators or written down and shared by the narrators.

NIGERIAN TEACHERS ARE LEAVING FOR OMAN

Does the government know whether you exist here in Nigeria?

October 18, 2025October 19, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Counsellors, Education, Migration, Minimum Wage, Nigeria, Ogun, Oman, Schools, Teachers, Tutorial, WAEC, Welfare

CARRY-OVER GAVE ME SENSE

After God, reading is the second thing you have to do to be successful in life.

October 11, 2025October 19, 2025

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Posted in School, SnippetsTagged Airport, Books, Celebrities, Examination, Library, Reading, School, Timi Dakolo, VDM

MOST ARTISTS ARE GOING THROUGH THINGS

The idea of a salary is not in my calendar anymore.

October 4, 2025October 19, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Accountancy, Art, Artist, Creativity, Food, Funding, Lagos, Nigeria, Residency, Resources, Survival

I SMOKE COLOS, I CAN’T LIE

As I am speaking to you, I am already feeling the urge to go and smoke.

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Abuja, Addiction, Bricklayer, Colos, Crime, Drug, Ibadan, Mason

OUR LIVES FLASHED BEFORE US

My heart was hammering, and for a moment it felt like the street could swallow us.

September 20, 2025September 20, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, UrbanTagged Insecurity, Kano, Robbery, Safety, Transportation, Tricycle

WE SELL MORE GADGETS THAN BOOKS NOW

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

September 13, 2025September 13, 2025

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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.

September 6, 2025September 6, 2025

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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.

August 30, 2025August 29, 2025

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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.

August 23, 2025August 22, 2025

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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.

August 16, 2025August 10, 2025

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

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