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ON PROBATION FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT PAY

We are called “temporary” with our names written in pencils, until the temporary becomes the life we know.

May 2, 2026May 30, 2026

Bankole Taiwo JamesLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, Work

SITTING AT THE SAME DESK AFTER 13 YEARS

Hope! It is what is still keeping me in this work, not because I love the work I do.

May 2, 2026May 9, 2026

Bankole Taiwo JamesLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, Work

WE HAVE NINE MOUTHS TO FEED EVERY DAY

Every naira is budgeted down to the last kobo. But I never complain too loudly. They never complain, either.

May 2, 2026May 30, 2026

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Posted in Snippets, Work

SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE I’VE WASTED MY LIFE HERE

Day after day, I come here doing the same thing over and over again. I sweep and mop. But this place knows me only as a cleaner.

May 2, 2026May 2, 2026

Bankole Taiwo JamesLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, Work

DEM DEY FIND ME FOR VILLAGE

I was a science student, so I would like to continue from where I stopped.

April 25, 2026April 25, 2026

The ChronyclerLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Abuja, Bauchi, Delivery, Education, Family, Farm, Lagos, Okada, Poverty

THIS IS THE BEST CHRISTMAS I’VE HAD

I’m not a dancer, but I still gave them steppings.

December 27, 2025December 27, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Christmas, Costume, Music

PLAITING MY HAIR AS A JOURNALIST

People who actually respected me started drawing away from me at some point.

December 27, 2025December 27, 2025

The ChronyclerLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Hairstyle, Journalism, Nigeria

SEX WORK IN ACCRA, NO BE EASY JOB

Some of the young girls I’ve seen around here are 16 years old, 15 years old. Small small girls.

November 22, 2025December 6, 2025

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Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Accra, Debt, Flooding, Ghana, Nigeria, Osu, Sex, Trafficking

TOURISTS HERE PREFER GHANA TO NIGERIA

I was in Nigeria in 1983 when Nigeria was good.

October 25, 2025October 25, 2025

The ChronyclerLeave a comment
Posted in Snippets, WorkTagged Accra, Driver, Ghana, Hustle, Nigeria, Police, Sex work, Taxi, Tourism, Trafficking

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

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