OPay and PalmPay seem to be the new kids on the block. Though, they are not new to the digital banking space but they have gained massive traction over the past few weeks as more and more people are now opting to use their service. Iya Risi: Ki le fe ra? (What do you want…
Cost of Living in Lagos Series – The Oluchi Data Plan
And here is the second in the series… I called this the “Oluchi” Data Plan. Oluchi is a young lady in her late twenties, living on the mainland. She is a bit of an introvert, she is single, doesn’t have a car and sometimes hitches a ride with her friends to work.
Cost of Living in Lagos Series – The Sir Kay Data Plan
I decided to try to put together the average cost of living for a young person in Lagos a few weeks ago when I looked at the Money App I use for income and expenses and was amazed at how much I spend in a month. The current increases in PMS and especially, Electricity have…
10 Days Writing Challenge #Day 2
10 Days Writing Challenge #ScribeTribe Day 2 Task: Write about a Concert, a Leather Jacket and a Shy Girl. Genre: Prose (10 Sentences) I had been preparing for several weeks for this; my preparation included saving to buy a bespoke brown leather jacket from the Hawes & Curtis store at Ikoyi, cleaning my teeth at…
10 Days Writing Challenge #Day 1
So I hopped on a 10 Days Writing Challenge from Twitter #ScribeTribe and I look forward to challenging myself over the next couple of days, since they have extended the lockdown, why not? Maybe I even get to finish my anthology! Sssssssshhhh! That’s supposed to be a secret! Alright, so I missed one day since…
A Poem on “Isolation”
In the crevices of the city, Behind walls and gates, I sit in lonely isolation, The neighbours are screaming, But the noise of generators condense it, To intermittent melancholic echoes, My mind is carried away, With thoughts of what will be. The die is cast, the end is here, Things will never be the same…
Bible Bits 1.0: The Creation
For more than a year, I have had this thought of creating visual representations of Bible Timelines and call it BIBLE BITS. It will be a 1-page summary of some bible occurrences in a timeline for people to easily understand the flow and how things happened and the order in which they happened. Well, it’s…
Love, in a time of Corona Virus
Our existence is threatened, Our fears are heightened, Health aficionados have no clue, Praying it’s not as worse as the Spanish flu, Is there a hope? Is there a solace? Is there a plan? Is there an escape? Will love ever find me? Will I ever find love? Our resolve is being tested, Our limits…
My Coffee Lagos Visit
I don’t know what plans I might have for this blog going forward, but one of the things that I decided to do this year is to chronicle all the places I visit. So this is the first of many and let’s see how this goes. Alright, good evening people! I don’t even know where…
DAY NINE – VAGUE
VAGUE I have never understood the phrase, “Coming out of the closet”, What does it really mean? Is it a real or a virtual closet? Is it a closet of clothes or of cloaks? Maybe it’s just my simple mind, But I’ve never seen anyone, Come out from any closet of any kind, If you…
BLOODYNIGERIAN 