Pretty Much Everything

Pretty Much Everything

On footballing dreams

A few years ago, I interviewed some Nigerian men in Belgium who’d found themselves in Europe hoping to play professional football. None of them ended

Ignorance is no virtue

Did you know that spicy food cures covid? Chewing on a handful of pepper everyday can ensure that you never get covid. Or malaria. Or typhoid fever. D

On Vilomah

Years ago, an older colleague of mine lost her husband and a daughter in a terrible car accident. I recall her saying that although she was no longer

How are we so medieval?

In the year of our Lord 2022, 53 years after the first humans walked on the moon, folks in Naija are still accusing women (most notably widows) of wit

Everyone loves a winner

When I was in secondary school, I had a pen pal— one of my numerous pen pals—who was an undergraduate. I shared him with two other friends of mine. I