Once upon a time in a part of Lagos called Ikeja, there lived a teenage boy called Ifendu. He was the only son in a family of six, but he was constantly angry because he never for once got accorded the privileges he felt were deserving of him as the only son. His mother ensured [...]
When you are just a child and your family is broken up, you may likely blame yourself for everything. You see...as a child you can't afford to blame them; after all they are your parents and you need them. So you blame yourself instead; it's always easier this way. And then you tend to blame [...]
At first I felt him staring at me in the dark and later I saw him in brief flashes, eyeballing me as I would walk along the streets. And then he was everywhere- at the supermarket and the library, always staring at me viciously and seemingly vanishing into thin air whenever I tried approaching him. [...]
Last night, I had a weird dream. I found myself walking across town with my cousin, passing through rowdy, untidy and noisy street and laughing heartedly as we gossiped about the new teacher with the big teeth. I think we must have been window shopping because as we walked down the street, we soon came upon [...]
As a young boy, I was very stubborn. Maybe it's because my beloved mother had died prematurely while birthing my brother Okorie, an incident that made me to loose interest in everything. The only way I knew how to mourn her loss was to be stubborn. And believe me when I say that my stubbornness took [...]
Let’s take a moment to talk about a book, shall we? By the way which one of you likes to read as much as I do? Oh! I love to read a lot! Ever since I first learnt to make meaning of those black letters on white papers, I’ve been in love with reading and [...]
Do you ever feel like nobody takes you seriously? Could it be something you are doing or not doing right? Below are seven things you can do to increase your credibility, get people to take you more seriously and ensure you get treated with the respect you deserve. 1. Don't Make Your Statements Sound Like Questions It’s [...]