DMI. What is it? Could it be a smartphone like HTC or a new fad on social media? While we seek to crack the nut, let us consider these questions: If your friend complains of a lump in the breast, what will you suggest? If another complains of a nagging headache, what will be your… Continue reading DMI
Relapse is one word, backsliding is another, both points to similar events in different contexts. It implies returning again to doing or behaving in a way or pattern that one was involved in before, or turning away from known values after a considerable time. It could occur in different situations and any person who is… Continue reading Relapse
(Tim and Tina are walking down Tech. Road, University of Ibadan. Candidates for the Post-UTME [Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations] are milling around.) TIM: Tina, what's up? TINA: The sky, of course. Really, I am feeling sort of dizzy. My friends also said that I look pale. TIM: (Frowns) That's true o. You look pale. Are… Continue reading Eating Healthy
(Tim and Tina are seated at the Gossip Arena, Faculty Annex, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan). TIM: Hi Tina! How are you doing? TINA: I am doing great. It's just that I have been feeling envious and foolish. TIM: Why? Foolish? Envious? TINA: (Frowns) You know,one of my friends won a scholarship to Cyprus.… Continue reading Using Your Gift(s)
One day many years ago, my sister Toro was about 5 years or more at that time and had a culture or you can think of it as a preference of sleeping in my father's collared T-shirts. On one of those nights, she picked a T-Shirt that in my opinion should not have served as… Continue reading Fathers’ Day, 2018
Bhanty was ecstatic and couldn’t hide it. She giggled and smiled severally, occasionally casting her gaze into the horizon from her window. She would end such window moments with an expectant look. An idea had coasted on her mind and like a merchant’s ship; the idea had treasures and merchandise in store. What was Bhanty’s… Continue reading Bhanty’s Garden
Dear Auntie Mimi, I am grateful that I could finally do this, it took so much effort to gather my thoughts and present this note to you in a readable form, I thank God for that. The last time we met was three months ago and before then, it was two years ago, save for… Continue reading Auntie Mimi
Some moms have never said this word to their daughters even in the local dialect, it's like they believe that the child will just navigate through it or maybe discover it in class discussion or on the pages of books. How about some fathers? they believe the mother talked about it. And about the child?… Continue reading Pub
It is often said "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" The adage above will suggest that the beauty of an individual is most times based on a person's outward appearance but there is a beauty which is hidden from man's eyes- This is the inner beauty which I call 'the beauty of the… Continue reading Its actual state
How wonderful it is to to have great dreams and desires! Oh yeah, how wonderful it is to put in all I can to be the best. But is that all that is in life? No! For If I should stand, I must stand in Him. If I should talk, I must talk in Him;… Continue reading One thing is needful
