Opinion

  • YOU STICK OUT… LIKE BLACK

    YOU STICK OUT… LIKE BLACK

    No matter where you go in this world, as a black person, believe me the blackness always sticks out. It is true. Except of course you are Beyonce, who has done well enough to convince us that she is, well…. not black.

  • ERNEST EKE, AND FANTASTIC NIGERIANS

    ERNEST EKE, AND FANTASTIC NIGERIANS

    First of all, I need to say that Nigerians are fantastic people. Last week, I got this broadcast from a friend about a certain young man by the name Ernest Eke, who needed 7million Naira for a kidney transplant. Its a whole lot of money I remember thinking. But deep in my heart I prayed…

  • IJEKUJE

    During my recent Lagos trip, it was great to see all my friends I hadn’t seen in a while. Every one tried to take me to all the happening joints. Yellow Chilli, Coldstone, Buka hut, Debonairs pizza and even one coded bar like that in Ikeja that my friend Busola and I had to use…

  • PLATFORM DIARY

    PLATFORM DIARY

    I havn’t blogged for a couple of weeks, was away in Nigeria. I went to attend a wedding, other events and also see friends. Remind me to tell you about the wedding later. Network wasn’t particularly friendly, so I decided to wait till I got back. I’ll give you all the gist that went down…

  • RUN. baby. RUN

    Today, I went for my usual run and it was different. Different in that it was a new route and new running shoes. I am presently in my home country Nigeria for a few weeks and I decided not to destroy my exercise pattern. So I figured a 30minutes running route in the Lekki area…