Olú Abíkóyè, Author at Olú Abíkóyè

Day 1 – Spit-Proof Grace: My ‘Desculpe, Obrigada’ Moment

Dec 13, 2023Olú Abíkóyè14 CommentsDear Diary

As usual, it was quiet and serene until I was jolted out of my thoughts by this grumpy woman who brushed by me hastily and attempted to spit at me, but it fell on the floor right before my feet…quickening my pace till I caught up with the woman just by the traffic light that made us stop before the road to Madalena’s church. What I really wanted to do was spit at her face, but what I found myself doing was saying, ‘desculpe’ and ‘obrigada’ in succession, meaning ‘sorry’ and ‘thank you’ in a weird circle of politeness.

Boundless Love

Sep 2, 2023Olú Abíkóyè4 CommentsDear Diary

Dear Diary, it’s all about boundless love September 1, 2023 Today was a truly beautiful day in church. It was the 8 a.m. mass, and something extraordinary unfolded before my eyes. As I took my seat, a group of five people walked past me and took their seats in one of the front rows before

The Hands of God

Mar 22, 2023Olú Abíkóyè15 CommentsDear Diary

Dear Diary, March 22, 2023 The hands of God! So, I stood near a girl waiting for my order at the Cafeteria. By mere coincidence, our hands were placed side by side. She is the whitest of the whitest girl I have ever seen in my life. Sooo white I almost compared her with a

The Pink Street Saga

Aug 18, 2022Olú Abíkóyè5 CommentsDear Diary#Shenanigans, #WeirdPeople

The Pink Street Saga – *Shebi*, I want to see Pink Street? Today, I have irrefutable proof that my mother’s prayers follow me everywhere I go. I went through stage four stupidity! First, I am here to say that a floating idea is a very bad one if you execute it without a lirru-bit of

Will I go to hell?

Jul 21, 2022Olú Abíkóyè2 CommentsDear Diary

The weather has been unbearable. If anybody greets me now, I will check the weather first to be sure I want to respond with the “good” part. All through this week, I have been tempted to think that boya I have committed a sin to make the sun come after me with so much vengeance.

The Food Thief

Jun 1, 2022Olú Abíkóyè16 CommentsDear Diary#WeirdPeople

Morning came and night came the first day no food thief. Morning came, and night came the second day and no food thief.

Mr Scapegoat in detention

Sep 4, 2020Olú Abíkóyè7 CommentsDear DiaryPhonecalls, Scam, Scapegoats

Mr Scapegoat in detention! How did he land at the SSS base? In this case, it was Sunday, August 23rd, when an unknown number called me. Hello! Hello, can you hear me? Yes, I can! At this time, I tried to figure out who the caller was because I recently put in my main sim-card

Forgiveness will make you lol.

Aug 29, 2020Olú Abíkóyè5 CommentsMy Journey

Forgiveness will make you lol. I remember when I was in the university, our Constitutional Law professor had this written on her door ‘I am not religious, but I love the Lord’. This caption was ridiculous to me at the time, as I thought, how can the wife of a pastor not be religious? At

Tóyọ̀, the Elevator Princess

Aug 20, 2020Olú Abíkóyè9 CommentsDear DiaryBlack Race, Nigerian, Princess

Dear Diary, this ismTóyọ̀, the Elevator Princess. August 20, 2020 I recall the “Elevator Princess” an impromptu status I acquired in 2014. How did it happen again? Let me recount the tale of Thursday 21 August, 2014. Dear Diary, I stood in front of the elevator exhausted. Oh Jesus, please let me get to my

‘Tóyọ̀sí Abíkóyè Kids Foodbank

Aug 16, 2020Olú Abíkóyè2 CommentsMy Journey#1000for1000, HelpCentralNG, KidsFoodbank, TheDestinyTrust

‘Tóyọ̀sí Abíkóyè, Kids Foodbank? The thoughts of ‘Tóyọ̀sí Abíkóyè, Founder, Kids Foodbank landed on my laps like a virgin land waiting to be ploughed, after the innovative all-in-one new social impact-donating and receiving platform www.helpcentral.ng was launched. Before I found myself in the position to align myself as ‘Tóyọ̀sí Abíkóyè, Founder, Kids Foodbank, I always had to

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