Olú Abíkóyè, Author at Olú Abíkóyè

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

Lulu, till we meet again!

Jul 30, 2020Olú Abíkóyè23 CommentsDear DiaryDeath, memories, Sickle Cell, till we meet again, Warriors

How do I say; Lulu, till we meet again! I can’t even express what I feel deep inside of me. How do I tell myself this is real? How do I treasure life, knowing that I will die someday? By happenstance, I met Lulu on Crimsonbow platform. An initiative for sickle cell warriors to find

Alarmist – Do you have a friend who is an alarmist?

Jul 24, 2020Olú Abíkóyè1 CommentDear Diary#4EverFriends, Alarmist

Alarmist! Do you have a friend who is an alarmist? Meet Tina; She’s their Queen. Mrs Augustina Amos who I fondly call Tina is one woman I sincerely love. I dare myself to call her my friend. Oh, I forgot to mention, since she is my superior at work, are we even allowed to be

My Legal Dress — Ede & Ravenscroft!

Jul 17, 2020Olú Abíkóyè6 CommentsMy Journey#Lawyers, #LegalDress, #SiblingRivalry

It was almost time for Call to Bar and the search for my legal dress was my palava. Olu, leave me, na! It has to be the best of the best. I wanted it so badly. Why? I don’t know! My brother Olu lamented that a lot of students would wear a cheaper version found in

How was your Visiting Day?

Jul 10, 2020Olú Abíkóyè5 CommentsMy Journey#4EverFriends, #BadDreams, #ProUnitate, #SecondarySchool, #VisitingDay

Not this visiting day! Daddy, why did you come to visit me? Why this visiting day! Why did you come today! Mummy, why? Daddy, why? I screamed from my sleep. These are dead bodies. Somebody, please help my parents! Toyo, wake up! Wake up! What is it? We just slept not quite long. What is

This is my Fight Song!

Jul 4, 2020Olú Abíkóyè2 CommentsMy Journey#Life, #Mother, #Myfightsong, #Survivor, #Warrior

This is my fight song, just as Rachel Platten sang; Like a small boatOn the oceanSending big wavesInto motionLike how a single wordCan make a heart openI might only have one matchBut I can make an explosion On this occasion, God please, this is my fight song. I beg you, I need to make that

Workplace Shenanigans – Part 3

Jun 30, 2020Olú Abíkóyè2 CommentsMy Journey#IamToyo, #Shenanigans, #WeirdPeople, #workplace

Dear Diary, Workplace Shenanigans – Part 3 June 30, 2020. It was the closing hour at my workplace. I couldn’t bear the feeling of been overwhelmed with negative emotions anymore. I had to leave. As soon as I left the workplace, my phone rang, and it was Red Face. What the heck! I am not

Workplace Shenanigans – Part 2

Jun 20, 2020Olú Abíkóyè3 CommentsMy Journey#Colleagues, #Shenanigans, #WeirdPeople, #workplace

Dear Diary, Workplace Shenanigans – Part 2 June 20, 2020 I stood in my office workplace, speechless! Blue Face, shey you dey whine me ni? Aye ma ni ka o! Lori system mi? Igi ewedu o ma ni wor pa wa! This is a classical case of, may we not attract curses to ourselves. I

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