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…
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‘Tóyọ̀sí Abíkóyè Kids Foodbank
‘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…
My Legal Dress — Ede & Ravenscroft!
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?
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!
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
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
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…
Workplace Shenanigans – Part 1
Dear Diary, June 13, 2020 At my workplace, some workplace shenanigans can mess with your emotions. Wait for it, this is a recount of a true life event. Oh, Lawd; where is this document again! I worked on it for two days. I saved it before I left the office yesterday. How do I explain…
Errors in the use of semicolons
Errors in the use of semicolons are avoidable! Unfortunately, the two golden rules of the use of the semicolon is an everyday use of the English language punctuation that is commonly ignored. First, semicolons unite highly related thoughts. Instead of using a period to end too many independent short sentences, a semicolon unites the thoughts…
The Oxford Comma: The Lagbaja of punctuation
Dear Diary – the Oxford Comma. May 22, 2020. The Oxford comma is a subject I have failed to write 100 words about despite all my attempts over the past three days. How could a few words be so onerous? For want of a topic, today, we die here! There’s this punctuation called the “Oxford…