So today, against all my instincts, I took a bike whose rider was deaf. It was after we had started that I regretted listening to people's opinion. This was my life on the line here, baba was speeding like he could hear the next bike coming. I was praying, I was really praying, I had …
TRYING TO SURVIVE IN AKOKO, ONDO STATE
One of the very funny thing in my Ondo stay is how I am still struggling to believe that I reside here, in this rural settlement. Many times it pricks my heart, I wonder how I may be able to change it. Today, I ate one kind of food that I have never eaten before, …
MY TRIP TO ONDO
Life as a corps member in Nigeria comes with many challenges. Well, if you have no idea what a corps member is in Nigeria, you can look up NYSC here. I was part of the 2020 batch A1, who COVID - 19 had disrupted their orientation activities, so I had been at home, back in …
NYSC DAY 4: PLATOON ON DUTY
I guess I had no idea how this was going to be. Asides being the platoon leader; I had wanted to be part of other organisations too. The music guys had seen me plating guitar and requested that I be part of them. I wanted to join the journalistic guys (orientation broadcasting studio). For I …
NYSC DAY 3: SWEARING IN & ELECTIONS
The third day, I was beginning to feel it. I knew some of my schedules; so it was beginning to get easier. I knew times I should eat heavy and when the time we'd spend at the parade ground would be very long. We were asked by the soldiers, "how was our night?". Some of …
NYSC DAY TWO: SWEARING-IN PREPARATION
An image of me with the mountains behind. As early as about 3am this Tuesday morning, I was awoken. No, not the bell or trumpet as you'd expect; I was awoken by members of my hostel who woke up before the 4am when we were supposed to wake. I went with my friend Peter Isaiah …
