NYSC members in a parade (Corpers) "Corpers, never follow any female indigene of this village. If you must follow your fellow corpers." This was the warning we were given when we arrived our PPA as members of the mandatory National Youth Service Corps. The advice had been sounded long before our arrival to the PPA …
I TOOK A BIKE WHOSE RIDER WAS DEAF
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 …
