Ember months: Are they truly jinxed? — Peju Akande
September, October, November and December: these are the Ember months, the last quarter of the year. In Nigeria, (I hope this superstition isn’t worldwide) we believe all...
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Crazy things people do at Nigerian parties: Overpriced aso-ebi — Peju Akande
True story. I bought an aso ebi for one of those Nigerian birthday occasions. Weeks after the event, I wore the material to the market. Along came a mad man…same as...
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Crazy things people do at Nigerian parties (2) — Peju Akande
Have you ever been to a Nigerian party where the host decides to invite security guards for extra measures? You know security guards to man the perimeter, prevent influx...
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The crazy things Nigerians do at parties — Peju Akande
Nigerians are crazy and this craze of course will necessarily show up everywhere we go…never mind MTN. I have had my share of parties in the last few months, in fact and...
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Is it ageism to expect priority in the hospitals? — Peju Akande
Ageism: what does it mean? I ‘hear’ about it a lot from our young people. They agonise at length over how older people feel entitled. I remember the year Prof. Wole Soyin...
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Boys will be boys until they kill you! — Peju Akande
Boys will be boys, right? I was among friends some months back when a mother who had been steadily calling out to her son to behave (the boy was reckless, knocking things...
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Letter to the Terrorist Lord — Peju Akande
Dear Terrorist, I hope it’s okay to call you that because in the absence of a better name; I’ve simply chosen a nomenclature we generally agree is a term that refer...
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I’ve just been scammed and it hurts — Peju Akande
I used to think I was one of those people who knew how to avoid being scammed, how to “shine their eyes”; you know, see a scammer coming hundred feet ahead and maneuver....
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Ondo Church: When cult and church are just the same – Peju Akande
I was 17 years old when I joined a cult group that masqueraded as a church. It had to be a cult because with the benefit of hindsight; I am better able to judge th...
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Funke Akindele and Paul of P-Square; so what if you get a divorce? — Peju Akande
God hates divorce. I know! He also hates killers and bitter people and fights between couples that can end in tragedies. That’s not all He hates. He hates when people can...
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