COVID-19 has ruined owambe for my Yoruba brethren! – Peju Akande
Before the COVID-19 lockdown, I had paid for three different aso-ebi for events slated for later in the year; one for a friend’s father’s burial in Abeokuta...
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Condoms are selling like hot cake this lockdown – Peju Akande
Condoms Before the lockdown, I went to the pharmacy to stock up on a few over- the- counter- drugs like Vit C; cough syrups, paracetamol, sanitary towels et...
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One Millions Boys: Are they really up to one million? – Peju Akande
In these days of COVID-19 with a lockdown and rumours of one million boys raiding entire communities; we have learned not to sleep too deeply…even in the af...
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Covid-19 lockdown & hunger did not cause those robbery attacks! – Peju Akande
The spate of robbery attacks that have been reported since the COVID-19 lockdown began is not hunger-motivated. If you’ve had the rare privilege of being at...
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Coronavirus outcomes: Where was JJC skills when Funke Akindele was arrested? – Peju Akande
To be clear, I am one of Funke Akindele’s fans; I follow her on Instagram. I record Jenifa Diaries on my PVR and binge on it when I can find t...
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Social distancing: How many of us can afford it? – Peju Akande
By now, even babies sucking their mother’s breasts know what social distancing is. To be clear, I sought out Merriam Webster’s dictionary and it desc...
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Coronavirus: What happens if food runs out before it ends? – Peju Akande
Coronavirus Watching the rest of the world shut down on WhatsApp videos as a result of the coronavirus scourge; reminded me of the several post-apocalyptic movies...
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Condoms: Would you buy them for your son? – Peju Akande
Condoms A friend sent me a screen shot of a WhatsApp convo he had with his 20-year-old son who schools abroad; the boy wanted to dye hi...
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Death proves that most of our culture is rooted in poverty – Peju Akande
I went to pay a condolence call on a couple on whom death played a fast one; whose son passed recently. They are just getting by in the one-bedroom apartmen...
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Sex toys: Who says women don’t need them? – Peju Akande
Sex toys Last year when the report about the senator who beat a sales girl in a sex toy shop hit; there was so much hullabaloo online and offl...
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