Category: Humanities

Thank You Gov’ Seyi Makinde

Thank You Gov' Seyi Makinde By: Deji Yesufu This morning I received a call from an unknown number. The lady at the other end said she was calling from a “Seyi Makinde Call Center”. She wanted to know if there...

/ May 11, 2021

My Experience with Two Technicians in Ibadan

My Experience with Two Technicians in Ibadan By: Deji Yesufu After years of blaming government for how things have turned out in Nigeria, in recent times I have begun to look more closely at what we fellow Nigerians are doing...

/ May 4, 2021

We Will Never Forget…

We Will Never ForgetA Facebook acquaintance reminded me that yesterday made it six months unarmed protesters, mostly young Nigerians, were gunned down at the Lekki Toll Gate "allegedly" by men of the Nigerian police and the Army. With the death...

/ April 21, 2021

Casual Sex and Moral Boundaries

Casual Sex and Moral Boundaries This year will be my twelfth year in marriage. A few months after we were married my pastor’s wife remarked that she was really pleased at the fact that many young people she had counseled...

/ April 18, 2021

John Ibekwe Buries His Mother

John Ibekwe Buries His Mother By: Deji Yesufu My friend John Ibekwe will be burying his mother, Elizabeth Ibekwe, next Friday, 23rd, April, 2021, at their family compound – that of Late Chief G. C. Ibekwe, Ofeahia Umuduru Egbeaguru, Onuimo...

/ April 15, 2021

TRANSITION: Prof. Benjamin Ekundayo OLUFEMI

Professor Benjamin Ekundayo OLUFEMI: TRANSITION With gratitude to God for a life well spent, and total submission to the will of the Almighty, we the family, announce the translation into glory of our beloved Father and Patriarch, Professor Benjamin Ekundayo...

/ April 13, 2021

Get the COVID-19 Vaccines; Stop the Conspiracy Theories – They are not True

Get the COVID-19 Vaccines; Stop the Conspiracy Theories - They are not True By: Deji Yesufu Today makes it one week exactly I took the COVID-19 Vaccines. I work in a health facility and we were given some prority when...

/ April 7, 2021

Mr. & Mrs. and the Joint Account

Mr. & Mrs. and the Joint Account By: Deji Yesufu So a tweet has been making the rounds on social media. It is one of those story tweets that are relayed in a chain. Someone has even gone further to...

/ March 29, 2021

Why the Coronavirus Has not Killed You

Why the Coronavirus Has not Killed You By: Deji Yesufu A few days ago I came across an article I wrote last year just about the time the lockdown was beginning to happen all around the world. The stories we...

/ March 25, 2021

Bombs on the Third Mainland Bridge

Bombs on the Third Mainland Bridge “I hope we do not get stuck in hold up again today. I must be home before my children go to bed. We may decide on an alternative route home if traffic on Third...

/ March 20, 2021