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Op-ed Editor May 11, 2017

Damilola Afam Ade-Odiachi: The many meetings of 20somethings in Lagos [NEW VOICES]

by Damilola Afam Ade-Odiachi Sometimes at a house party, a gathering of mutual friends, sometimes in a bar where the music is too loud for speaking, sometimes from twitter, occasionally…

Op-ed Editor May 9, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: Live. Shine. Rot. Repeat [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye When I was young, I learnt something about myself. I learnt that if I was speaking with you, quite often it was to know how much smarter…

Op-ed Editor May 4, 2017

Temitope Ben-Ajepe: Cards on the table- What are one’s chances when they fall sick? [NEW VOICES]

by Temitope Ben-Ajepe All through that night, his body burned. The raging fever that had taken residence in his usually very strong body had sapped both our strength so much…

Op-ed Editor May 2, 2017

Oreoluwa Fakorede: Are you ready for your marathon? [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede I’ve been feeling stuck lately, trapped in the torturous repetition of commuting, working and getting whatever joyless sleep I can. I cycle the loop weekday after weekday…

Op-ed Editor March 27, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: (Not) born with a silver knife [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami I’m sitting at the corner of my bed in the school hostel typing away on my laptop when she comes into my room. I look up for…

Op-ed Editor March 15, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Living in fear of the Tiger [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo St Vincent's Year of The Tiger, best explains the phase of my life right now. 'Italian Shoes like these rubes know the difference.... I had to…

Op-ed Editor March 13, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: To me, aged twenty-three

by Bolade Ogunfuye This year I will be thirty-three years old. These days, I feel every single one of those thirty-three years in my bones, in my salt-and-pepper beard, in…

Op-ed Editor March 11, 2017

Temitope Ben-Ajepe: Dear Nigerians, please keep off the non-prescribed Antibiotics while the rest of the world Innovates [NEW VOICES]

By Temitope Ben-Ajepe A few weeks ago, I participated in a global health certificate course organised by the AB Global Health Initiative in conjunction with the Global Health Focus and…

Op-ed Editor March 8, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: I was used [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami My younger brother’s excitement was infectious as he handed over the printout from DealDey. It was a N500 ticket for a stage play: The Trials Of Brother Jero.…

Op-ed Editor March 7, 2017

Oreoluwa Fakorede: The talking phase [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede You move too slowly and interest is lost, too slowly and it burns out. You finally took a step of faith and opened communication with the person…

Op-ed Editor March 6, 2017

Arit Okpo: What Zamfara taught me [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo I did my National Youth Service in Zamfara right around the time that Sharia started in the state. Getting my call up letter threw me into a…

Op-ed Editor February 27, 2017

Arit Okpo: Supporting Africa’s urban poor [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo I had the opportunity to attend the TED Lagos event that held in Lagos (obviously) a few weeks ago. Guys…let me take one minute to talk about…

Op-ed Editor February 24, 2017

Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Hey, what are you reading? [NEW VOICES]

by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa I recently came back to frequent reading in the past year after about a decade. Don’t judge me, I would read a book every quarter or…

Op-ed Editor February 22, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Mereba [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo Two weeks ago, my mother became the matriarch of her extended family, the way fifty-seven-year olds suddenly become matriarchs, her elder sister died suddenly from a brief…

Op-ed Editor February 20, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: Pulling the prank of a lifetime [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye During my secondary school years, I was what you could call a “closet rebel”. I considered myself an icon for the anti-establishment, I prided myself on being…

Op-ed Editor February 18, 2017

Temitope Ben-Ajepe: The gag on unique expression in Nigerian education [NEW VOICES]

by Temitope Ben-Ajepe I remember vividly albeit cringing, last summer at this very cool ICT parastatal where I interned, after being asked by a fellow intern (seeing as I was…

Op-ed Editor February 16, 2017

Afam Ade-Odiachi: What do you do when your shrink is also a herbalist? Go with the flow [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi It started with a text from my mum whose feelings about me swing violently from pillar to post. She’s caught between a vague sense of pride in…

Op-ed Editor February 15, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: If you say you love [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami It's the day after the day when Cupid went about doing good… or bad. And no matter how many times I brace myself for Valentine’s Day, I…

Op-ed Editor February 14, 2017

Ore Fakorede: I Told My Mother About You [NEW VOICES]

by Ore Fakorede I met someone. She has kind eyes and a soft heart, an easy smile and a subtle feistiness about her. She laughs like laughter is air…

Op-ed Editor February 13, 2017

Arit Okpo: Creating real change [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo Can I confess that I sometimes get overwhelmed by Nigeria’s issues? Today there’s a video of soldiers assaulting a disabled person, yesterday it was the Senate refusing…

Op-ed Editor February 7, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Day trip [NEW VOICES]

When we leave home, it is without a clear idea of where we're supposed to go. We only have one objective in mind, follow the champagne and the free booze.…

Op-ed Editor February 6, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: “So selfish, so what?” Making the case for living for YOU [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye Take a minute to think about it and you’ll come to the same conclusion that I have; every decision we make is either directly or indirectly based…

Op-ed Editor February 5, 2017

Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Blessed with the stress [NEW VOICES]

by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa It’s February already! And I imagine our New Year goals and the attendant excitement have morphed into New year reality checks. Each year, when current drone of daily…

Op-ed Editor February 2, 2017

Afam Ade-Odiachi: Too much Lagos will kill you everytime [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi I have always thought Lagos to be remarkable. When most people say remarkable they mean that it’s good, but that isn’t true here. Lagos is remarkable because…

Op-ed Editor February 1, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: Surety, you’re joking [NEW VOICES]

It was really a laughable matter but neither of us was laughing. I was staring at the slightly irritated face of the Divisional Police Officer sitting behind his desk. His…

Op-ed Editor January 31, 2017

Oreoluwa Fakorede: When Fathers fail [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede When your natural example is a disaster, how long before your feet find their way off the cliff? I grew up with a father and then I…

Op-ed Editor January 30, 2017

Arit Okpo: A woman’s place [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo At an event recently, a University Vice Chancellor was invited to give a talk, her colleague, introduced her as Professor Mrs So and So. The woman on…

Op-ed Editor January 27, 2017

Wilfred Okiche: On Buchi Emecheta and the joys of motherhood [NEW VOICES]

by Wilfred Okiche My first encounter with Buchi Emecheta’s work was as a secondary school student growing up in Lagos, anxiously waiting for my sister to be done with the…

Op-ed Editor January 24, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Musings [NEW VOICES]

by Edwin Okolo In 2014 I started writing a manuscript. It took me a year and three months from the day I first put up my dayglo plot cards on…

Op-ed Editor January 23, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: Sometimes violence is the answer [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye They say: “Violence is never the answer”; I think this is untrue unless you have a very wonky moral perspective, and have not truly seen or felt…

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