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Mirror on the wall: a collection
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Mirror on the wall: a collection
Earlier this week, I took a trip to the INEC office. Ok, for those who don’t know, INEC is the Independent National Electoral Commission and it was set up to conduct free and fair elections in Nigeria. Well, if you’ve watched or heard or read about Nigerian elections over the years, you’ll know they’ve beenContinue reading Quick trip
Every now and then, I’m reminded of one or two shenanigans from my childhood and it reinforces my belief that truly, the guardian angels assigned to children work overtime. Little backstory to this: circa 2002. I’d somehow found myself afflicted with ringworm and thus, I became the class pariah. No one wanted anything to doContinue reading Aba-made Voltron
We are leaders of tomorroweager to serve our land… Friday was childrens’ day and I found myself thinking of these two lines from my primary school anthem. What a scam, abi? At least that’s what I thought- what I think a lot of times. Call it stupid stubborn faith, but let’s face it: we doContinue reading When tomorrow comes..?
“When do you find time to write?” “What do you write?” If I had a dollar for every time I got asked any of those two questions, well, I don’t really know what would happen, but my bank account would be smiling a whole lot more often. Honestly, I don’t know. I don’t know thatContinue reading Why? Why not?
I can’t quite pinpoint why, but I’ve been in a funk. Ok, hopefully by the time I post this, I’ll be able to say “I’d been in a funk.” As tempting as it is to think otherwise, I know I’m not the only person who just gets tired of “people-ing” – like, talking to otherContinue reading Anniversaries here and there, anniversaries everywhere…
So, I’m finally done with housejob; my status has changed from a house officer to a medical officer. I started writing this around 3am yesterday, but then I figured I still wouldn’t know how it felt- how I felt- until it actually handed over from my last shift. Or at least, until after that firstContinue reading And so it ends…
Every year, myself and another 40% of us experience feelings of depression, unhappiness and disappointment. Of these, 20% would experience a clinical depression marked by a low mood with pervasive sleep difficulty, gain or loss of appetite, hopelessness, pessimism and even sometimes thoughts of suicide. In Nigeria, this illness is often missed because of aContinue reading Depression
My earliest memories include ones of me doing mundane things like walking on the street in my childhood estate, going in to a shop and standing in a line with strangers or getting on a bus running an errand with my mum, with my heart just thumping wildly in my chest because “something might happen”.Continue reading Living with anxiety