I was the eldest and I knew that someday I would have more responsibilities handed over to me. Although my father didn’t say so, it was a position I assumed at a very young age, I wanted him to know that he could depend on me and that I will be ready whenever he felt it was time to assume a position in...

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Hey Guys! A couple of weeks back I was pondering on ways to continually create content for my blog alongside the stories and articles I have written in the past and I think I finally came up with something. This is a quarterly article called ‘’Life Lately”, and it is about everything I have been up to in the past 3 months. Don’t...

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The moment I laid my eyes on him, I couldn't get him out of my mind. I was working with my colleagues when he walked in. He was casually dressed, tall, with skin as dark as chocolate and handsome with eyes that lit up the room whenever he smiled. I raised my head just in time to notice him as he walked into the room....

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It was the usual medical check-up that was done for freshers at the university. The queue was long, the crowd was crazy and I was tired and worn but I was determined I wasn’t going to leave and come back the next day, I had been doing that for 3-days in a row and it wasn’t yet my turn. Suddenly, my name was...

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If there was one word to describe my birthday this year, that word would be "Boring". You see, my birthdays have not always been a big deal or fanfare where parties are thrown and so as much as possible, I try to make the best of the day by planning special things for myself. In time past, I would bake a cake for myself,...

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In the past couple of weeks, I have thought about wanting and desiring to be in a loving relationship more than anything. I have imagined how it would happen when I meet him, how great it will be with him and my response when he proposes to me. People say depending on what we think about, that's the kind of energy you will...

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'' What do you do when the very thing you love about life lets hell loose on you? How could you decide against it, knowing this would leave your world empty and deprive the world of the awesomeness it deserves. Knowing you only live once, how could you not live on the edge?'' I followed the life of Tise, a young and beautiful...

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It has been six months since I decided to be with Debo. The time is 10PM on a Saturday evening and we have just gotten back from dancing. A dancing studio has just opened on the island and was receiving a lot of buzzes, Debo had suggested that we check it out, this studio was not the usual kind that we are used...

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Navigating friendship as an adult can be difficult. Maintaining it can be a herculean task especially if you're someone who falls into the category of ''Out of sight, out of mind''. However, if you're like me who would usually make a mental note to check on friends, call or text and even go on a guilt trip when you haven't checked on special...

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I think I will prefer the familiar she says but then the familiar comes and then she says maybe not this kind of familiar. A stranger would best fit the criteria but still, no stranger seems to check all the boxes. Why do you think a familiar would do?  I think it will be better cos there's already a common ground and there...

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My phone had beeped for the umpteenth time again and I wondered who it could be as I couldn't get to it at that time cos of work. I would later go through it during lunch time and among the sea of messages on my phone, there was one that stood out... 'Hi, My name is Debo. I got your number from Funke,...

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