Oga Emeka say…

I used to think everything revolved around money for him. For he was devoted to his business. Importer, Exporter, Pure water! One day, I asked Oga Emeka what was the most important thing to him. And then he sang that song to me 🎶 If we no make money, wetin we gain 🎶 But then …

Aunty Tawa say…

Buy Butter Bread! O'ngbona bread!! O'nyọ butter bread!!! Her voice, thin as a bird's, sung out lyrics of sweat and toil. She was my alarm clock every morning, and the source of my day's strength. Her Agege bread was divinely satisfying. I once asked her, "Aunty Tawa, wetin make you for dey sell bread?" "My …

Brother Segun used to say…

He was my childhood barber. Not his real name though, but he was a special person in my life. He made me see that life revolved very simply, just like that chair in in shop. What goes round, doesn't always comes around, he'd say. And he taught me to take my looks seriously too. "Girls …

Vital Signs

You know that saying in medicine when they say "Patient's vitals are now stable"? Yeah! That's one of the most reassuring things to be said about a patient, especially one who was initially assessed and thought to be deteriorating. "Temperature is 36.5 degrees, Pulse is 72 beats per minute, Respiratory rate is 16 cycles per …