Ikeja Electric (Ikedc) had held on to power for the entire day. My neighbor had to use his fuel generator like me and others for many hours to power their home appliances, despite the unnerving…
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Did Chinua Achebe have the old PWD in mind when he wrote There was a Country?
The old Public Works Department (PWD) was a national organization. Some of its landmarks may still be found across Nigeria. It had career professionals of various diversities in its employ. It had a central store,…
5 Did you know about the history of Ikorodu Road
Did you know that the contract for Ikorodu Road-Maryland Junction-Ikeja Airport Road was awarded in 1974 at the cost of N24,985million? Did you know that the Ikorodu-Maryland Junction section of the project was the widest…
Who mourns a dead plant?
Did you notice that number 3 is pointing at something? That ‘something’ is number 1 and 2. The same plantain tree but within a space of a few weeks. My neighbour planted number 1 on…
Does the eureka moment in Free Guy movie explain the disruption in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp last week?
Might a reasonable explanation for the 6hour service disruption that occurred last week in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp be found in the ‘eureka moment’ of 20th Century Studios Free Guy movie featuring Ryan Reynolds, Jodie…
Mosquito attacks as a guide: Beware of the Conditioned Response
Where you assume that mosquito bites are always preceded by the buzzing sound. What if the mosquito muted the sound but continued its bites? What would have changed? Would you no longer have malaria? Would…
Wait, wait, wait! Did Mercy Chinwo say ‘You (God) carry my matter for your head o…?’
Yes. Are you just hearing the song? Yes I don’t believe you I heard my neighbor singing the song yesterday and that line refused to leave me Can you not simply say you love the…
Eyeballs, Eyeballs on the screens, who uses the ‘Rasest’ contents of Nigeria’s leading comedians?
Broda Shaggi, Officer Woos, Kiekie, Zicsaloma, Sirbalo, Sabinus, IsbaeU, Mr. Macaroni, Ajinoboy and Taooma? *Where Rasest is the superlative for Ras. And Ras is meaningless stuff, gibberish or concept converted into humour
