Oct 25A scientific argument for kindness — or something resembling it.Have you ever seen one of those tweets that ask you to solve a simple arithmetic problem and then explain your mental process? Then you go through the comment section and realise there are so many ways other people arrived at the same answer that’s different from yours. Now imagine…Kindness7 min readKindness7 min read
Oct 17Why I started journaling and why you should too, according to my journalJanuary 5, 2020. 21:11. I’m hoping this will be worth it. And fun. This is my first diary entry. I’m late to the party, I know, having been born over two decades ago. This feels weird already. Not sure why. Maybe because it’s like I’m giving an account of myself to myself. And…Writing13 min readWriting13 min read
Sep 27, 2022Journalism’s first commandment? Thou shall not steal.In practice, however, the rule is more complex than it sounds. Here’s how you can avoid the whispers and traps of plagiarism. One of the first lessons drilled into your head as a journalist is that plagiarism is bad. Like really bad. It is essentially the journalism equivalent of armed…Journalism6 min readJournalism6 min read
Jul 6, 2022How Civil Wars Start And Lessons For Today’s Nigeria‘Civil wars ignite and escalate in ways that are predictable; they follow a script,’ writes author Barbara F. Walter. How close are developments in Nigeria to this time-tested script? For decades, social scientists have researched factors which, combined, best predict that a country will experience civil war. …War16 min readWar16 min read
May 27, 2022The ‘dreamolition’: A short storyI wake up to the sound of my door creaking open. Someone has just entered or is about to. I must’ve forgotten to lock the door since I got knocked out the previous evening watching Ricky Gervais' comedy special on Netflix. The hour is, I’m sure, only still a few…Storytelling5 min readStorytelling5 min read
May 19, 2022Humans as WiFi-enabled devicesAuthor’s note: Everything you are about to read is the product of one midnight’s musings. It is unrefined. And probably stupid. No additional research has been conducted. Reader’s discretion is therefore advised. If we’re to be scientifically absolute, then thinking of humans as Wi-Fi-enabled devices makes a bit of sense…Technology3 min readTechnology3 min read
Apr 3, 2022From chasing dreams to chasing pussy: A short storyThe wakefulness was sudden. Odd even. Could be because there’s now a power supply after what was an infinite amount of hours? No. I forgot to turn on the fans whose cool breeze would have stirred me from sleep the previous evening. The lights are off too. …Non Fiction3 min readNon Fiction3 min read
Feb 27, 2022Human Rights in Nigeria: Policy, People, and the PoliceThough Nigeria transitioned from military rule to a constitutional democracy over two decades ago, it has struggled to appreciate, much less uphold, basic principles such as the rule of law and respect for fundamental human rights. The country’s performance has been worrisome, to say the least. This is obvious if…Human Rights5 min readHuman Rights5 min read
May 18, 2021The thing from space: Flash fictionIt just appeared, this thing. No one knows how the monstrous object, at least 70 metres in height, got here. We woke up this morning and there it was, right beside our house, so close you could throw a pebble and it would hit it. God rest the soul of…Science Fiction4 min readScience Fiction4 min read
Nov 24, 2020The law may be an ass, but lawyers do not have to be arseholes“The first thing we do,” wrote William Shakespeare in 1598, “let’s kill all the lawyers.” The clarion call had appeared in Part II of the novel, Henry VI. Shakespeare himself, a study of the text itself reveals, was not really endorsing mass attorney-cide since the character who mouthed the words…Law6 min readLaw6 min read
