Notes & observations.

9 January 2022

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Attention

“Pay attention to the ending you want. Never lose focus.” That morning, as I prepared for school, my dad had promised me a private treat. “We will do something special after school today”, he said. And that was it. I couldn’t concentrate at school. I imagined oh so many great and mighty things that day… a…

23 November 2021

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A real Nigerian

I met a neighbour recently. A Nigerian, yet in behaviour like none I have ever met. In the time I’ve known her, she has never once complained. Not about Nigeria, the government, her ex, the traffic, electricity, Nigerian men, corruption, the economy or the one million other things Nigerians routinely complain about. I wish more…

11 November 2021

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The things we measure (Lagos)

In September of 2021, a container crushed a car in Lagos, trapping the four occupants. The emergency services arrived at the scene 120 minutes after the distress calls. At 44, Gerard Road Ikoyi, the emergency services started arriving 120minutes after the distress calls. Lagos must reduce this response time, which affects the outcome in trauma…

13 January 2020

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An Interesting Experience

I was riding home on my sports bike sometime in 2018, late at night. The ride was smooth despite the crazy driving in Nigeria that had me downshifting and doing my best to keep away from the sudden swerves and knee-jerk actions of the typical Lagos driver. I breathed a sigh of relief when I…

4 October 2019

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Correlation

Listened to a pastor use what I thought was a basic sales process from my marketing classes. I was on a Cross Country Bus about traveling to Accra from Lagos this past week. As usual for the Nigerian Road Traveler, there was the silent thought in the collective mind, “what if today is our last…

26 February 2018

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Nigeria to Ghana by Road – Motorcycle Trip (November 2017)

Nigeria -> Benin Republic (10 hours) The journey from Lagos to Ghana started around 5.30am at Falomo roundabout, Ikoyi, Lagos. I had developed phantom malaria symptoms some days before the trip which was my mind’s approach to giving me an easy way out. I knew what was going on, so I ignored it. And truly,…

9 February 2018

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GHANA

I won’t say how long I’ve been writing this for… Whenever Ghana comes to mind, I get a mix of different impressions. There’s the good-natured and ongoing online rivalry between the two countries, something which revolves around the mysterious yet glorious Jollof Rice. I usually don’t like taking sides in such international disputes, but I…

21 March 2016

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KENYA

A hurried snapshot of Nairobi .

2 November 2014

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With love from Zanzibar…

I spent a week in Zanzibar recently and here are photos from a beautiful Island…