Maybe it was my father Tokunbo would really listen to in order to change his ways. I just stood there, along with my brothers who wandered off after a few minutes, once they spotted one or two people (neighborhood kids) they knew, leaving me to …
The thought that Tokunbo would get a secret admirer kept me going all afternoon, even up till early evening. Around 7:36pm, my parents arrived from Ogbomosho with Tayo. They were all exhausted and not very chatty, not even my mother who could talk anyone’s ear …
As I stood in line, waiting for my turn, I heard someone yell: “E-N-I-T-A-N!” Without turning around, I had a very good idea who the name yeller was. Tina. She was the only girl in my class who lived in the same neighborhood, about three …
But that evening, the call was not for Mr. Ekanem. The breezy female voice on the other end made this clear. Instead, the phone call was for Mr. Ladoja, and it was from, of all people, Mrs. Williams, our neighbor. The old handset my father …
There were no ink stains on Mr. Williams’ person. However, he held that brown envelope so delicately that it seemed like it was really his own heart that was wrapped in paper, tucked away in that envelope. “You know Tokunbo, don’t you? Tokunbo Williams?” he …
By the time my mother returned to the house later that evening, the Tokunbo issue had shifted from the forefront to the back burner of my mind. However, Tokunbo’s name came up increasingly in conversations in our household over the next couple of weeks. The …
A High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, yesterday sentenced to death the killer boyfriend of an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo, Nifemi Adeyeoye to death by hanging. The convict, Chukwudi Onweniwe, was dragged before the court in May 22, 2017, on a …
The Rivers State Deputy Governorship Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Chief Akpo Bomba Yeeh has withdrawn from the 2019 Rivers State Governorship Election and has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Addressing journalists at his home in Port Harcourt on Monday, Chief …
Episode 6 Eventually, my father succeeded in convincing her to take her seat and calm down. A white handkerchief mysteriously appeared from somewhere on Mrs. Williams’ person, and she began to dab furiously at her eyes. Then, she decided that maybe she should resume begging, …
Episode 5 But I didn’t. She continued. “And I’ve been managing all these years with these children. I’m not complaining o, after all, they’re my own children. God gave them to me.” “Right …” said my father, who had taken a seat opposite her, an …
