Quick one, friends. 1. I’m struggling with Internet network here. That’s I’ve not been able to respond to comments and some messages. The posts you get to read actually go through many trials before scaling through. Kindly bear with me. 2. A young woman in Lagos whose life intersects mine is a year older today. […]
Category: Femi Owolabi
Maiduguri IV
This morning, I wake in Damaturu, Yobe State. Exgee and I share the same bed. I couldn’t sleep until 3am, held by worries. Exgee tells me many things that get me worried. Last night, when we had to stop at the Yobe Line Terminus because it was late and unsafe to go on to Maiduguri, […]
Maiduguri II
Greetings from Bauchi. We are laying-over; to eat, pray and stretch legs. Dem no get beans and dodo for this restaurant. I took jolof rice, garnished with fresh vegetables. It was nice. And oh, that’s our darling Jash, checking out the bananas, probably for us. *wink And then, my new friend, Ibraheem, helping to […]
Maiduguri I
I am heading, from Abuja, to Maiduguri. By road. I am short of cash to get me fly. At the Mararaba Park, my brother, Adesina Mayowa, drops me. With these loads for the IDPs. The Park boys rush at my loads, and move them to the bus poised for Maiduguri. They are over charging me, […]
Maiduguri
Over the course of the last week I was shocked from my inactivity. To be honest, I had practically forgotten about Boko Haram. I think there’s something about hearing so much bad news that it doesn’t touch you anymore. Boko Haram keeps killing people everyday and it’s just become a matter of numbers. We’re quickly […]
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