Two of the commonest words in the vocabularies of most Nigerians are “forming” and “packaging.” They are usually used in local parlance in relation to people’s behaviour. This is why you hear Nigerians asking one another: “Why are you forming?”…
This series, ‘Funny Things Some Nigerians Do,’ was born yesterday. So endeavour to read its first edition A very committed member of a church somewhere in Nigeria was issued with a quit-notice some months ago by his landlord. After bemoaning…
The sad situation experienced by most Nigerians today is comparable to that experienced by a family that lost a very young and promising bread-winner. It is also like that of the family of a couple who had a child…
Robbers paraded by the Nigeria police after another incident “How A 4-Year-Old Child Foiled An Armed Robbery Attack” is the story of how a 4-year-old boy discouraged a robbery from robbing his entire family. The father, the mother, a 12-year-old maid…
Onyeisi & Agiliga enjoyig a Local Game How Would Your Obituary Poster Look Like? Onyeisi and Agiliga, a set of 9-year-old twins, loved the game of football, popularly called soccer, a great deal. Most of their discussions, both at…
Crack Ya Ribs! – Part 2. TIME OF THE DAY WHEN WATCHES AND CLOCKS ALSO GO TO SLEEP LIKE HUMANS Randy was fond of sneaking out of home to disco parties at night during his secondary school days. He…
Crack Ya Ribs! – Part 1. THE HUNGRY ANTELOPE AND THE WAITER An antelope and a lion took a walk one day to a restaurant in their animal kingdom, and both of them sat beside each other near a window.…
Kazeem, a forty-something-year-old graduate of mechanical engineering, loved smoking a great deal. He loved it more than he loved his most favourite food, amala and ewedu soup with assorted meat. In spite of his education and his level of exposure,…
