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Celebrity Convos – First Edition

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

It happened that we wanted to share a story and there was no enough room to tell the story. Usually, our stories at Awa Ti Ibadan are on the average …

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An Evening With Lafup & the children of Jesus Children Mission Orphanage

February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

“Find someone who is ahead of you in whatever you choose to do. Understudy them,” Lafup says when one of the kids asks him what his advice will be for anyone who wants to be a comedian. He then goes on to tell the story of his relationship with Alibaba and how that relationship has impacted his career.

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A UNILAG Love

November 5, 2020November 6, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“When I got into UniLag, I attended an interview to join JCI, that was when I first met the man that would later become my husband. I was in 100 …

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Celebrity Convos – Second Edition

September 12, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

That this edition of #CelebrityConvos is published at such a time as this – when the world is brought to its knees by a tiny, microscopic organism – a virus …

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The Florence Ajimobi Story

April 21, 2020April 24, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

  1/5 I was born in, what is today, Delta State on the 5th April 1959 to a Nigerian mother and a Lebanese father of the Hajaig family. My mother …

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COVID19Stories – Padova, Italy

April 7, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

  “On the 20th February, the Italian government declared a lock-down of my province – Padova. It was one of the first places where the virus began to spread so, …

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Open Secrets

March 10, 2020March 13, 2020 - by admin - 1 Comment

1/5   “If two or more people know about something, it is no longer a secret. That is why I need to tell this story. I was conceived while my …

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A Conversation About Ivanovo

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

Leaving Nigeria I left Nigeria on October 1 2018. In my heart, I was both excited and anxious. I was excited because I was finally leaving Nigeria and I would …

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The Weeldrop Story

February 13, 2020February 17, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

Three months after I was born my mother passed away.  My grandmother took me in after the incident and raised me in my early years at Gege, around Agbeni market …

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The Man Who Typed His Way To The Bar

January 21, 2020January 24, 2020 - by admin - Leave a Comment

1/5 I was born and brought up in Isero compound at Oja’gbo – Ibadan North East Local Government. It is one of the interior parts of Ibadan where you lived …

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F&K Saving: A Story of Grit, Sweat & Reward

December 9, 2019December 12, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

F&K Savings is Ibadan’s leading digital savings platform founded by two upstanding gentlemen – Feyi and Folarin. These two young men are dogged, visionary and innovative. Both are graduates of …

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TESTIMONY: A Pair of New Feet For Adenike

November 28, 2019November 29, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

This is the story of Adenike Adebayo, a student of the Polytechnic of Ibadan. In this first part, Nike’s mother narrates the story of how her legs were amputated at …

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HEKIMA – Procrastination

November 25, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

In the month of October 2011, I was given an opportunity and a special preference to be part of a particular forum that I believed would be good for my …

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The Unrelenting Dreamchaser

November 19, 2019November 22, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

I am the first child of my parents. My father worked at NichemTex in Ikorodu while my mom had a shop where she sold provisions. I grew up under a …

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HEKIMA: Without You, I Am A Bicycle

November 19, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

Many times, once we have arrived at our destination, we forget our journey. We forget the vulcanizer that repaired our tyre when it got deflated. We forget the filling stations …

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My Education On Racism

November 13, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

I have been travelling since 2013. I have been around Africa, Europe and parts of North America. I lived in America for most of 2015, doing writing fellowships, and residencies. …

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EVENT: Ooni of Ile Ife Honours Birthday Mate: Dotun Sanusi, CEO Ilaji Farms & Sports Resort

November 10, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

________ The CEO of Ilaji Resort Farms, Hotel & Sport Resort, Engr. Dotun Sanusi celebrated his 51st birthday last month. As it turned out, the His Imperial Majesty, the Ooni …

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Lagos: This Is My Lagos Story

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“I grew up in Total Garden. We moved into the Agodi GRA sometime in 1991-1992 and when government began to sell plots of land in the area, my parents bought …

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#HEKIMA: Your First Name Is Extra

November 4, 2019 - by admin - 1 Comment

I recently met a young man who had his bachelor and Masters degrees at Harvard. I had met some humble Harvard graduates before him but he seemed to be a …

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Lafup: The Genesis of Greatness

October 31, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

“I am Segun Abiodun Ogundipe – fondly called ‘Lafup’. I was born in Lagos and had all my education in Lagos and Ogun States. It was my tertiary education that …

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HEKIMA: You Are Valid

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 - by admin - Leave a Comment

A few years ago, I had an experience that left me with so much wisdom about life. I was in the midst of four colleagues from different countries. They were …

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