
Celebrity Convos – First Edition
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 …
Read MoreIt 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 …
Read More“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.
Read MoreIn the interiors of the city of Ibadan is a community called Oja’gbo. Life in Oja’gbo is rough; to survive you have to be rugged. It is a place where …
Read MoreAs a little girl growing up, everything was always mommy-mommy-mommy and I would wonder whether I had a dad or not. I must have been around 3years or 4 …
Read MoreI was 18 years old when I finished secondary school, that was in 2009. At that time, I had guys toasting me but I was not in a relationship. …
Read MoreRight after my mother’s funeral in 2006, we (her children) were put in different aunties and uncles’ homes so that they could look after us. I was moved from …
Read More. “I was born and raised in a Christian home with high Christian values. I was quite stubborn and always wanted to have fun but my dad – being …
Read More“People become single parents for different reasons – some their partners died, some they were not compatible with their partners, some pregnancies were a consequence of rape, some become single …
Read More. I randomly came upon an advert on the internet in 2017 requesting applications to attend the United Nations Youth Assembly – in New York – as a delegate and …
Read MoreI was age 13 when – for the first time – I really thought about my future. What spurred the thinking? I was moving from JS3 to SS1 and I …
Read More(1/5) I come from a place in Ogun State that – much until recently – was a proper village. Both my parents are from the same place but my …
Read More“When agents pitch to you about working in Saudi Arabia, they will tell you great things about the place; they’d tell you that you can work as a nurse or …
Read MoreAgbowo Shopping Complex was the brainchild of the then military governor of the Western Region of Nigeria, General David Jemibewon, and constructed on over 30-plots of land in 1983 by …
Read MoreMy mother passed away when I was three. No one really cared much for me going to school – education wasn’t such a priority; it was just a mere …
Read MoreLAST YEAR, I announced that I’d gatecrash an agboole party just for the fun of it; and to have a feel of what the experience would be like. The …
Read More: FEMI JOHNSON & Co HOUSE . . This structure, popularly called “Broking House” or “Glass House” or “Femi Johnson” is a 12 floor-building. This edifice, was built by the …
Read More: CHRIST CHURCH, MAPO . . The Christ Church Mapo had four earlier structures before this magnificent cathedral was built. Mr. B Shobowale, an architect of Unique Architect Design, was …
Read More. . I have been away from Nigeria since 2013 and whew! It has been quite an experience being away from home. First, let me say that I had no …
Read More“I was born into a Christian home and my father was a clergy. Not only was he a clergyman, he was a very strict, disciplined man. He was the …
Read More“Growing up in Ibadan, I was a Bodija boy. I had always felt Ibadan was slow-paced even when I was much younger so by 2010 I was already going to …
Read More📍: OJA’BA CENTRAL MOSQUE Up until the emergence of the third Ibadan in 1829, there was no attempt at having a central mosque in Ibadan. It was in …
Read More1/3 I grew up in an average home in Ibadan, but the truth is, there was a time we used to be stupendously rich. My family suffered a setback …
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