Sobolation: The Hat
I had just shared photos of the classic Ibadan brown roofs when my friend, Balogun Danjuma commented that there was more to Ibadan than brown roofs. “Check out Tolani Alli, …
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#HEKIMA: A Strange Act Called Kindness
In March 2013, I carried my luggage and bid my family and friends goodbye to go serve my fatherland in the one year compulsory National Youth Service in the north …
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#SOBOLATION: This is Ibadan
If you ever get kidnapped and you are dropped miraculously in a city, here are 8 ways to know if you were dropped in Ibadan. 1. If you get to …
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Becoming an Obama Foundation Scholar
In 2018, the inaugural class of #ObamaFoundationScholars program kicked off last year and Edem Ossai was one of the 20 scholars selected out of 20,000 applications from all over Africa. …
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Never A Dull Moment in Lagos
I was born, bred, buttered and jammed in Ibadan. I had my primary and secondary education in Ibadan. I made up my mind not to stay in Ibadan for my …
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#HEKIMA: Smooth, Suave & Empty
Sometime ago, I met this young lady who used to be a software developer. She narrated how frustrated she was as a business person and I asked her where her …
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#HEKIMA: This Is Why I Went to the University
One warm Saturday evening several years back, we had spent most part of the day on my father’s farm and had returned home late in the evening. We had fed …
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#Sobolation: A Rare Bus Performance
The 3rd of January 2019 was a boring Thursday and so I decided to busy myself with Twitter (of which if we are not connected on Twitter, @_awatiibadan is way …
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Waiting Will Not Stop The Rain
When I was 11, I was coming from an errand one evening when this heavy rain started. Before I could find a nearby shed or a house to hide, I …
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#SOBOLATION: Igara Micra!
In 2017, while in the studio as a guest of Jaycobs on the #SmoothHomeDrive show, the revered OAP with Splash FM at the time put me on the spot and …
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Reading, UK: People Often Assume that Everywhere in the UK is Like London
“When I was born, my family lived in the Challenge area. Life in Challenge was fun and loud – you had the record sellers blasting loud music from morning till …
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