We are at Metroville tonight. Mallam Hassan and Mr. Cele are here earliest. We typically wait for Mallam Hassan to join us much later, and even today he didn’t particularly come earlier than his usual time. Yet his arrival preceded Eddie and Tokunbo’s. (Because I like free food, I almost always arrive first.) While we […]
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Eddie called me. He wants to know how to navigate Twitter and its complicated interface. I ask him what’s new, and why he suddenly wants to be active on a platform he once called “the idle people’s app.” He asks me if I’m aware of his love for women. I tell him that even the
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Mr. Seun stays at Lokogoma, and always swears that if he’s building a home in Abuja, it has to be Lokogoma. We try to convince him that Kubwa and Gwarimpa are cooler locations but he never wants to hear a word of that. He typically explains that in just a few more years, Lokogoma will
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The rest of the gang called last night to check up on me. In case you didn’t already know, I’ve just taken up the mantle of servitude to the motherland, which means I would be spending the next couple of weeks in camp, dressed up like an excited kid in pre-school, taking orders from soldiers
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These days, we are marketing. Our Copa Cabana II project is coming into fruition and we have been networking with buyers who are interested in the properties on offer. The marketing department has been having busy days, and Mr. Bisi is particularly the busiest one of them. While some of us have been a bit
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Tokunbo always says the same thing. That she cannot be with a man who is heavy on social media use. Eddie always insists that only women with crooked ways have anything to fear about social media. Tokunbo would say social media is one big bedroom. Eddie would counter that any woman who hasn’t seen more
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On my first day in Abuja, I woke up at 5 A.M. to prepare for a 9 A.M. interview at Central Area. I thought that if I left Gwarimpa early enough, say, before 6 A.M., I would be able to beat the traffic and get to the venue in time. I got to the express
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We have spent most of tonight driving around the Abuja metropolis. Mallam Hassan is feeling a little out of his skin tonight and musters us to try somewhere other than the Metroville lounge. When he’s in this sort of mood, we can tell he’s ready to splurge on our excesses. It’s always a good time.
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Mr. Tobi runs every morning. If you have him on your Instagram, and you have the misfortune of being awake as early as 5 A.M., you will see him on his Instagram story slicing through the cozy Jabi morning air during his daily morning runs. If you live in Lagos where you need to wake
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It’s our first hangout of the year and I’m still stewing from the hangover of Detty December. Tokunbo is looking all brand new, like she made an extra effort to shimmer into the new year. She’s wearing a new look, spotting a low-cut dyed white. Eddie asks her if she’s a lesbian now. Tokunbo warns
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