How I prepared for death after being diagnosed with incurable disease – Actress Kemi Afolabi

Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi, has revealed how she prepared for death after being diagnosed with incurable disease. In a statement via her Instagram page on Friday, the actress stated that she wrote her Will and booked a space with a funeral ground after her diagnosis. She wrote, “I wrote my will and booked a space […]

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How I became a Gokada rider, Pilot President – Oneshiagbe

Liberty Oneshiagbe had ridden bikes practically all his adult life. About three years ago, he got employed as a pilot (bike rider) with Gokada (which started as a commuting service but now is into last-mile delivery in Lagos). The second day after joining Gokada, he had an accident with his bike. But, today, he is […]

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Grailland: Haven of peace, spiritual refuge (Part 3)

By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale A Trinket Box Besides its picturesque landscape, another feature  which makes Grailland unique is the tolling of the Grail bells – done twice – early in the morning and in the evening. The haunting scintillating sound, which can be heard all over the sprawling community, is a reminder to residents to […]

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Grailland: Haven of peace, spiritual refuge (Part 2)

By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Of course, it wasn’t my first time as a border on Grailland. Being a member of Grail Movement –Nigeria, I often stayed at the settlement, the headquarters of the not-for-profit organization and residence to some of its thousands of members, when attending major events there. These include retreats, public lectures, the […]

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Grailland: Haven of peace, spiritual refuge (Part 1)

By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Light taps on the door roused me from the half-sleep state I was trying to deepen. Discomfited but not vexed, I was a tad sluggish climbing out of bed, as I wondered who it was this time. Two louder knocks impatiently followed, protesting or, perhaps, chiding that act of hesitation and […]

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Tribute to my ‘ill-equipped’ lecturers in Nigerian universities

By Abdulgafar Amoka I got admitted to study Physics at Ahmadu Bello University in 1993 and graduated in 1999. Within those six years, one year was lost to the ASUU strike and another to ABU internal crises that brought Gen Mamman Kontagora as Sole Administrator of the university. I enrolled for MSc in 2001 and […]

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