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“It is like a tiny muster seed! Though this is one of the smallest seeds, it grows to become one of the largest of plants, with long branches where birds can build their nests and be sheltered†– Jesus illustrating the Kingdom of God in Mark 4: 32   In just one and half years, my […]
“A word is too much for the wise” – Dipo Tepede As the year approaches its climax, I started reviewing all my investments from fixed deposits, HYIPs, MLMs, Shares in NSE, imported goods, direct investments in small business, properties, Insurance, Third Party Forex Management and well, I am hoping to invest in mutual funds but I […]
It was some years ago as I am no longer certain when I was faced with two beautiful ladies in Lagos Sheraton Hotel; one was a Briton and the other a Nigerian. The room was 519 and it commanded an air of warmth despite the harsh Air Conditioning finding its way through my St. Michael’s […]
I think I love my wife ? “Guys will cheatâ€. Quickly, the typical Yoruba-superstitious-religious-Nigerian in me kicks in with a resounding- “My own husband will not cheat; I reject it in Jesus Name†(Of course, I remember to include the finger snapping over the head movementâ€. My ‘enemy’ returns with a smirk and another- “Better […]
“ Eureka! I found it†This is what happened to me @ 3.00a.m. today while studying for an exam for my MBA program. After reading through my mails, a nudging in my heart directed me to the spam section of my mail. I was utterly shocked to find more than 50 mails enquiring about […]
  Sometime in the eighties, our TVs ran a syndicated advert for Venus, an old brand in the Nigerian hair-relaxer market, featuring our own ex-Miss Nigeria, Nike Osinowo (is she still ‘Osinowo’, never quite understood marriage-to-another-woman’s-husband gossip), maybe you’ll remember-   “A- Wow, my hair could never be like that†(A stares ‘lustfully’ at a woman’s […]
The POeT Team is giving out three categories of Ipod Nano (1G, 2G and 4G) to the best three poems submitted in the POeT’s POeTry Competition to reflect the Yuletide Season, The Yuletide Season is definitely here again. Ten of the poems would be published on Dipo Tepede.POeT in the month of DEcember to be voted […]
Goriola’s Love Story … Series four(With ‘Funmilayo) I soon became impatient.And Someone knew too.It was the end of the semester and it was promising to be a long break since ASUU was threatening another strike.A few days after I was accosted for ‘anti-toasting’ offences, I saw the object of my affections in class. I walked past, […]
Goriola’s Love Story … Series three(With ‘Funmilayo) I steadied myself as I felt the world shift.  I couldn’t say anything. I just looked at Moyo, wishing her to disappear, wishing thirty-two seconds in reverse order, wondering what I did to make Moyo act this way. The only thing I was sure of was why […]
What on earth is everything coming to? Maybe it’s the public character of the telephone that makes it ‘accountable’ to give non-discriminatory information fairly. How come we allow corporate censorship to interfere with messages on racism, war, genocide etc but not abortion? Who called for discrimination when Verizon dropped Akon a few month ago? The […]
Goriola’s Love Story … Series two(With ‘Funmilayo) “Guy, wetin u dey look?†I knew I heard Gbenga, I knew he said something about me still looking but it took longer for my mind to process. “Now that’s what I’m talking about†I finally managed to utter. “No, wait, you mean………..aah no way, no road for […]
Goriola’s Love Story … Series One(With ‘Funmilayo) I’d always thought I was a cross between Einstein and Pele- you know, genius and consummate sportsman.My skin and hair almost convinced me (you never can tell with the African sun) that I really wasn’t Master Einstein. Then, since Pele never came to reclaim his long lost son, […]