Friday 02:26am Sitting up in bed. Listening to the Hausa song #Rahama by Kaestrings This song - one of my 2024 discoveries - has been playing in my head for days on end. Maybe because I have been immersed in studying the Biblical stories of 1. Blind Bartimaeus 2. Dorothy [my name for the faceless woman with the issue of blood] 3. Jairus daughter, 4. The father whose son was afflicted by demons Or probably because the singer vividly evokes the scenes with those raw emotions in his voice. He paints that imagery

Click here for the beginning ............ to a client's office and Lagos traffic on the Motorway was unkind. He felt the jolt before he heard the bang. Another vehicle had run into his. The driver had been trying to force himself into the lane from the other lane. Infuriated, he alighted to assess the damage. Just then, the other driver, a younger man in his twenties accosted him "What were you doing, driving like a woman?" Joshua stared at him in shock. "Young man, you hit me and you want to shift blame?" "I will hit you again if you keep driving

Today Prisoner 8493 leaned on the bed in his cell, hands on his face as the painful sobs erupted from deep within. Few minutes ago, he has watched his wife and kids walk away after their monthly visit. She also walked away with the signed divorce papers. Regret chased itself across his features as he traveled down memory lane. Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com Twenty Years Earlier Joshua glared at his father contemptuously and stepped back into the room. "Spineless man" he hissed as his mother and sister stared up at him. His sister, Maryann sat on the mat, held

In The Beginning. Joe picked up his phone and dialled Aham's digits.  "Happy New Year, my brother" Aham's deep baritone reverberated over the line "Compliments of the Season, brotherly" Joe responded in his quieter voice They chatted for a long time, sharing goals and plans.  And as they signed off, Aham invited Joe over for a visit. Both were online Tribemasters with large followership.  Their friendship had developed from the ashes of a viral war some years back. Earlier in the days, Aham had a more prominent platform. His followers were more of Millennials and Gen-Z. The generations which skipped the Tacit101

"Ma, look who is here" Samira heard her son scream excitedly She had barely come in from the foodbank and laid down to rest a bit before making Lunch. Lifting herself off the bed, she wearily made her way to the front door. Shock! Was it her eyes? Was she hallucinating? The celebrity pastor stood at her gate. Alone. "Shalom" he waved at her "Shalom, Pastor" wariness replaced weariness as Samira approached "Can I have some cold water please?" And as she made her way back inside, he called out "And some food too" "Sir, there is no food in this house.

"Camera One, reset your Focus Assist. You are out of focus" The instruction filtered into my head through the airwaves. And I quickly did as instructed. As I ran my hand over the button, the blue lights encircled the subject in the spotlight. The view was sharper now. The Focus Assist is a camera function. A technique called Focus Peaking where the camera helps provide clarity of image by highlighting objects in colours. Meanwhile, between the voices on the airwaves and the one coming from the Stage, my mind strayed. "I like the colour of her jacket. How the shade of blue