The Mortehn Expressions

Some days ago na so we hear say government go ban okada and keke for Lagos. We be think say na lie the first time o, later, na so we come see say na true. E don reach make people come dey trek upandan for Lagos like dis. For my area, wey be say na Ogba, people been dey enter bus go Berger for 100 naira but as keke and okada no come dey now, na 500 naira Danfo buses dey carry am. From Ikeja underbridge to Ojuelegba and Yaba wey be say na 200 or 150 before, dem don dey carry am for 250 or 300 naira now. E jus be like say government no want make average people dey stay dis Lagos. If you no get car like dis, na to start suffer head, begin dey waka na im remain. Just imagine say person dey collect 30,000 for salary for wan month, how that kain person wan take survive for this kain time? And nor be say companies go come say because Sanwoolu don ban keke and okada now, dem go come increase your salary. E nor dey ever follow laik dat. People jus dey complain say this government nor just t...

I have this not so hilarious story that I would like you to read. It has been a while since I last posted something on here. I apologise. I have just been so swamped with work. It happened on a Wednesday. I left the office with my office bestie, Mariam and together we strolled to the GTBank ATM close to the office after close of business. We had intentions of getting something nice for ourselves. Mariam wanted to buy a new handbag while I had been craving a new wig so bad. We always boarded the same bus because I stayed at Iyana-Ipaja at the time, while she lives in Abule-Egba. So, after withdrawing our shopping fee from the ATM, we boarded a bus going to Oshodi.   When we got to Oshodi, I pleaded with Mariam to please allow us use the pedestrian bridge—she preferred to cross the road. Lo and behold, as soon as we got up the bridge, there to my excitement, was this woman who displayed her goods of wigs in their varying lengths, types and colours. I was excited but Mariam w...

FRIENDSHIP Friendship is the basis of every human relationship. To truly know anyone, we need to first be their friend. And this was what led to the beginning of a lasting friendship with this young man Temitayo. The fact that I wanted to get to know him. I had gone to a bar that evening after work on a Friday just to unwind. I do not drink so I settled for a cup of chapman and ordered fried shrimps to munch on as I sipped my drink. I glanced across the room and saw this young man sitting alone at the corner, quietly sipping his “33” export lager beer from a glass. The bottle stood admiringly on the table and the beer glistened in the glass and occasionally, the disco light in the bar bounced off his glass of beer. I looked on in admiration as he laughed and smiled at his phone. I wondered who it was he was chatting with and what it was they were discussing that amused him so much. The waiter came with my bill, but I was not ready to leave so I ordered a bottle of “33” expor...

From January to December, We had so many trials, Many tribulations come our ways, Yet we are still standing, Thousand of souls were lost, Millions of disasters here and there, Yet God protected us, Many are gone to the under world, Many destinies buried in the graves, Many started January with us but no more, Yet we are still alive, Let us give GOD our thankful heart, He is our protector, Let us give GOD our thanks, For without Him we shall be no more, Every moment of our lives,  Should be full of thanks, With life, there is hope! BY: PRINCE ADEGOROYE, ADETUNJI OLUWABUSAYO

I hear the bird singing, I can see the moon smiling, I can see the booming of the wind, I can see the star glittering, I can see the plate dancing, While spoons and forks are clapping, All to the sweet music of life, Never cry, wipe your tears, Never loose hope, You are born to win, Never give up to challenges of life, Never relent, you surely get there, The challenges of today, Is a stepping stone to your greatness, Your stars will forever shine, Just be patient and wait for your time, Never cry again, your success is at hand! By: Prince Adetunji O. Adegoroye

How many times have we sat across our lovers on dates, and silently wondered if we should or should not be with them? I'm sure some of us must have wondered at certain times what we were doing with our significant others. It happens. Funny huh? Yeah, but that doesn't mean they are not good enough for us or anything. It's just our ever busy, ever working minds messing with our heads and filling our brains with all those Cinderella fantasies of our Prince Charming. Perhaps, he is not too handsome, but then, he is not ugly but your mind keeps showing you images of an imaginary Prince Charming; the one with the connecting beards; the tall, dark and handsome Yoruba demon. Meanwhile, this our 'Urhobo' bobo(he could be from any tribe) has not done any wrong. He is just short; remember he did not create himself. Y'all have been dating for the past five, six or so years? Aunty how come you're just disliking his short figure now all of a sudden? One player is sudde...

What's up everyone? Did anyone even miss me at all? Yeah, I know it's been a while and truth be told I miss you all. I'm sorry I haven't posted anything in a very long while, I've just been completely swamped with work. I hope you'll enjoy reading this piece from me as much as I enjoyed writing it. This write up is just from my own point of view and you're allowed to either agree or disagree. That's why I called it; Yay or Nay. I just want to discuss the issue of greeting generally and the old age syndrome among people. Before I proceed, I'd like to ask this question: Who should always do the greeting? The boss or the employee? The younger person or the older person? While I was living in Lagos and growing up in Ondo respectively, this question never came up in my mind. This is because anybody can be the first to greet anybody. It doesn't matter if you're the younger person or if you're the older person. It doesn't matter if you...