Musings
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Danfo Diaries – 28.05.2025 (Naked bumbum special)
I saw a naked man today, under the bridge on Gbagada Expressway. Bare, brown, hard butt, bathing in the full glare of the morning sun. Not a care in the world.
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Are We Living or Just Performing for the Camera?
This is not new. People go to the cinema and spend half of the time sending streaks of most of the movie to their streak list. People go bowling and would rather record angles and videos to share l...
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The ‘’Abeg’’ Mentality and Nigeria’s Culture of No Consequence
Nigerians believe “sorry” should suffice when it is uttered. Someone’s kid could be killed and the family of the perpetrator, or an oversabi uncle or aunty in the neighbourhood, would expect the vi...
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One Day It Will Make Sense
It was when I got home that it all dawned on me. They could have jazzed me and stolen my breasts while I was busy muttering “amen, amen” to his prayers. But I was looking for money, like millions o...
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The Art of Ass Licking also known as Famzing one’s Way to The Top
Slurping expensive shit, just so that one day, someone will go down and do the same for them, stick their tongues up their own asses and bring them to earth-shuddering euphoria from “egorgasm” with...
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Danfo Diaries – 08.04.2025
Some passengers shouted from the back, asking for their change. The driver yelled back, telling them to shut up and let the conductor do his job without distraction. Another passenger shouted back,...
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From FUPA to Abs: A Hilarious Relatable Gym Experience
You would think that someone like me, who sometimes has to chase after danfo like Arjun chasing after Priya in an Indian love story, would be fit. You would think the incessant trekking from one en...
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Danfo Diaries – 18.03.2025
Today, I priced my colleague’s 2009 Toyota and asked if he wanted to sell. He asked for 5.5 million naira. I told him not to bother. I trekked to the bus stop to board a bus home as he sped off ...
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The Many Sheges of House-hunting in Lagos
I met another agent on PropertyPro who uploaded cozy photos of apartments in Palmgrove and Ilupeju. I was sold and immediately paid the ₦10k he also charged, tell me why we ended up in a rowdy neig...
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From Natasha Akpoti to Sophia Egbueje: The Many Layers of Misogny
In fact, some of these women could have also been victims of sexual harassment and various forms of misogyny in politics. They may be attacking Natasha Akpoti because, in their minds, “Why does she...
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Maradona and Nigeria’s Never-Ending Dance of Despair and Deception
If Nigeria were a person, it would be a patient with Complex PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, and Dissociative Identity Disorder—constantly fluctuating between moments of hope and deep despair, stuck in cyc...
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Unmute Yourself: Speak, Take Up Space and Disrupt
We have adults who are emotionally stunted and function abysmally because their essence was smothered by the very people who should have nurtured it. It’s unfair and sad that speaking up and sharin...
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Stupid Problems: The Everday Struggles That Hold Nigerians Back
To be Nigerian is to take abuse in stride. The way you shrug off the biting, spicy backhand from your grandmother as she admonishes you for some misdemeanor is the same way you have to accept Niger...
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When did Ready-To-Wear Fashion in Nigeria become a Luxury Scam?
Tell me why an Adekemi boubou is 500k naira? You are telling me the duchess silk that looks like what I can easily get for 500k naira? No intricate design, no special beading, but 500k naira becaus...
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Rediscovery: A Reflection on Blogging, Growth, and Self-Betrayal
I got angry at myself for not hitting the milestones I had set. Little did I know that life eventually rewards—either with time or not. And that’s okay. But I kept wondering why everything was taki...
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aothar is a Nigerian woman with a flair for words laced with humour and wit. She finds joy sharing her opinions on social issues and creating her own fantasy word where you can escape with her to through her stories. Kaothar would love to travel to the moon one day.