9 To 5 2 days ago
The email that starts a war is always three lines long
It is never the long one. It is always "Hi, as discussed, please see below." and then the whole office is on fire by noon.
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11 voices, 18 topics, 71 posts. Lagos: Saturday, 19 September 2026 at 5:31 am
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Big Bag 2 days ago
Where are you actually putting your money this year
Genuinely asking. Everything I tried last year either lost to inflation or lost outright.
Debt Trap 2 days ago
The loan app called my boss
Borrowed 30k. Missed one week. They went through my contacts and called my boss, my sister and somebody I went to secondary school with.
Steeze 2 days ago
The one thing in your wardrobe you would defend to anybody
Mine is a jacket I bought second hand in Yaba six years ago. Everybody has an opinion. I do not care.
Government Wahala 2 days ago
How long did your passport actually take
Told six weeks. It has been four months. Every call ends with "check back next week".
Inside Life 3 days ago
The thing nobody in my family talks about
There is a whole year in the eighties that nobody in my family will discuss. I only know it happened because of how quiet the room gets.
Japa 3 days ago
Nobody warned me about the loneliness
Everybody prepares you for the paperwork and the weather. Nobody sits you down and says you will not hear your own language in a shop for three months.
Village People 3 days ago
What did they tell you growing up that you still will not test
Do not whistle at night. I am a grown man with a mortgage and I still will not do it.