PinnedSide hustle? Product vs. service?I was chatting with an acquaintance about having a side hustle while living abroad. Like most migrants living abroad, he preferred to have a side hustle in his home country, "steady income to solve immediate problems at home," he said. I was curious to know his side hustle. So, I…Side Hustle3 min read
PinnedSokoto! Shokoto!Some years ago, my University research group decided to have a party. I volunteered to prepare Nigerian dishes, jollof rice, and pounded yam. …Nigeria3 min read
Feb 6How Game Theory made me a Scrabble champion (Part I)My Ph.D. research was based on Game theory. This is based on the fact that Game theory can be applied in almost all fields ranging from economics, agriculture, operations research, military, telecommunications, politics, etc. My Ph.D. research was creating a game theory communication protocol for a wireless IoT network. …Game Theory3 min read
Aug 9, 2021Conversation with ShoMan of my dreams — Elon Musk Sho: I am hungry. Could you make some rice for me? Oh, I see some ogbono soup. Could I eat gari, please? Who can refuse those cute cheeks? This young man loved to eat. Recently, he started enjoying Nigerian food. …Elon Musk2 min read
Jun 13, 2021Growing wiser vs. growing olderAs one grows wiser, one’s priorities changes…. My phone ringing woke me up. It was my partner curious to see my new apartment. Reluctantly, I got out of bed and showed him my unarranged apartment. I caught a glimpse of a gizmo on his wrist. ‘Oga, you have bought a…Growing Up2 min read
Mar 28, 2021Her unnatural environmentI got a bouquet as my birthday/graduation gift from my senpai two weeks ago. I do not have so much knowledge of flowers, but I could tell it was spring flowers. “Thank you so much. These are so beautiful”, I told him as he gave me the flowers. But several…Unnatural Environment2 min read
Oct 10, 2020End Police brutality in Nigeria.My name is Uwa. I am a Nigerian. I own a smartphone and a laptop. I do some gigs and get paid in dollars. Most times, I return home late at night. Sometimes, by 2 am, I go to the convenience store to buy stuff. Never have I feared the…Endsars2 min read
Oct 1, 2020No do pass yourself.No do pass yourself. One time, I was with a friend. We both walked through Ginza ( a high brow shopping area in Tokyo). While in a high-end store, he picked out a dress and said he could see his woman wearing it and holding the keys to a Benz…Tokyo Japan3 min read
Jul 24, 2020Dating a Nigerian man abroad: How to deal with money issues.Recently, a friend reached out to me with this question. “Is it true that some Nigerian guys could date a girl and try to get money from her?” I took a deep breath as I thought about the appropriate answer. In this case, Nigerian guys do not mean all Nigerian…Nigerian Man3 min read
Jul 13, 2020Past midnight.Past midnight. I can’t sleep. The eyes are weary, but the mind is alert. Processing a billion thoughts per second. One question supersedes all. Why do emotions wreck one? Till science finds an answer, I wallow in my thoughts.Emotions1 min read
