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CONFORMITY SUFFOCATES ME
My whole life, I learnt to follow the norm, do everything like everyone else was doing, that is the standard, even when some things made absolutely no sense to me. It has made me question my own knowledge, my self-esteem, my abilities, everything. On August 2, 2024, after years of self-doubt, I was diagnosed. Since… Continue reading
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I started writing a song about this time last year. I never was able to summon the motivation to finish it. Every time l manage to sit down to write, l’d cancel almost everything l’d written before and start all over because the previous one would suddenly seem lame to me. 1 kept updating the… Continue reading
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Finding the courage to stand in my truth, even when others don’t see the struggle behind it.
I have felt isolated for the best part of 2 years now even in the midst of family and friends. Many of you have this notion that, since l was able to cope fine with undiagnosed neurodivergence for the first 33 years of my life, why am 1 suddenly making a big fuss about it… Continue reading
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YOU WON’T WIN AGAINST A MINIMALIST.
About this time last year, an oyibo colleague tried to convince me to go get a tattoo. Apparently he’s been thinking of getting tattoos himself for years but either kept procrastinating or never found the courage to actually get it over with, So he needed a wing man, a source of encouragement 😅 He, and… Continue reading
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You are not a good person, you are just a person
Nigerians have a special talent of skipping humanity lessons and jumping straight into spiritual convocation. When Jesus said “No one comes to the Father except through me” I am positive that “me” in this context is like a way of living. I think it is like a moral compass, The hard choice, The quiet integrity… Continue reading
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Reforming Nigeria’s Education System: Beyond Certificates Toward Critical Thinking and Civic Responsibility
Abstract Nigeria’s education system has long prioritised certificate acquisition over intellectual development. Students are rewarded for memorisation, regurgitation of lecture notes, and examination performance, while deeper cognitive skills such as critical thinking, conceptual reasoning, and ethical judgment remain underdeveloped. This has produced a generation of graduates who may read and write but lack the intellectual… Continue reading
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BOYS ARE ALLOWED TO PUNCH!
Not Wealth, money, attention, not even contentment is a cure for poverty. If they were, the Kardashians wouldn’t still be working so hard. I am a feminist and boy! What a past couple of days it has been for us. Because, tell me, how do you begin to explain to a girl child that Charisma,… Continue reading
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The Cost of Forcing Neurodivergent Minds into Linear Systems
Preparing for yet another long term sickness meeting and I am just here imagining how my life spiralled down so fast. I hope for the best, but preparing my mind for the worst. I have had the unfortunate pleasure of attending a couple since August last year and I kid you not, these meetings are… Continue reading
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Mr Consistency
Do the little things-consistently My colleague once asked why I have a picture of Frank Lampard on my desk in the office. Unlike other people who prefer to frame their favourite moments/people or pets on their side, I chose to have this man framed, both at home and in the office instead. My wife never… Continue reading
DIVERGENT CORNER 