top of page
Search
Money's Vengeance & the Obi Factor
(Warning: Long article. Don't start if you're allergic to reading!) I was listening to damning economic and social statistics of Nigeria...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Aug 14, 20227 min read
The Putin in Us
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, this 69 years old babarian,...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Feb 26, 20223 min read
5 Days Already!
Well, happy new year! I earnestly wish that by the time this year ends, you'd find it a truly happy one for you. A lady standing near me...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jan 5, 20224 min read
A Day With the NRC
I'll make a confession right away. I'd never boarded a Nigerian train before. You see, when I was offered employment as a pupil engineer...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Nov 17, 20216 min read
In Pursuit of Life
"Life!" I shouted, "you're going too fast. You'll exhaust yourself too soon, and me too!" But he kept going, not listening, never looking...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Sep 28, 20212 min read
"Where Did We Get It Wrong As a Nation?"
Why do we often ask this question whenever Nigeria dismays us? It's becoming nausiating to me because I see it as a cheap escape from...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Exactly What Value Are You Adding?
I want to take you by surprise today. Tell us exactly what value you're adding. Right now. Whatever is your preoccupation, we want you to...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
May 25, 20214 min read
"She Wants to Live"
I have this little supervision project for a client in this estate, so I have to come regularly to check that lines remain lines, and...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
May 2, 20215 min read
Opening the Door for Death: Part-2
After making ourselves as comfortable as we could, I began to observe our friend closely. I have to repeat that she was remarkably fat....

Author Chris Ekpekurede
May 2, 20214 min read
Opening the Door for Death: Part-1
We got to the bus station at exactly fifteen minutes past the hour of five in the morning. Even at that hour, we met a female passenger...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Feb 21, 20212 min read
ODE TO MIKE LONGE ESQ
Damning pictures I'm looking at! I look and lo, with learned skill, the Undertakers undertake to lower the coffin in the grave. In that...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Worship for a Timeless God
Despite everything 2020 has thrown at us, see how God has led us! Come on, let us worship Him! You see, because worship captures the...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Dec 22, 20206 min read
Another Life? Really?
I like funerals. They sober me up! They always offer an opportunity for me to reflect on what exactly I'm doing in this earthly realm we...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Dec 16, 20203 min read
On the Reading Palaver
The driver behind me honked his horn rather impatiently. I was moving at a good speed. Why was he honking? I decided to ignore him....

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Dec 10, 20204 min read
TRUMPISM: LESSONS FOR NIGERIA
The world's most consequential political transition is spewing hotness like an angry volcano. Winners and losers alike are dazed, to put...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Nov 8, 20206 min read
Our Dirty Little Circle
The signs are all there. These times trouble the conscience of our nation, a nation so at peace with its self-destruct ways it has for...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Oct 19, 20206 min read
9 Months of Silence. Boy!
This morning I almost fell into a trap--the Zacharias trap. I knew it; I saw it; then I quickly ran for my dear life! God can be...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Dino Melaye: A New Name for Indiscipline?
There is an inciting video trending in the social media of a personal mansion that belongs to Mr Dino Melaye, a former Nigerian senator....

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Sep 10, 20203 min read
All Fingers Are Not Equal
For your consolation let me begin by saying that this statement is true! But the unequalness of the fingers is for the benefit of the...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Aug 23, 20205 min read
Sudden Disappearance and a Mystery Bridge
Nene and Titi had gone to farm when Uncle Iyeke and his wife returned from a routine rubber-tapping chore. They proceeded to the kitchen...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Aug 12, 20204 min read
bottom of page