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13 Lessons From My Rooftop: Part-4
Matters with Bathsheba and Uriah were finally settled, and I could give my full attention again to the affairs of the nation. Well, so I...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jul 23, 20206 min read
13 Lessons From My Rooftop: Part-3
Learning that Bathsheba had gone to bed with me out of fear and a sense of loyalty, rather than a mutual desire, hurt my ego badly. She...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jul 15, 20208 min read
13 Lessons From My Rooftop: Part-2
(Warning: This article is deliberately long to keep out lazy readers!) This late afternoon, the happy memories of Goliath could hardly...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jul 2, 202013 min read
13 Lessons From My Rooftop: Part-1
There could never have been a better day than this to justify my self-imposed retirement from the nation's active warmongering. The news...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jun 24, 20204 min read
Me and My Television
The LG television in my living room must remain where I've placed it. It must switch on when I want it to, and switch off when I want it...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jun 12, 20203 min read
When Sickness Came Preaching
God had been calling out to me but I always found a way to ignore Him. What did I need His attention for? I was doing well; life was so...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jun 6, 20203 min read
Have You Fallen?
Failure at something can sometimes be canvassed as an excuse to not try or aspire any longer. It is certainly tempting to do so. After...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
May 25, 20205 min read
COVID-19 PROPHECIES
I know what you're thinking right now. Chris wants to bore us with a tally of the numerous prophecies about the coronavirus outbreak that...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Apr 30, 20204 min read
Lockdown Blues-2
It is only 9 o'clock in the morning and the sun has begun its daily run from the east. Amusa walks into the gathering where five comrades...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Apr 20, 20204 min read
Lockdown Blues-1
I'm perched on a sofa and looking at the TV, completely naked, except for a pair of boxers because it is hot. These days I only look at...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Apr 15, 20204 min read
"If I Be Father, Where is Mine Honour?"
I have two earthly fathers. I do not refer to spiritual fathers. I refer to fathers with whom I have a biological relationship. My first...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Mar 30, 20206 min read
Get Out Of The Planning Trap
What is planning? It is laying out a strategy for taking a specific action. Planning is a good and necessary first step to taking action....

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Feb 24, 20202 min read
A Worm Out of the Bucket
I rolled on my side on the bed to peek at the time. It was twenty-five minutes past seven. “Wake up,” I said to my wife and tapped her. I...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Feb 13, 20205 min read
Solomon's Burden
Solomon was David’s son. Who else, if you ask me? Because in the matter concerning women he out-did his father many times over, setting a...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jan 25, 20206 min read
Between a Book and Meatpie
“I was at the Shoprite shopping mall at Ikeja, Lagos and couldn't help but notice that only my daughters and me were at the bookshop to...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jan 16, 20204 min read
Christmas in Nene's House
Nene, my paternal grandmother, spoilt us with coconut rice. It was her Christmas delicacy. Coconut rice with canned Geisha sat very well...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jan 8, 20204 min read
Learning to Call Her 'Sweetheart'
"Engineer Chris (he never calls my name without that appendage), I congratulate you and your wife on this beautiful achievement (we were...

Author Chris Ekpekurede
Jan 8, 20204 min read
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