Obinna Strange

You’ll Give a Nigerian tailor a material in 1967 and say to him/her ‘abeg oh I go use am for 2015, shey e go don ready by then’ To which they’ll reply ‘ah ah oga! Why you dey talk like this. 2015 still far na. me? Tailor swift? Oga come by 12 midnight for 1914 e go don ready. I go do correct throw back Thursday for you. No worry.’ And you know how the story goes. It is 2017 and you’re yet to get that cloth, generations after generations. Some Nigerian tailors are wonderful people I swear. It usually starts with a friend recommending one very sweet, nice and sharp tailor for you. ‘see stevo! If that guy sew cloth for you ehn you go dey over sharp. No near people o because you go dey cut dem like razor blade. Abeg oh! I don tell you oh, I no sabi write statement for station oh’ and with that you’re sold. You realize your calling in life is to slay; to cut people so deeply with your wears that they’ll be bleeding with admiration. You seek out this tailor. At first, you’ll give hi...

Apostate The last time i checked, people who believe that a virgin gave birth to a god were just mocking those who believe that they will be given 70 virgins if they died for a holy cause.  I don't believe either nor hold any claim of 'supernatural truths'. Yet, my humble position have attracted ridicule, in the guise of bogus questions, from 'skeptics' who never believe that someone can live without recourse or reverence to at least one supernatural entity. Most often, such questions directed to me have unverifiable answers like; Who 'created' everything, Where would you spend your 'eternity', What 'controls' everything? As if my agnostic position implies omniscience. Scot Adams in his book 'the god debris' said you can only know if people really believe, by looking at their lifestyle and not by what they profess. To that end, i 'respect' religious suicide bombers who will give up life's greatest gift (life itself...

MARRIED MEN AND THE COOKIE JAR "All men have the tendency to cheat". This theory has been proven countless times. Most times I wonder why even after trying several jars and finally deciding to settle down to one jar and take vows (which are just mere say to many) to remain loyal and faithful, they still end up trying other jars. The rhetoric "Don't these men ever get satisfied?" Comes to mind I was oportuned to speak to a "runs girl", who is very much proud of her trade. She said she prefers the married guys to the single guys (trust me I was shocked and almost soiled myself). She told me the married guys have one similar manner if approached. Her words; "they tell you their friendship(oh! Yes they call having a sex partner- friendship) with you doesn't entail sex only". They try to prove how self willed and in control they are by going the extra mile to say it doesn't change a thing if the girl is stripped naked. Whether or not...

Error File I do not understand, never did and never knew Why things you never wanted always found their way into your life with amazing directions and arrived not a second more and not a second less Was it part of the the creator's plan or was it some sort of cosmic creature  who took delight in sending the things that you never planned for at moments you didn't want them. At birth, I had a programme file I was meant to follow. I think Religion was that file, only two things mattered, My Creator and My happiness if it did not interfere with that of others. Growing up, I had to combine my programme file with a system file. This file had the sum total of every single thing I ever loved and every single thing I ever hoped or aspired to be. It contained every single detail of my life .   Presently, I have an error file. I don't think it was meant to be created. I lived by the books, no deviations, too many restrictions, the perfect child and no matter the angle peop...