I looked at T, the young man who has been helping me with my hair loss treatment at the gentle touch office for some weeks now. He was standing behind me but I could see us both in the mirror. I had anxiously asked him if there were any signs of improvement as he assessed my hair. “What happened to your hair happened gradually and over time. You also have to give it time to …
Long ago, functional elevators were not common place in Nigeria and yet we had ten-twenty storey buildings. If you had business on the 10th floor . . . most people want to do business with the folk on the upper floors; better still, our desire is to occupy the uppermost floors . . . The first few steps are easily taken in stride – move rapidly without missing a beat, skip sprightly over two-three steps …
Now there was a certain king of great authority who commanded the worlds. In one of his domains, an insurgent group arose. Their mission was to destroy the works of the king through every means possible. The ultimate target was the crown prince. The prime strategy was to the prince about his true paternity. If the prince doubted his paternity, he would desert the path of kingship. Then, there would be no heir to the …
From the days of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, God had exalted man to a position above all other created kinds. Rising to the occasion, man has come a long way; having evolved numerous innovations in sports and recreation, science and art. Man has done great exploits in every area conceivable. Man is so like His maker in many ways. Several pairs of eyes above stared at several pairs of eyes below. …
Like every li’l girl (and lad), I was fascinated with mirrors. Bathroom mirrors, wall mirrors, cameras, binoculars, telescopes, magnifying glass, puddles, sunglasses, windows; basically any light reflecting surface or image capturing apparatus was enchanting.
