My sister’s jollof experiment

My immediate younger sister learnt how to cook before everybody. Of course, she is the “Ada” of the house so this isn’t news. Where I’m from, being the “Ada of the house” is quite significant. The “Ada of the house” is the firstborn daughter of the house. She is respected and almost worshipped as the

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Like jesus, you need a cult following

You might not like or believe in the Nazarene and that is totally fine, But one thing you can’t take away from that son of a carpenter is… Dude is freaking famous. And nope, I’m not his favorite fanboy so I’m telling you this from an unbiased point of view. When historians rate the most

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My biggest mistake as an email copywriter, a sin close to fornication

, I don’t know if you’re familiar with the words “email copywriter” They’re simply professionals who have a list of people they write to often and these professionals try to help these people solve a particular problem they have every now and then. If you’re reading this letter you’re part of my “list of people”. You

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My dad died in my junior school

Ever since he died, I have felt this inner urge to step up… To be responsible. There was no other man in the house. It was mama, my four sisters and me. My mother was working for a private hospital where she was paid just less than 6 figures (naira) monthly. It was never easy. We

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Thirst traps & 52000 dollars

He reached out to me out of the blues He was terrified and begged me to give him a listening ear His question was simple, “What should I do a client just paid me $1500 and I’m just blank??” This is what I told him that helped him beat the client’s control by 120% and

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You take it for granted because it’s free

My mother will always say, “I plan months ahead, I’m a risk averter” It was all about her medical profession and monthly salary. The salary wasn’t much but it was ‘just enough’. She used it to train us through school as a single parent and that woman is a goddamn superhero. This is why our

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Access revoked with all due respect

DEADLINE… FINAL NOTICE… ACCESS REVOKED No, this is not Frank Kern’s mail… Lol. Yesterday I made a tweet that set the whole of Africa Money Twitter ablaze. I’m usually an opinionated fellow and it sometimes gets me in ‘trouble’ but every time, I don’t care about the ripple effect. Do you want to see the tweet

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Businesses lose thousands of dollars because of this

I was reviewing copy yesterday for some of my students and there is a simple lesson that I want you to hold on to. You see this is 2022 and people are really distracted. Tik Tok, WhatsApp, Bitcoin halving, Football, Celebrity gossip… Just name it. Information flies around so easily these days and people love

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You will keep working till you retire and die?

I come from a family of civil servants and 9 to 5ers My grandfather was a Civil Engineer My grandmother, a Principal My mother, a Medical Doctor And I’ll tell you any day for FREE All a 9 to 5 will ever do for you is give you a mediocre live If you want more

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