Renegadetalks

Death in Paradise. Jarvis spotted his target the moment he stepped into the lodge, Afterall it wasn't so much of a task to locate an old man residing in the same lodge with University students. Even if he wasn't sure, the round "Awolowo " spectacles resting gracefully on the nose of his target was unmistakable from the picture the Chief had sent him. The instruction from the Chief had been quite simple over the phone, "Find your target and exterminate him... 1.5 million Naira will be yours". Even if he had questions, the thought of the numerous problems the money wouldn't solve for him quickly shut him up. He glanced once more at the picture of his target . His name was David Okafor, a 66 year old freelance journalist working with Sun Newspapers. Recently, his article on the murder of a popular Journalist , Remi Balogun suspectedly by a prominent politician had been published and from the ongoing story, it appeared he knew too much and he wasn't read...

COVID-19: What Next? Our problems actually began on the 27th day of March 2020 when an Italian citizen in Lagos tested positive to Corona virus in Lagos.  Since then, the COVID 19 has turned out to be a catastrophic disaster not only in Nigeria but globally. It has resulted in sad and unfortunate deaths. People not only in Nigeria but all over the world are dying daily , fighting invisible enemy In our country, just like in other countries ,it is incontrovertible that the disease has not only brought into light our  errors ,it has also resounded the need to free our people from the shackles of poverty,restructure our economy, improve the standard of living of our people and above all, radically revamp the weak health sector. Nevertheless,it is a clarion call for us and an opportunity to set things straight in many ways for our own good.  The lessons to be learnt from this pandemic are too many but this essay narrows it down to the health sector which is unarguably the mos...

Dangerous men are coming!! The Priest that taught us French was a renaissance man.       His classes were pretty much the same story; The fast flipping of the "Ony va" and Harraps French dictionary to find words, the ossuary-esque silence, hearts beating wildly, helpless and tender voices asking their neighbors "ima ya"? ..do you know the answer?, the conjugation and translation questions we had no answer to😂 ,the  call for the canes and the unheard prayers to Fortuna ,the god of luck. There were many theories on how to avoid his unanswerable questions; Some said it was maintaining 100% eye contact with him...i tried that shit and it ended in tears. Another school of thought suggested staying at the back of the class, but distance was never barrier to the markers he threw. Some others suggested zero eye contact some even suggested being in the front seat and cleaning the board for him, but none really worked😫. That morning, he breezed into the class, his perfu...