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  Sissy Lizzy’s Delicacy (SLD) Presents today: BEANS? LIKE SERIOUSLY BEANS?! As I pulled into Ajao Estate Junction, so tired and worn, my phone rang and holding unto the steering with one hand, I picked it up. It was my husband. My heart missed a bit then. Chei..the Fufu! He had called me while at […]

OUR YAMS WILL BE BACK! Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle MR FIRE: Hohoho….huhuhu…phiam!….bloooo….shiuuuu (It keeps raging) LIZZY: This is someone’s farm you are burning Mr. Fire. Its his source of livelihood (Frowns and looks shocked) MR FIRE: What is your business? (Breathes fierily) Ma fi lo mi n da si! See, I have power! Like […]

  Oh ye Matchmakers and the Matchmakees…. Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle —— Like Mama alakara, you sit near your big aperin pot frying some well peppered Akara balls. “Come and buy, fresh Akara is ready” You call to the workers near by. Famished indeed, one scurries to your side. “Mama, I want some balls” […]

THE REAL MAN Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle Mum: (Looks aghast) Come over here Richards. What did you say you did to her again? (arms akimbo) Tell me one more time. Richards: I hit her mum. A jab in her tummy, one below her butt, the last in her chest. I should have added one […]

THE MAN IN THE MIRROR   FRANCIS: Do you know what you look like Sarah? (Pauses and shakes his head as he wipes his face with a hanky) You look big like a pig, black like gutter water and your nose looks like a piece of burnt carrot. Has anyone told you before? This big […]

TALITHA CUMI! (THE POSTLUDE) Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle   I knocked for the umpteenth time!   “Bowen, please come have your food. It’s 6pm already and you have not eaten for two days” I called out again anxiously.   “Don’t worry ma. I will be fine. I am fine” He replied from inside the […]

  TALITHA CUMI EPISODE 10 Written By: Lizzy Oyebola Oyekunle    Someone was sobbing.   I was so sure that I heard someone sniffing wetly from inside when I entered the house but I met my husband working on his computer system, Andrew was having a nap and Talitha was knitting a baby cap.   […]

A HOT LESSON Written By: Esther Ibukunoluwa Oyekunle What a day! We were all outside, waiting to know whose turn was next. A few minutes later, one of the lecturers came and called the next name Oyekunle Esther! My heart skipped a beat. Hearing my name sent shivers down my spine. I decided to comport […]

Lets have a recap of what we had in the previous episode before launching into the deep!…Lol. And we have just an episode to go. I am grateful for the many lessons we have shared with one another since the inception of this series. Sorry this is coming late again. It is the evident result […]

THE VOICE OF FAITH Story story!! Story! There is an online christian ladies group called The Babes of Unique Dynamite Family on Facebook and WhatsApp. In January, the group of ladies set out to write, produce and shoot a movie titled ‘The Voice of Faith’ The movie is majorly about a newly wedded couple.   […]