Spheres News (2024)

28/03/2024

Featured Image: Bing Twelve months ago, I was in a terrible place! Now read the previous sentence again and jump this before going to the next. The days leading to my birthday were dark. I was sad, I was angry, felt every possible negative emotion. Anyone who has gone through or is going through that evil thing called depression may tell me how close I was to it....

Featured Image: Bing Twelve months ago, I was in a terrible place! Now read the previous sentence again and jump this before going to the next. The days leading to my birthday were dark. I was sad,…

27/03/2024

In my short years of living, the importance of family to my growth and development cannot be overemphasized. It is with a sense of pride that I say to anyone who cares that I come from a close-knit family. Right from the nuclear family where we all carry one another’s burdens and celebrate our wins together, to the extended side which includes both my paternal and maternal relatives, it is a unit anyone would be proud of....

In my short years of living, the importance of family to my growth and development cannot be overemphasized. It is with a sense of pride that I say to anyone who cares that I come from a close-knit…

26/03/2024

Writing today was supposed to be in a totally different direction, but here we are, taking another route. Today was a day that started very well and went ‘very well’. You know one of those days when it just looks as if you have been chosen to enjoy the day’s stress. I would normally have finished today’s post before this time but the day used me big time....

Writing today was supposed to be in a totally different direction, but here we are, taking another route. Today was a day that started very well and went ‘very well’. You know one of those days whe…

25/03/2024

Sitting today, my mind raced back to mid-2002 which was officially the first year of uni. I call it the first year because we had previously gone through the famed Pre-Degree Science Programme at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). That academic programme was a foundational one through which aspiring students gained admission at the time. It was a way of bypassing the Almighty Unified Matriculation Examination (UME), now known as UTME, and it helped many of us give the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) the middle finger back then....

Sitting today, my mind raced back to mid-2002 which was officially the first year of uni. I call it the first year because we had previously gone through the famed Pre-Degree Science Programme at L…

24/03/2024

Featured Image: Bing Today, my Facebook brought me the memory of writing a tribute to one of my father figures. It made me mourn afresh for this wonderful soul, one of those who encouraged me with words and actions. It further brought memories about people, both living and ‘living’ whose words and deeds continue to reverberate and urge me on....

Featured Image: Bing Today, my Facebook brought me the memory of writing a tribute to one of my father figures. It made me mourn afresh for this wonderful soul, one of those who encouraged me with …

23/03/2024

Featured Image: Ablad and Vero Remember, Saturdays are for owambes, especially weddings. It is only fitting that we toast to the weekend by reminiscing on weddings and the thing with bridal trains which brought about me engaging in some Groomsmen and Best Man duties. In fact, this is what set the tone for my (unfinished) web series which I titled Best Man Duty....

Featured Image: Ablad and Vero Remember, Saturdays are for owambes, especially weddings. It is only fitting that we toast to the weekend by reminiscing on weddings and the thing with bridal trains …

22/03/2024

The five pens we called B.B1 changed name to Broiler Unit 6. All of us who were shipped to the Broiler department approached that stage with uncertainty. This was due to the major fact that we were coming from a place where we were given rest of mind to get our ‘hard’ tasks done to another place where they carried simple work as if it was more than that....

The five pens we called B.B1 changed name to Broiler Unit 6. All of us who were shipped to the Broiler department approached that stage with uncertainty. This was due to the major fact that we were…

21/03/2024

Featured Image: Farmers Academy Work started again after the boys were cleared. As previously noted, it felt like a Tsunami but life had to go on. There is this spot along Seven-Up Road in Oluyole Estate, for those familiar with Ibadan, the city where I have lived most of my years. This was the spot where my life flashed before my eyes sometime in October 2014....

Featured Image: Farmers Academy Work started again after the boys were cleared. As previously noted, it felt like a Tsunami but life had to go on. There is this spot along Seven-Up Road in Oluyole …

20/03/2024

Featured Image: India Mart When I always talk about my opinion that no one human being is self-made, it is because I am sure someone might have put in a word for another person at one time or the other. This is why I remain eternally grateful to Baba and Mama Adegboyega for making that call to Uncle Soji Arimoro in February 2010....

Featured Image: India Mart When I always talk about my opinion that no one human being is self-made, it is because I am sure someone might have put in a word for another person at one time or the o…

19/03/2024

Featured Image: E.O.B in Ibadan these days is a popular OAP with one of the city's radio stations. E.O.B for me in 2009 was Emu-Ostrich-Beijing Duck, the department where I was posted to at Obasanjo Farms for my two-week training. The last question I was asked during the oral interview was about flightless birds. My arrival at E.O.B Owiwi that Monday morning finally made me understand why Mr....

Featured Image: E.O.B in Ibadan these days is a popular OAP with one of the city’s radio stations. E.O.B for me in 2009 was Emu-Ostrich-Beijing Duck, the department where I was posted to at O…

18/03/2024

Many of us end national service in Nigeria unsure of what the next phase holds. Some get promised jobs that they only get in their dreams; some others actually get these roles. Some have it smooth and easy; some have it very rough and tough. Just like our five unequal fingers, life dishes different strokes to different folks. I hear some people say they become depressed after finishing NYSC....

Many of us end national service in Nigeria unsure of what the next phase holds. Some get promised jobs that they only get in their dreams; some others actually get these roles. Some have it smooth …

17/03/2024

Like all things in life, everything has an end. Before I could blink, eleven months were complete and it was time to wind things up. First, we needed to go to Jalingo for our low-key Passing Out Parade and the challenge was where to pass the night as I was no fan of staying in NCCF Family Houses despite holding a key post at the zonal level....

Like all things in life, everything has an end. Before I could blink, eleven months were complete and it was time to wind things up. First, we needed to go to Jalingo for our low-key Passing Out Pa…

16/03/2024

As Lanre and the other Batch A guys were leaving, new guys were needed to keep the Christian Corpers Fellowship going. Being in Kwambai meant I was mostly not attending the fellowship at any given time so getting invited on the Wednesday afternoon by Tall Lanre (as we called Lanre Amoo) did not mean anything to me. Little did I know that my plans to just ‘do my thing’ and not get too attached to any activity had been thrown out of the window....

As Lanre and the other Batch A guys were leaving, new guys were needed to keep the Christian Corpers Fellowship going. Being in Kwambai meant I was mostly not attending the fellowship at any given …

15/03/2024

A short trip back home to refresh and get set for the real service year got me prepared for village life in Kwambai. My return trip was much better than the journey back home where we passed the night in Gboko, and while looking for a hotel, me and my people ended up in a brothel. How this happened was that two of us went to look for the park where we will take Ibadan or Lagos bus while the others waited to get us a place to lay our heads....

A short trip back home to refresh and get set for the real service year got me prepared for village life in Kwambai. My return trip was much better than the journey back home where we passed the ni…

15/03/2024

Takum is the home town of Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff and 2-I-C to General Olusegun Obasanjo. Takum was where I was posted after 21 Days in Jalingo. As I held my posting letter, I remembered the woman I met in the bus when I just got my call-up letter. It began to make sense to me why I was not so keen on relocating, why I did not pressure Tunde Akogun or any other person I was told to reach for my relocation (or redeployment, as Corpers preferred to call it)....

Takum is the home town of Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff and 2-I-C to General Olusegun Obasanjo. Takum was where I was posted after 21 Days in Jalingo. As I held my…

13/03/2024

Hello dear reader. Hope you’re enjoying the . I will appreciate feedbacks on your thoughts. I honestly cannot believe I have done this for thirteen days at a stretch. I set out to do it to stimulate my mind and get writing again. I write for pleasure and because it comes very easily, then I write to earn money. Read the last sentence again please – money is important, and oils the wheel of writing....

Hello dear reader. Hope you’re enjoying the . I will appreciate feedbacks on your thoughts. I honestly cannot believe I have done this for thirteen days at a stretch. I set ou…

12/03/2024

Featured Image: www.punchng.com Having made peace with the fact that I had been posted to Taraba state, I made plans for Jalingo, bought stuff and ensured that I had only one box and my side bag. Many of those heading in that direction did not know how to move. We were hearing different opinions and consulting the Nigerian map to see states that were closer to Jalingo....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/from-taraba-with-love-road-to-jalingo/

Featured Image: www.punchng.com Having made peace with the fact that I had been posted to Taraba state, I made plans for Jalingo, bought stuff and ensured that I had only one box and my side bag. M…

11/03/2024

Day 11, and I start memoirs from my sojourn in Taraba state of Nigeria for my one year mandatory Youth service. It'll run for the most part of the week.
Read and Enjoy FROM TARABA WITH LOVE - The Posting via https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/11/from-taraba-with-love-the-posting/

Hi everyone. Trust its been a fine day in my part of the world, and the day is going fine is other parts. I appreciate the feedbacks I have been receiving since this journey started 11 days ago. I …

11/03/2024

Hi everyone. Trust its been a fine day in my part of the world, and the day is going fine is other parts. I appreciate the feedbacks I have been receiving since this journey started 11 days ago. I start a semi-serial in this blogathon today. Like I always say, I write impulsively so it could be just three parts or could stretch up to five parts depending on how the ink flows....

Hi everyone. Trust its been a fine day in my part of the world, and the day is going fine is other parts. I appreciate the feedbacks I have been receiving since this journey started 11 days ago. I …

10/03/2024

Day 10, and its for the Mothers. Please read and enjoy APPRECIATING OUR MOTHERS via
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Featured Image: www.actionagainsthunger.com WE celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday and I wrote Hello Dear Woman. Today is for Mothers, the ones in whose inner recesses we all spent the f…

10/03/2024

Featured Image: www.actionagainsthunger.com WE celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday and I wrote Hello Dear Woman. Today is for Mothers, the ones in whose inner recesses we all spent the first nine months of our existence before we started counting our lives in terms of calendar months and years. Today, we have celebrated Mothers and the phenomenon called motherhood across our various worship centres....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/appreciating-our-mothers/

Featured Image: www.actionagainsthunger.com WE celebrated International Women’s Day on Friday and I wrote Hello Dear Woman. Today is for Mothers, the ones in whose inner recesses we all spent the f…

09/03/2024

Featured Image: Arsenal.com Some Saturdays are for owambes. Many Saturdays are for football, or soccer, like my American friends love to call the round leather game. Football first became a thing for me in 1992. We were still growing and Sango was still the ever bubbling community for us. As I sit and type, memories of how my guy, Ayo Metibaiye, now a renown Engineer, used to run commentaries back them come rushing back to consciousness....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/my-love-affair-with-football-and-the-arsenal/

Featured Image: Arsenal.com Some Saturdays are for owambes. Many Saturdays are for football, or soccer, like my American friends love to call the round leather game. Football first became a thing f…

08/03/2024

Today’s post is dedicated to Yejide Osiberu, the one many know as Woman of Substance, the brain behind WOS Network. The good Lord bless you, keep you and make you fulfilled in all that you do. Cheers dear friend. Featured Image: Yejide Osiberu Hey you amazing daughter of Mother Eve, it’s the day the world celebrates you every year. Indeed you deserve to be celebrated on a regular basis and the world has found a way to make many days your day....

Today’s post is dedicated to Yejide Osiberu, the one many know as Woman of Substance, the brain behind WOS Network. The good Lord bless you, keep you and make you fulfilled in all that you do. Chee…

07/03/2024

Featured Image: www.ivypanda.com Our chat yesterday took its origin from the Biblical account of creation, how God made man, as well as how He gave man a partner. The piece ultimately zeroed in on how we all need ourselves. This feels like me giving a revision in a class 😊. Today is Day 7! According to the Biblical story of creation, God rested on the seventh day....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/07/rest/

Featured Image: www.ivypanda.com Our chat yesterday took its origin from the Biblical account of creation, how God made man, as well as how He gave man a partner. The piece ultimately zeroed in on …

06/03/2024

Featured Image: www.dhurd.com God created man on the sixth day. That is what we read in The Bible growing up, and that has been a truth those of us who are Church boys/girls have held close. It is our truth that nothing can compete with no matter the ‘wokeness’ that sees us trying to be logical. That is not to say there are no other accounts of creation....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/06/man-humans-and-relationships/

Featured Image: www.dhurd.com God created man on the sixth day. That is what we read in The Bible growing up, and that has been a truth those of us who are Church boys/girls have held close. It is …

05/03/2024

Day 5...and we are here!
SOCIAL MEDIA, TIMING AND 'NOT GREEING'
https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/05/social-media-timing-and-not-greeing/

Featured Image: Terawork Today, its more like a reflective post for me. No regrets, just reflections. And while it may look like I’m in a para mode, rambling and what have you, it is just me reflec…

05/03/2024

Featured Image: Terawork Today, its more like a reflective post for me. No regrets, just reflections. And while it may look like I’m in a para mode, rambling and what have you, it is just me reflecting on how the years seem to have flown by very quickly. Some weeks ago, I took a look at my blog and saw the plenty things that has been done since I started putting my writings on there....

Featured Image: Terawork Today, its more like a reflective post for me. No regrets, just reflections. And while it may look like I’m in a para mode, rambling and what have you, it is just me reflec…

04/03/2024

The first thing that comes to mind on the fourth day of the third month every year is that it is my cousin’s birthday. Do I have any excuses for that? NO! This is because for as long as I have known, March the 4th is synonymous with this cousin who was my first best pal. I have mentioned her already in my first post of this ‘blogathon’ – …...

The first thing that comes to mind on the fourth day of the third month every year is that it is my cousin’s birthday. Do I have any excuses for that? NO! This is because for as long as I have know…

03/03/2024

Featured Image: www.Baamboozle.com Welcome on here for the third day in my writing marathon. It is actually a big deal for me because, well because it is. For all the ‘madness’ that I have done with my writings for more than a decade, this latest endeavor is a new thing. So as much as some folks wonder what the motive for this is, I am fully focused on having a sense of accomplishment with this challenge....

https://oscarpoems.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/facts-opinions-and-the-rest-of-us/

Featured Image: www.Baamboozle.com Welcome on here for the third day in my writing marathon. It is actually a big deal for me because, well because it is. For all the ‘madness’ that I have done wit…

02/03/2024

Some days ago, Dad asked of an acquaintance from me. I smiled and told my old Papa youngy that its been a while I heard from the person. We got talking as we usually do whenever we have the opportunity. He said it was a shame that relationships hardly last these days. "Baba, it is what it is. I have come to understand that not all relationships last till the end of time," I started....

Some days ago, Dad asked of an acquaintance from me. I smiled and told my old Papa youngy that its been a while I heard from the person. We got talking as we usually do whenever we have the opportu…

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