Tag: Dapo Thomas
My Diary:FromPrimary to Tertiary (PART 38)
Dapo Thomas I was made the class captain on merit by popular consensus. That, however, did not stop me from making noise. So, even if it was a strategy by my...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (PART 37
By Dapo Thomas During the long holiday, I had settled the issue of Oga Dara: I was not going to let him know that I was now attending a school in his...
My Diary:From Primary To Tertiary (PART 36)
Dapo Thomas Then the Principal wanted to know why I changed my position. I replied that I went to the restroom and by the time I returned, the boy was already...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (PART 35
Dapo Thomas The following day in class, I couldn’t make noise. I was as cool as the early morning stream water. The timing of the nailing was inauspicious....
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary(34)
Dapo Thomas Three weeks in secondary school, I still didn’t think I was serious. The “omo’ta swags” were still there. I tried to...
My Diary:From Primary to Tertiary (Part 33)
Dapo Thomas On the evening of Tuesday, April 2, 1974 around 6pm, I just returned from the field where I had gone to play set. We were five at home. Iya...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (Part 32) Dapo Thomas
Dapo Thomas One thing my great-grandmother loved most was to pray to GOD and to pray for man. On Thursday, the 17th of January, 1974, when she turned 90, I was...
My Diary: From Primary to Tertiary (Part 31)
Dapo Thomas Just to bring slippers from the room I started reciting “Qul hu Allah hu ahad”. The Yoruba have a saying: “Ti omode ba dé ibi eru,...
My Diary From Primary to Tertiary(Part 30)
Dapo Thomas For the first time in several years, I found my two hands clutching each other peacefully at the back. I dared not make the mistake of unlocking them....
My Diary From Primary to Tertiary(Part 29)
Dapo Thomas As at November 17, 1973, we were still debating an admission letter that was almost a month old. First, I hid it from my mother for three...
