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    Sunday, February 10, 2013

    Sleeping In Public

    What can one expect from this army Generals who are busy sleeping at a public function? If they can sleep openly in this manner, you then imagine how much of sleep they will be dealing with in their private abode. No wonder, they cannot fight Boko Haram

    So this is the kind of life some of our country men live on the streets of Lagos? This Lagos sef na really wa! And in case you are wondering, this picture was taken at 3am around Ozumba Mbadiwe. Kai! no wonder I hear say many people in Lagos are mentally unstable. But seriously, is this not a clear case of suffering in the midst of plenty? Are these people not citizens of this same Nigeria were some lawmakers earn bogus wages that is said to be about double of that of the US President? Hmm... Which way Nigeria!

    Picture of Jack Maturin sleeping rough at Lagos Airport, Nigeria, outside the 'Cockpit Bar', during the last British Airways strike


    I guess obviously ‘Police are our friends’ and this is one of the ways they show it by sleeping on duty right?
    Somebody please tell me, is this how our Nigerian Police intend fighting crimes and corruption by sleeping when on duty even with the guns on them. Naija Police i dey hail una o, my hands dey up for una o

    traffic stress

    she was sleeping tight on public transportation


    Sleep couples in lester Ho Japan


    The stress levels in Nigeria can reach alarming levels. In no other nation on earth, could you experience the joys and frustrations of living at the same time. You could be stuck in gridlocked traffic, look out of your car window and see an act that would make you smile or cry – like complete strangers helping a driver to jump-start a faulty car. 

    We deal with so much in a typical day – traffic scrambles, work, business hustles, power outages etc etc. Insomnia, while it is a word that most may have heard about, is not something that you would ascribe to the typical Nigerian.

    Here, it is presumed that once you have a roof over your head and can afford a decent Mouka or Vitafoam ‘mattrass’, then you should be able to catch 40 winks. If you  buy and lay a bed,  then you should lie on it and shut your eyes.  Only ‘winches’ and ‘armed robbers’ stay awake at night.

    However, you find yourself up nowadays, sleepless and anxious, starring at the roof tiles and the swoosh of my ceiling fan. There are many things that would keep someone awake on a hot Nigerian night. There are many; please share yours:



    ·         Baygon and Shelltox defying mosquitoes singing in my ear and biting lumps out of me – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         Noisy inconsiderate neighbors having an Owambe party on the street, with Ayefele music blasting from huge speakers – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         ‘Man Shall Not Live By Bread’ Ministries holding a ‘By Fire, By Thunder’ revival vigil next door – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         The sound of the exchange of gunfire in the distance, between OPC agents and robbers is just like a scene from Rambo 2 – I nor fit sleep o.
    ·         Our transformer blew up and has not be functional for 2 months now, so I am in pitch darkness, and starting to make out gruesome figures in the dark – how I go fit sleep?
    ·         The loud clank and stutter of my neighbour’s ‘Pure Water’ plant as he produces sachets for sale day and night in a room in his flat, in defiance of NAFDAC – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         Free Glo midnight calls from cheapskate dates who would never spend a penny – I can’t go to sleep
    ·         Writhing from side to side, thinking of elaborate schemes to come up with the cash to pay 2 years rent even though my salary is only paid  monthly – I can’t go to sleep
    ·         Staying awake to check my window every now and again because the mai-guard sleeps on duty instead of doing his job – I can’t go to sleep
    ·         Remembering the deaths of the brave NYSC corpers murdered in cold blood last week, and those of them still stuck behind enemy lines – I can’t sleep at all
    ·         The roar and fumes of my neighbour’s ‘I better pass my neighbour’ generator from just outside my window despite the fact we agreed that he should install a silencer – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·          The groans and moans coming from Mr. Okafor’s window as he loads his wife again for the umpteenth time this night, even though the number of children they have are almost a complete football team – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         The putrid smell of fried fish mixed with the bad ooze of stagnant gutter coming from the opposite “Face Me, I Face You’ building – I can’t go to sleep
    ·         Etisalat sending uncountable ‘balance reminder’ or ‘marketing information’ SMS messages at all hours of the day – I can’t go to sleep.
    ·         They have laid off most of the workers in my department, except the Boss’s girlfriend and people from his village; I may be next – I can’t go to sleep

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