Akintayo AkejuJan 24, 20214 minInternational Noise Maker - A label or really true? August 1989. A month when there is a lot of rain. Actually, for those people that live outside Nigeria and have forgotten what this is...
Damilola OniJan 24, 20215 minACA - All "Conquering" Aquinas Part 2 (The Race) “Others are going while others are coming...". A touching line from the "O Aquinas, O Aquinas" song that we were introduced to by the...
Damilola OniJan 24, 20214 minACA - ALL "Conquering" Aquinas Part 3 (ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL) Yemi blasted out of the starting blocks like a lit rocket. I followed suit. The others pursued. As was his style before racing, Yemi's...
Akintayo AkejuJan 24, 20214 minThe day a boy led others into adulthood; know your right and stand up for themMay 1989. Student Representative Council (SRC) meeting. Taking place in the library. The new library. This used to be the hall for the...
Dotun AdesidaJan 24, 20214 minThe sons of God Kayode and Niyi were foes all the time (in class, on the field, in fact everywhere). If they were in opposing teams in football, na war....
Akintayo AkejuJan 24, 20213 minLaw of Omertà: The power of the collective to keep the law of silence above all threats... November 1986. Most of us were 13 years old (now I am now finding out that was an illusion; there were more people that were 15 years...
Akintayo AkejuJan 24, 20214 minDiscipline comes from the community; not about individualsOctober 1984. Aquinas College, Akure. Walking along the side of the hall (became the library in 1990) and went towards my classroom. Our...
Akintayo AkejuJan 24, 20214 minGambling requires judgement; know your limits or stay off it!June 1990. The wind is blowing nicely; we were under the Appian way trees close the handball court. To my right, the technical equipment...
Akintayo AkejuJan 23, 20214 minConfidence can move mountains and expel fear in the presence of courage April 1988. Coming back from a lunch time game where we play sets in football, Oluwole Ofobutu Akintoye and Niyi Osaka Falade were...
Damilola OniJan 23, 20214 minOH! AQUINASA key component to surviving and thriving in Aquinas is obviously staying out of trouble. But what happens if as it often does, trouble...