The Covid Diary category houses random conversations, narratives, and experiences on how people are coping amid COVID-19. Although COVID-19 first presented in Wuhan, China, a town of about 11 million people, today, it is a global pandemic. Cases of COVID-19 have occured in about 200 countries and about a million people have died from the virus. COVID-19 cases are also present in Nigeria and Rivers State. The World Health Organisation on the 11th of February 2020, designated this pandemic, COVID-19. This title is a combination of the strain of the virus, that is, coronavirus and its year of origin – 2019.
Governments around the world have instituted social distancing and lockdown protocols in response to the novel nature of COVID-19. Although this is not a lasting solution to the problem, Social Distancing has proved effective for curbing the spread of the virus. The flattening of the coronavirus curve is particularly crucial for preventing pressure on pre-existing health infrastructures around the world. This is why people all over the world have been confined to their homes, bringing about a “new normal”. The Covid diary category captures how people are coping amid this new challenge. The personalised nature of the stories in this category explains its diary label.
In April 2020, a choice group of avant-guardes decided to leverage on the vast opportunities presented by COVID-19 to create The Thrive Consortium. THRIVE is a dais for industry experts to deconstruct Nigeria in ways that will contribute to its growth and development. Having held two successful events with over two hundred persons in attendance, […]
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The second THRIVE event put together by the THRIVE Consortium, held via Zoom on 30 May 2020. The programme themed “The Dimensions of Success,” featured three gospel music artistes – Tosin Bee, Efe Nathan and Sensational Bamidele. During the event, the artistes took the stage to share their personal journeys towards success. The rich details […]
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The THRIVE series, organised by the THRIVE Consortium is set to organise its second event. The programme which is to hold on Saturday, 30 May 2020 will host some of the most recognisable names in the gospel music genre including Chinyere Udoma, Efe Nathan, Tosin Bee and Sensational Bamidele. Listen to some of their hits […]
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The THRIVE event, put together by the THRIVE Consortium, a select group of young and inspiring minds, held on 16 May 2020. The Zoom event, which has been adjudged a huge success, was attended by many young men and women between ages 18 and 55. It was also featured live on Facebook. The programme, which […]
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Breaking Free (4) – You never really know how lonely life can be until you become the most hated person in an area. Well, hated by half the community and loved by the other half. The raging debate after the boys had returned from jail was split. On half of the community supported the boys, […]
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Port Harcourt & Insecurity: Challenging the Narrative! – A few days ago, a member of the Elanhub team alerted me to an event on Twitter. Someone was making an effort at uniting the emerging Port Harcourt Community on the platform. Considering I did not have much doing at the time owing in part to living […]
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Breaking Free Part 3 – Money answereth all things. It was a new truth that Belema was learning and it was bitter, too bitter. Chike was no longer the scared boy who had hung in the corners after the first beating and wept all night. Now, he was cocky, humming to himself and tapping his […]
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Breaking Free (2) – The bile was rising in Somachi’s throat, her skin was crawling with hives and yet, they said she had to do it. Her father’s fingers were drumming on his thighs as he sat beside her, while the heavy-set lady from the agency Uncle Somto ran, was leafing through a pamphlet. When […]
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The problem with having nothing to do is that you have too much time on your hands to contemplate nonsense. Or that you find yourself in a sticky, stupid, and harmful situation, like the one Belema was currently in. If he had stayed home, he would be safe. Safe and away from this place. But […]
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Although I am used to isolated living owing in part to my line of work and personal preference, the stay-at-home order in Britain since 24 March 2020, had begun to take its toll on me. It is one thing to deliberately choose to physically separate oneself, but another to be forced to, especially when there […]
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