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Episode - 6 "self treaty"   On a cool calm morning, after a heavy rain in the early hours, I laid in bed thinking the best recipe for a "my kind of morning" dish. And I thought to myself, maybe, just maybe 'Akara and Akamu' (without milk), just sugar would be perfect. I stopped one to think about making it myself, but I may starve before I finish the preparation. So it stepped off my bed for the nearest local breakfast spot. Nma Tedus, a local who own a little joint for mainly local dishes and palm wine. A typical African spot where one could listen to the funniest jokes, and the wisest saying. That was where I saw Mr obiugwu and Mr wale for the first time, they both are different personalities but had something in common, palm will and local Gin. Mr obiugwu is a short and rounded man, his voice was like the sound of an old model speaker on loud volume, people thought it was his excessive consumption of palm wine that destroyed his vocal cords. Mr wale o

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Episode - 5   ".. Pretend support " Niqqas were all doped up. Firing shots and fire works for the newly elected president. Actually they felt well elected themselves. After 100days in office, with tables still being cleaned and dusted to commence national duty, A year down the line the economy went sloppy. Some folks lost their jobs. The market value of the notes became very rediculous. Niqqa hated themselfs in those moments. But for some niqqas, working the streets became very interesting, the exchange rate sky rocketed and they made quite a fortune. Amidst all these Nigerians realized that change basically goes two ways and all they did was bargain for the opposite.