Friendship

Loyalty, trust, boundaries, community bonds, and the social architecture of friendship.

The Prophet in the Python Script

To help his desperate friend Ekene pay rent, Tobi, a software developer, builds a complex Python script to predict European football matches. Inside a cramped, sweaty Nigerian viewing center, Tobi's algorithm miraculously predicts the flow of the game, bringing hope to the desperate men around them. However, in the final minute, the perfectly calculated shot hits the crossbar, leaving Ekene devastated and proving to Tobi that no amount of clean code or logic can outsmart the sheer, unpredictable chaos of their reality.

Oshin PraiseMay 3, 2026Friendship5 min readfriendship survival hustle

FLEETING TIES

Adulthood has its own fair share of burden . We are expected to start a life, build a family, provide for that family and others around you all while being kind, compassionate and loving . The pressure build down gradually even on the subconscious mind. You are given responsibilities you're not ready for and friendships you're not prepared to keep. Along the line you lose some and you gain some. Again who teaches us how to manage these ties and connections that come into our life

EEdidiongabasi Jewel EffiokMarch 9, 2026Friendship4 min read