Nigeria, March 2 -- We called them the 'happening couple'. Flex (real name was Felix) was a 500 level Medicine student, while Tunrayo was a 200 level Law student. Though the two of them were very busy 'efficos', they spent every free moment together. They went to the bukateria together, walked hand-in-hand to the library, and the cinema. They were a reference point, especially when we girls wanted to 'yab' our NFA (No Future Ambition) male classmates, who were in the habit of giving excuses to their girlfriends on why they couldn't take them to see a movie at Oduduwa Hall.

We simply sneered at them.

'If a 'medical' student could make out time for his girlfriend, please what is a Philosophy student reading?'

Stuff like that.

Anyway, a ...