12/21/2025
Anytime I step into a mall in this country, it always takes me back to the very first time I entered a mall in Nigeria.
About ten years ago, at Enugu Mall.
At that time, there was no mall in Anambra yet. One of my cousins was getting married in Enugu, so I drove down with my parents and my daughter. We arrived early, before the reception, and since we had already missed mass, we didn’t want to just go and sit at the venue doing nothing. So we said, make we enter Enugu Mall small.
My dear… that experience eh 🥹
I felt like I had entered obodo oyibo.
The place was clean, big, beautiful. My daughter was running around like she had discovered a new world. Even my parents were excited—looking around, smiling, enjoying themselves. It was such a simple moment, but honestly one of those memories I will never forget.
And imagine that back then, I never thought that visiting malls like this would one day become my normal, everyday reality.
This life ehn… don’t kpai yourself. Just keep being hopeful.
When was the first time you entered a shopping mall popularly called ShopRite?
How was the experience for you?
