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It’s quite painful and I don’t even know who to inform. My parents made me regret ever telling them I was gifted a new phone....
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‘The road to recovery is a long, tortuous and lonely one’ I watched with tears bristling down my face, holding back the screams that threatened...

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Imagine a home where the parents would not stop giving birth, a home where two-square meals are barely afforded, a home where school fees are...
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I remember your name fondly, with a hint of pain. It was always that way with you, bitter-sweet, like you were sharing yourself in parts...
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On a particular day in March, I got into a cab to go see someone I love. It wasn’t my first time seeing him, but my 15 minutes ride...

I’ll like to tell you that “all will be fine”, but even I won’t believe those words. As I am currently far away from you,...

Dear Adam, Many things are beginning to change, seemingly too fast that there isn’t enough time to pause for a deep breath. A new day...

1.Year 1998   ‘Are you sure?’ I asked Benny. ‘ Trust me Keji, she’s fast asleep already’ ‘But what if Miss Sarah is awake? She...

Prologue Why don’t babies have memories of the day they were born? Or at least, of the moment they came out of their mother’s womb?....

This wasn’t love at first sight because when I first laid my eyes upon you, I wasn’t attracted to you or even found you beautiful...

I got a new friend. My rational self is in love with him; my whole being isn’t. This doesn’t have any relation to what I...

Always unannounced. Boys hostel. Quadrangle! This seven-lettered-word can summon seventy boys in less than seven seconds; and on a straight line! Salako doesn’t need to...

“What did I do wrong?” He asked, staring into my eyes, with his brown orbs piercing into mine, digging through my face for any expression...

The year I once dreaded the most was 2012. Religious bodies, especially the Christian faith with some well articulated prophesies, declared it the year of...

The year I once dreaded the most was 2012. Religious bodies, especially the Christian faith with some well articulated prophesies, declared it the year of...

Dear Laitan, My name is Waliyyah Abdulwasii. You know me quite well. I know you too very much. Writing is the most expensive activity for...

Ask me five years ago what I wanted to become and I’d look at you, take a deep breath, smile, fold my hands and reply,...

Before gaining admission into the university, I stayed home alone while everyone went about their businesses either to school or work. Before going to work,...