A LATE NIGHT LEMON
That night, I remember running into my parents’ room the first time I heard the blast. The explosion of the church down my street was...
Theusan Ibrahim in Short Stories
Jan 25 - 4 min read
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PRAYING TO THE LORD OF THE HARVEST
It’s been a while here, on this space, but one place I’ve been consistent on is the farmland. To ba n gbọ “on a regular”,...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Series
Jan 25 - 1 min read
DEATH
It was the murmuring and the small talks that woke me up. I am always a light sleeper, small sounds get me on my...
OLa Jeremiah in Lifestyle
Jan 20 - 2 min read
DEATH
It was the murmuring and the small talks that woke me up. I am always a light sleeper, small sounds get me on my...
OLa Jeremiah in Lifestyle
Jan 20 - 2 min read
PYTP: TEN DAYS IN OFFICE AND COUNTING
Hello to all citizens of this country, especially to those who belong in the PYTP category. It’s a special time for us and I’m sure...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Series
Jan 18 - 2 min read
Anglomoz Parol
Here at the king of all universities in the ancient Yoruba city called a place of dispersion, several activities and events are put...
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Jan 17 - 1 min read
DECISIONS: If We Could Just Be (Episode 5)
You know all the things you cannot be. You know all the paths you should not take, even before you learn to walk. You do...
Ezinne Ugwu in Series
Jan 15 - 1 min read
It hurts but let’s seek a rationale
There is a story to be told. A story that transcends over the years, a story that spanned time in its continuum. Where it stops...
Mashika Olamilekan in Chronicles Of Consciousness
Jan 14 - 8 min read
Scam Alert
The sounds of shuffling feet, turning pages and the occasional shout from someone’s room disturbed the quiet atmosphere of the reading room, just the way...
Khadijah Kolapo in Short Stories
Jan 13 - 1 min read
PYTP DAY 7: A TRIP TO THE TRENCHES?
“Ilé yá, Ilé-Ogbó la n lọ Ọmọ Agric ò roko, kó gbàgbé Ilé-Ogbó” Here’s a fact: Ile-Ogbo is the most popular PYTP training/ posting...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Series
Jan 13 - 3 min read
PYTP DAY 7: A TRIP TO THE TRENCHES?
“Ilé yá, Ilé-Ogbó la n lọ Ọmọ Agric ò roko, kó gbàgbé Ilé-Ogbó” Here’s a fact: Ile-Ogbo is the most popular PYTP training/ posting...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Series
Jan 13 - 3 min read
Untitled
“I can paint houses, cars, pots and pans, clothes, floors, furniture, even people. Just name it, I can paint it”, she said proudly in...
Khadijah Kolapo in Short Stories
Jan 12 - 2 min read
I faked my own death and here’s what I discovered
I’m a 30-year-old woman, I faked my own death after years of abuse and here’s what I discovered. Well, discovered is a bit rich considering...
Anonymous in Chronicles Of Consciousness
Jan 12 - 3 min read
Crash
It was a cold Tuesday evening, like every other evening in June but colder. Felicia rubbed her warm palms over her forearms soothingly, leaving a...
Temiloluwa Omoyele in Short Stories
Jan 12 - 5 min read
PYTP DAY 6: BREAKING UP AND THE POOP PARTY
To be honest, I really didn’t want to write today because my plan was to do the PYTP write-ups three times a week – Mondays,...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Lifestyle
Jan 11 - 3 min read
don’t be a man
don’t ever be a man My boy, I know you want to be a man, you want to become big, maybe you want to...
Shamsudeen Jimoh in Article
Jan 10 - 1 min read
TALES OF PYTP
Officially, it’s DAY 5 of PYTP and things are beginning to take a Nigerian turn, as in yawa dey smell but e neva fully gas....
Ebunoreofe Adedeji in Lifestyle
Jan 10 - 2 min read
DO NOT BID ME FAREWELL
From a mind that has not been at rest, and from a soul whose tranquility has gotten acquainted with the waves of the sea:At this...
Dubem in Short Stories
Jan 10 - 2 min read
DO NOT BID ME FAREWELL
From a mind that has not been at rest, and from a soul whose tranquility has gotten acquainted with the waves of the sea:At this...
Dubem in Short Stories
Jan 10 - 2 min read
DECISIONS: Kemi (Episode 4)
Kemi tipped her head backwards to gulp down the new wine which she bought this evening. Her eyes were red from drinking, and her vision...
Ezinne Ugwu in Series
Jan 8 - 3 min read
A Broken safe heart
Love is an abstract but yet attract. The fact it attracts is what draws me to her. I set my gaze on her and...
Boluwatife Emmanuel in Short Stories
Jan 8 - 1 min read
Tick-borne Diseases.
Have you heard of Tick-borne Diseases? Many individuals are not aware of the tick-borne diseases in the country due to a lack of information or...
Oluwatomiwa in Health
Jan 7 - 2 min read
RACE
Not a collective race nor a relay race, it is an individualistic race. What are you aiming or/and aspiring for, that you are already getting...
Adebobola George in Article
Jan 5 - 1 min read
DECISIONS: What They Think… (Episode 3)
Bola lost the job. Kemi had come over, they had reconciled, had chatted, had taken a few sips of alcohol. And by two-thirty, Bola had...
Ezinne Ugwu in Series
Jan 5 - 2 min read
Mosquito-borne Diseases
Mosquito-borne diseases are diseases caused by viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. They are dangerously increasing in prevalence geographical distribution and severity, representing a worldwide emerging threat...
Oluwatomiwa in Health
Jan 4 - 1 min read
28.12.2021
O love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul on thee. My heart restores its borrowed ray that in thy sunshine...
Zipporah Mwangi in Article
Jan 4 - 1 min read
28.12.2021
O love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul on thee. My heart restores its borrowed ray that in thy sunshine...
Zipporah Mwangi in Article
Jan 4 - 1 min read
Anna Beatings’ Second Death
Anna couldn’t wait for the plane to hit the tarmac. She hated flying. The plane was finally landing and she was only grateful that throughout...
Enun Mpama in Short Stories
Jan 4 - 5 min read
Memoir of a College Girl
Considered unworthy to be embraced,Thought unfit to be loved,Although she bore her, She doesn’t want to touch her,Not even with a barge pole,In her...
Thompson Emate in Poetry
Jan 4 - 1 min read
Memoir of an African Girl
A member of a large household,A part of a school of siblings,Born by an incapacitated father,And a struggling striving mother,She was raised to know...
Thompson Emate in Poetry
Jan 4 - 1 min read
Solitude
For sometime I felt solitude would do the trick, not associating with people and all of that. Don’t get me wrong, staying alone is more...
Stephanie Ogbu in Lifestyle
Jan 4 - 1 min read
New
A new page has been openedEmpty pages waiting to be filled with ink.New rooms with new doors.It’s a new dawnNew opportunities to right the wrongAdorn...
Antisocial. Words in Poetry
Jan 3 - 1 min read
New
A new page has been openedEmpty pages waiting to be filled with ink.New rooms with new doors.It’s a new dawnNew opportunities to right the wrongAdorn...
Antisocial. Words in Poetry
Jan 3 - 1 min read
My Secret Lover
His smiles betrays the words he tries to hidesAnd his dilated eyes tells it all. How can I confess this new found love, when I’m...
Gift Agwaze in Poetry
Jan 3 - 1 min read
DECISIONS: Miserable (Episode 2)
“Mofe says to greet you,” Kemi said with an undertone. Bola grunted. She should have known where this would be going. “Interesting. Does she know...
Ezinne Ugwu in Series
Jan 3 - 2 min read
DECISIONS: Day 2 of 365 (Episode 1)
“There are dreams, there are wishes, and there’s reality,” Kemi mumbled. She lay sprawled on her back, the sheets crumpling more with every movement she...
Ezinne Ugwu in Series
Jan 2 - 1 min read
AT MIDNIGHT
Each Christmas while I was much younger I always found it more special to do my holidays at my grandmother’s in Kafanchan. Kafanchan was a...
Theusan Ibrahim in Short Stories
Jan 1 - 4 min read
Covenant Odedele’s List Of 10 University of Ibadan Students To Look Out For In 2022
Beyond being the premier and per excellence, the University of Ibadan has churned out excellent, resilient and transformative student leaders who have defied all odds...
Covenant Odedele in Article
Dec 31 - 4 min read
NKPULU-OKA
Nkpulu-oka in igbo means ‘corn seeds’. It is also the name of a popular African wrapper design, what we would call ‘Ankara’. Nkpulu-oka, the wrapper,...
Ogedegbe Theodore Syl in Short Stories
Dec 31 - 2 min read
PYSCHO-LO-GIST
From the mane to the fameI love reading the blogsThey say I’m too quietIt’s just a matter of the noiseJust that I am not your...
Olanrewaju Oyedijo in Poetry
Dec 28 - 1 min read
A Letter To My Best Friend
High Crescent Avenue, Riverdale, Carizona. 19th October, 2021. Hello Chike, I’m numb. I know, usually, this is the part where I express how much I...
Oreoluwa Idowu in Short Stories
Dec 26 - 2 min read
Guest
Her house does not seem like hers. Did another room just appear or was it always a three-bedroom flat? The pattern of the curtains was...
Emmanuella James in Short Stories
Dec 24 - 1 min read
Before The Sun Sets
It is always so hot on Tuesdays. The sun always scorches as though it is in a pageantry in which it must emerge winner. This...
oluwayemisi Fakeye in Short Stories
Dec 22 - 2 min read
ÀBÍKÚ
He was reminded that there’s a shortage in the supply of digging tools;So, he stayed (KÒSÓKÓ)He was asked to stay and enjoy Life;So, he beseeched...
Olanrewaju Oyedijo in Poetry
Dec 19 - 1 min read
DISCUSSION ON THE 21ST CENTURY YOUTH’S LIFESTYLE
A Port Harcourt base Author T. C. Wanyanwu in a brief interview with Royalty Media shares his ordeal and past experience in football betting...
T C Wanyanwu in Lifestyle
Dec 19 - 7 min read
Where The Answers Lie
The world seemed to move at such a hurried pace. Both young and old walked by busily, taking long strides. Angry drivers honked their horns...
Enun Mpama in Short Stories
Dec 18 - 3 min read
Gone
*** He rushed out of the hospital headed to no particular place. His legs could barely carry his heavy body laden with fear of...
Dexter Joseph in Short Stories
Dec 16 - 3 min read
Iri Obolo
Tuesday 26th December, 2006 12:40 pm Eke Market Day. Strangers were ahead of me making hand gestures and screaming some unintelligible words. Children were jumping...
Lilian Nwagbara in Short Stories
Dec 14 - 8 min read
Kindred
Orié stood there, giving all the rights he could own to the wind, letting its strong wafting force hit him from all sides of the...
Dexter Joseph in Short Stories
Dec 13 - 2 min read
THE UNSUNG HEROES: PART II
When I was younger but old enough to enroll for Secondary school education, my Mom stood on her ground that I will further my education...
Oyindamola Afolabi in Article
Dec 13 - 3 min read