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 Sergent Jamal walked into the detention room with disappointment in his eyes. It was a hot afternoon and he had been involved with an unnecessary...
Michael Ordia

in Short Stories
Jun 14  -  6 min read

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Episode Eight   Flashes of cameras took every inch of the scene. Items on the scenes were tagged with numbers. Officers and forensic team squatted,...
Jolade Omotade

in Nygystopia, Series
May 16  -  2 min read

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Mum is flitting about again, washing and cooking and cleaning and cleaning again. The house smells like a bakery, and not a hair is out...
Karolos

in AfricaRising
May 13  -  2 min read

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How sad a thing to be strong;To carry your problems on your shoulders and have room for more. How sad a thing to have strength;To...
Michael Ordia

in Poetry
Apr 10  -  1 min read

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EPISODE FOUR Minus One   Never had it happened before the technological evolution in Nyg that the world bank was under siege and reporters announced...
Jolade Omotade

in Series
Mar 20  -  3 min read

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Now Playing- Johnny Cash ‘Hurt’ TW- Suicide I did it again. I crossed to the tuck shop opposite Mama Bimbo, brought out my rumpled hundred...
Oluwayemisi Fakeye

in Catharsis
Feb 1  -  2 min read

He did not hear the forced recalibration of a Colt 1911 semi auto pistol’s bullet eject it’s host.Only the impact of being momentarily jerked up...
Daniel Ibanga

in Short Stories
Apr 19  -  1 min read

It was on February 26th and as usual, all four of us headed straight to my house immediately after school hours. My house was just...
Deola Olatunji

in Short Stories
Jan 12  -  3 min read

  No one knew her name, no one caredAll they knew was that her favorite colour was red. The lady in red as she was...
Michael Ordia

in Poetry
Dec 20  -  1 min read

It’s time for the bride to walk into the church. I’m beaming with joy. I walk the aisle with my father as the hymns remind...
Michael Ordia

in Short Stories
Dec 1  -  7 min read

You can’t call that man a father, I lost my father the day my sister was born. He blamed her for the death of our...
Michael Ordia

in Article
Aug 28  -  1 min read

The only person in the world that could bring down Annie from the edge of that rooftop was lying in a mortuary cooler just a...
David Samuel

in Article
Jul 3  -  6 min read

There’s a new face among the crowdNobody sees it,No one knows it’s there But why do IWhy does it seem so sad Why does this...
Makanjuola Oluwajubeelo

in Article
Jun 7  -  1 min read

“Aremu Alamu”, said the angel with a loud voice. I stepped forward, all clothed in white with little patches on my garment and stains which...
Ebunoreofe Adedeji

in Short Stories
May 8  -  2 min read

B rigs came; we clouds cried for your shores,      The world dropped from your eyes,        And there, into the dusty...
Adeami Oluwatoba

in Article
May 3  -  1 min read

We write you in pieces and peace and send you home, To alleys we couldn’t go, to mountains we couldn’t climb. Words will gather in...
Adeami Oluwatoba

in Article
May 3  -  1 min read