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The fan was whirring, it was an old fan. Ten years, maybe Fifteen. The Therapist walked back into the parlor now a makeshift office for...

A Child of AFRICA
What does it mean, to be an African child? Beyond this black, thick and beautiful skin, what does it take to be accepted as...

The King Makers
Ep 10 Àyọ̀ká was left in the darkness of her thought oaring the boat of assumptions. What could a maid from someone who was the...

Are They Extraordinary or what?
Many claim they be weak, some say their greatness lies in bed or worse to satisfy the selfish desire of the male folks. Is this...

I Will Be The Prey Who Outlived His Predators
The vast lands of Africa are rich with animals of great design from the majestic Lion to the ever-alert Antelope, even the military-ranked ants match...

One of those days
One long evening As I sat in my room, thinking about my ridiculous single life and calculating when sweet mango would be ready to pluck...

The King Makers
Ep 8 Ọ̀tún and Aṣípa were left alone and they began to think about how to curb the devilish act of Baṣọ̀run and his alliances....

The King Makers
Ep 6 The three of them were astounded by the voice. They did not foresee anyone seeing them in the bush. Àyànwálé turned back...

The King Makers
Ep 5 The cocks squawked all across Ajégúnlẹ̀ town and the sun clambered his zenith lazily. The grasses were moistured with the hazes that kept...

The King Makers
Ep 4 “Àyàn! Can you please spare me some minutes before we enter?” it was Asípa who tapped Àyànwálé and whispered into his left ear....

Nights and Flowers
Growing up, we’ve often heard instructions like “don’t stay out late” and a few other ones that warn us of criminals who take cover in...

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...

Gone
*** He rushed out of the hospital headed to no particular place. His legs could barely carry his heavy body laden with fear of...

The pain I crave
The hospital shouldn’t have felt as grim and soulless as it did, but it felt that way to me. The warm smiles and comforting faces...

Onitsha Shifted
TAUNT It was louder than before. This time it sent a shiver down his spine. He knew his feet were on the move, but he...

The Blue-eyed god
They said when he was born, his cries echoed through the small village of Ideka. It was shrill, piercing. They had never heard anything like...

WHAT IS BEHIND THE BEHELD?
They say it isn’t a good reason to marry a woman; That you have to look beyond that, and focus on other things; like her...

ASSISTANT HOLY SPIRIT
Koto aye was the first horror movie I ever watched. I can’t remember the details of the movie, but I remember how the movie made...

CRAVINGS
The plan with Kayode was that the babies wouldn’t come till the third year of marriage. Part of the plan was also to have loads...

I F E
I met Ifeanyi in 2016 at the Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan. It was one of those days when I went to the library...

How I Grew Up Only After 20.
It was actually becoming an obvious fact to me that my mental growth is not commensurate with my physical growth.It more than dawned on me...

Love Is Many Things
Love isn’t just what people like to think it to be. Most say true love is only what a mother feels for the child that...

On My Way To Mushin
“Mushin Olosha! Mushin, mushin wole!!” hollered the conductor who draped on the yellow bus horizontally stripped with black. I had boarded the bus...

BE INTENTIONAL
I stood by the window, gazing at the leaves and lost in thought. How could it have ended way before it started? It has been...

News of tears
News of tears… Sidi treks hastily on the narrow pathway that lies on the road virtually towards the stream and the stall for making cassava...

When I’m gone
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...

The Naija Slay Queen
Let me tell you a story… A few years ago I was in Lagos trying to get the attention of one shiaman (chairman) to endorse...

MARCH 25 – TOMORROW IN PARADISE
NB: THIS IS A SEQUEL. To access the previous episode, click here MARCH 25 – Tomorrow in Paradise “Tomorrow is in God’s hands,” said Nonso...

MARCH 23 – The Beginning
MARCH 23 Nonso is quintessentially an Igbo man. He lives in a government reserved area in Lagos State. He has been in Lagos since 1990 and...

A Story She Never Told
I have read about stories of how men strangled their wives with words and threat while the wives struggled to inhale the breath...

Junior
Grandmother Bama looked from one to the other, and could not, for the sake of sanity decide which one was more foolish. There, they sat,...

Routine
He wakes up and performs his morning rituals,He ties his shoelaces and walks to schoolOn his way, he sees the women sweeping the leaves on...

Games on the streets
That evening at my street was particularly serene. It wasn’t the usual bustles and blaring horns of okadas, it was the young pigs that...

WHITE
She liked to look at the walls. She liked to look at the whiteness of the walls as he moved above her. She regurgitated the...

WHEN MEMORIES BURN
It wasn’t my fault. I never meant to discourage mum from coming. I wish I had had trust in God and my effort. But, I...

“Classic Beauty Foundation”
The day you leave Chisom is a quiet Tuesday afternoon. It is not as difficult as you had thought. You...

…But she never got to know how I felt.
I wish I could tell her how I felt April 2,2008. So today,I met the most beautiful girl in college. I was fortunate she was...