Below is the final judge’s review of the Top 5 contest entries. In judging the winner of this competition, I was looking for the following: – Did it have a flowing, distinctive style? – Was [...]

“All Right, Zed, It’s A Deal.” It was tough preparing for her exams over the next few days, what with Zed constantly on her mind. Taffy told herself time and again that his “proposal” – [...]

I have always wondered what it would be like to have blood on my hands. I don’t have to wonder anymore; now I know. There is so much blood on my hands that when I [...]

Banke sat up on her bed suddenly. She was tucked in with her favorite Stephen King piece and something in the plot, got her thinking. It had been 5 months since Femi waltzed back into [...]

26th July,2010. Today I was simply my ”best”.woke up by 4.00am to the shock of everyone(that’s usually when the real sleep start).I led in morning prayers,ran the bath for my little boys and made breakfast,yes [...]

This is a poem about a man that cannot perform. Hope you’ll flow with the rhyme

Silent yet speaking volumes Far away yet caught in his mesh A mesh spun from words unspoken yet felt Ropes so loose yet tightly bond Riveting stares, yet unseeing eyes Limbs so nimble yet sluggishly [...]

All eyes converge on the muddy watering hole in the centre of the plain- zebras, gazelles, nagging bucks and the Hyenas. Ahead, the light of the sun diffuses through obstructing clouds bathing the landscape in [...]

LOVE AND LIFE The hearty thoughts of all hearts Seeking the pleasures life offers Daily working and following paths Seeking the solutions hoping facts Love and life is a real story But the game played [...]

So after much combinations and permutations, we have arrived at the Final Shortlist for the last round – drumroll please – as follows; 1. Blazing Embers by Aizehi 2. The Hunter and the Reincarnated Goddess [...]

In a world stained by darkness The angel descends to rest, Then sets a-float mid-air once more. As a footstep is to the sand, he leaves a print etched deep within the palm of your [...]

Igbo men have this funny fetish with their women marrying from their kind. If possible, the woman has to marry a man from her hometown; in fact, from the exact village she is from. Tell [...]

The year is 2003, the year in which I would turn eighteen and one in which everything seems to be going awry in my life. I had been out of secondary school for almost two [...]

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FADE IN: EXT. road – eVENING CHIOMA is seen talking to a phone booth operator. Chioma is a girl of about 20. She looks simple yet beautiful. She gets the information from the call operator [...]

Sigh. Finally. They’ve all left. It’s just me here now. I’m alone. Did I hear you ask why? Simple; because I’m crazy. Well. If refusing to sleep with your girlfriend because you think it’s not [...]

They say some love stories were made in heaven. Well, some are not, some are made here on earth by the characters themselves choosing to give in, compromise and stay with what matters. Femi and [...]

Today is the final day of the second round voting for the My Best Nigerian Book Contest. You have till the end of today Thursday 29th July to campaign for the last of the popular votes. The scores from the Judges are coming in. Keep an eye on this space for more information on the scores, total votes and the entries that make it to the last round.

They say some love stories were made in heaven. Well, some are not, some are made here on earth by the characters themselves choosing to give in, compromise and stay with what matters. Femi and [...]

The pretty waitress smiles conspiratorially at me as she serves our drinks. Grin translation? ‘You’ve got yourself a good one’. I smile back in acknowledgement of girl code. Not just because I agree with her [...]

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I say I saw the lady Yes! The lady who killed the man I saw the lady The very one who murdered the man Right in front of me In the twinkling of an eye [...]

Relationships….how often do people cherish what they have until its gone?or must we actually lose it before we know that all we have in our hands are diamonds and not charcoal? Too much questions….but am [...]

O: We have brought you here to ask you questions about this article of yours, this polemic.  Sorry that we have to put you in chains.  We are just taking pre-cautionary measures to ensure that [...]

MOSTLY MOVING AWAY In the turn of event building Another journey beckons two None can understand this reigning But the hearts sings on onward The journey all hearts must make Partly or fully it must [...]

Thanks once again to all those that took part in the My Best Nigerian Book writing contest. The entries for the competition are now closed. Twenty-five entries were received featuring no less than fifteen Nigerian [...]

Poem about a woman of honour, initially written for an upcoming women’s magazine.

“I Want to Marry You, Taffy.” “I wonder how tonight will turn out,” were the musing words of Akeem, Zed’s friend,  who was behind the wheel as they drove to the Attahs’ house that Friday [...]

As I sit and wait for my flight back to Lagos, I scan through the myriad faces trying to locate a familiar one. You see, the flight had been initially scheduled for 3:30pm, only for [...]

“It is not what you think” He jerked his motorcycle repeatedly by continuously giving it sudden shot accelerations. This action paid up to his sensual delight, his passenger’s ample breast intermittently bumped in to his [...]

She wants every detail, Like I’m subjected to her,a detail. Our home is now a war-house, So I’m headed to the whorehouse, To get away away from her rage, Her scorning and accusing gaze. Her [...]

Standing on the edge of this cliff Felt like I was a lone leaf Ready to be blown away by the wind Although different, still like a swing At the peak of this mountain My [...]