It was about 11.00 am on a Friday morning, we were five in the car and travelling to ‘ISEYIN’, the town used for the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) camp in Oyo State, Nigeria. It Read More

I was shocked when I heard Ayo had disappeared with the sum forty-million naira. It was a Tuesday morning, and I had started attending to customers who were in hurry to withdraw money before heading Read More

Submissions open July 1 – July 31 2011. Send entries to anthology@naijastories.com If the story you’re submitting is yours, email should have the subject line SUBMISSION/ STORY TITLE with the story pasted inside, no attachments. Read More

Silence; the shroud of peace and comfort Solitude; the blanket that shrouds all in protective embrace The oppressive quietude that hangs overhead Leaves everything cowering in daunting solemnity As the wind whistles by, kissing and Read More

Its over she said, Like a heavy hammer blow in My brain, I had a terrible heartache. It took me minutes to ASSIMILATE But then,I knew she did mean What she said. Falling to my Read More

Oh what an open world Mothers caressing their children Fathers fleeing Leaving moms and kids to fend for themselves Complicating lives; leaving homes abandoned and desolate   Oh what an open world Government developing into Read More

..the poems here are some of the poems i have in my latest project. I. THE SICKLE  He soars high above the towering hill His claws are stretched aiming for the kill He is the Read More

The Farafina Trust creative writing workshop ends this Saturday, 2nd of July, 2011 with a literary evening at the Grand Ballroom of the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos where certificates will be presented Read More

Book: Unbridled Author: Jude Dibia Year of Publication: 2007 Source: Amazon   When I chatted with Jude Dibia here, I had not read any of his books. I had read a couple of interviews about Read More

Book: On Black Sisters’ Street Author: Chika Unigwe Publisher: Vintage Year of Publication: 2010 Source: Amazon In this era of human trafficking and modern day slavery, particularly sex trafficking; On Black Sisters’ Street (OBSS) is Read More

The liveliness of the club was nauseating for Chika. The noise, the euphoria, the endless masses of mingling sweaty bodies dancing themselves to stupor. It all drove him crazy. As a youth Chika had liked Read More

Nwanne sat on the floor with her legs curled in front of her like a Fulani beggar. At intervals, she looked up at her father Etee Kalu as he ate his dinner of akpu and Read More

Then I wrote: ‘To her, the one that replaces living In my giving state of her staying’ Confused in love, She repeated the shout for interpretation. Then I wrote: ‘Then a season will come, We Read More

The name, Sefi Atta is yet to gain international repute like Chinua Achebe or Soyinka but it does a lot in contributing fiction to African literature and the world at large. Her novel, Everything Good Read More

87 ways to kill a man…by Don YuwaVelli 1.tie him to a stake and chop off his penis.He will bleed to death 2.chop off his eyelids and tie him to the ground,facing the scorching sun.He Read More

Bloodshot eyes, facial creases, hasty strides; every man like they are chasing after one ultimate prize. Men, women, young, old of different shapes and sizes with disquiet demeanours. Without doubt, this street hardens you! Better Read More

I always thought postmen were exclusively intelligent, especially about their job; the delicate sorting of numbers on envelopes, the addresses and the safe deliveries of mails. But I was wrong. I had made a conclusion Read More

    Beautiful as the early morning sun Was the child which unto us is born Every step of his life was he taught Throughout his stay in his father’s court Never do any man Read More

I didn’t want to but Nifemi said no one would find out. So we did and we got caught. Nifemi started to cry almost immediately Mr Amuche, the assistant headmaster branded his koboko. I didn’t. Read More

Naijastories.com launched as a collaborative blog in March 2010 and a platform for upcoming Nigerian writers to share stories they were working on and offer critique on submitted stories. It was also an opportunity for Read More