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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

..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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

    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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

The first time Nkechi met Isaac it was the day he came to her place of work to check on her boss. He stood at about 6 feet 1 and wore a sheepish smile. He [...]

Is it to your elegance That our inks dance In this tirade of misfortune?   What filth oozes forth from your Imperial sore Of misruled rulership   Wouldn’t your eardrums Be tickled by the drumming [...]

‘Wish I can capture all feelings in words That my pain and happiness I will shout to the world That to the world I will tell story of my first And my very best whose [...]

Staring at me I wished my eyes to look away but I couldn’t. Walking towards you my hands twitching, itching to feel you longing to smell you like a desert longed for rain. Quietly, I [...]

The first track of Asa’s second album introduces the listener into her lyrics about life’s happiness, sadness, worry and so on… Her voice which struck the world by storm with her first album four years [...]

We crossed the desert, Sailed the seas, Rode the constellations, Cruised the milky way Why was it the minute pond that felled us? Why was it that splash of water, that stretch of stillness created [...]

..the poems here are some of the poems i have in my latest project. I. FEAR THE SHADOWS In the shadows of the silent night In the cawing of the crow in flight Hear the [...]

Where were you when I fell and couldn’t rise I learnt to pick myself up I fought your battles, why blame me for your misfortune   I learnt to be a man at a tender [...]

Mr. Shammah is talking. “Hellooo. Hellooo. Alright, silence everyone. The 3rd round is about to start. Silence… SAAAAIIIIILENCE!” The buzz of voices across the Hall reduces. Me and my teammates hold hands, bow our heads [...]

The crowd filled the Abia Transport Corporation bus terminal at Ojuelegba that Monday morning. They sweated as they shoved with the characteristic rudeness of the Lagos traveller during the Christmas period and went after the [...]

  what a fate mocked the King of Beasts ………a god born bound a godslavegod a slavegodslave ……….what a fate smiled his laughter Damned clock! I roll over and knock it off the stand. It [...]

Last night when two Policemen entered our house and announced that Eze was one of those that died in an auto-crash along the Lagos – Ibadan express way,  Papa had concluded all he wanted to [...]