Southern Nigeria April 2012. A place where men and women sell themselves for food,that is what the labour market is. It is a place where money and desperation meet, also called Urua Owo, human market. Read More
May 252013
Adventure
May 242013
The 747 banked sharply, giving passengers sat in its left side a panoramic view of Los Angeles. The smog LA was renowned for, cast its dirty wisps on the windows, as the plane lined up Read More
May 222013
Midmorning was already upon the hills when I woke up. At first, I could not understand why my body ached all over, but then it all came back to me, the dance, the hastily swallowed Read More
May 202013
You dey craze? E be like say you don dey mad? You for carry am go house na. Idiiiooooot! You don forget say we still get plenty places to go abi? ‘The Boss’ yelled Read More
May 182013
Chapter 1 It took more than the sound of the alarm built into the detachable chrome and fibreglass bed to wake Boyo up from a dream-filled sleep. Though the continuous beep of the alarm Read More
May 172013
***** This is a continuation of the series. If you missed the first part, you can read it here. ***** The Man In Black tried opening his eyes, but they felt heavy and sore. Read More
May 132013
‘Oakland Tower, Two Zero Tango at Runway 11, ready for take off’ ‘Two Zero Tango, please hold and you are number five for take off behind the Go Places Fokker 28’ ‘Roger Oakland, number five for Read More
May 112013
This is a little info on how we operate. Let me start this way; I’m not human, I’m a…demon and my name is Angatus. You can decipher from my name that I’m the carrier of Read More
May 092013
“Get out of the car! Abi you no dey hear word?” the shorter of the gun totting men, shouted at us. Our car had stopped by now although the engine was still running. Then Uncle Read More
May 032013
Shimmering water slurped on the edge of the footpath as the sun beat down on the Marina. Oni’s sandaled feet shuffled in the hot weather as he stared at the ships on the other side Read More
May 022013
That morning, I woke up a dazed man. I was lying on the bed bare-chested inside my one room apartment thinking out loud. ‘You see, life have not treated me kindly’ My name is Read More
May 022013
Everything occurred within one flashing second of eternity. In that frozen sequence of time, the ground in the yard behind Mardala was bursting open as a mortar bomb, whistling from a mile and half away Read More
May 012013
Please read the first part to follow the story. Na Fela take am sing say: Omi Olota o Water e nor get enemy But some people think say na Indian hemp dey inspire that man Read More
May 012013
DJ Blaze must have been reading my mind, for all of a sudden, while we were all alingo-ing, etighi-ing and azonto-ing to P-Square’s Alingo, he suddenly switched the music. “Bobo no go die, unless to ba Read More
May 012013
I remember last Christmas. My husband Samuel and I had been married six months but were yet to go on our honeymoon. We decided to seize the opportunity of the Christmas holiday to have it. Read More
Apr 302013
Conrad saw someone first. A suited up man holding a placard with the name CONRAD IBORI written boldly on it. “They’ve changed the driver again?” he said angrily, as he signaled the man to come Read More
Apr 282013
Walking up from the field, the illustrious Mammy Market was set in a small, uppermost north-east corner of the camp. It had little less than one score canopies spread out in all directions, including centre. Read More
Apr 272013
The one thing Mrs. Ugabi hated most in her life was embarrassment and the shame involved with it. And due to her paranoid nature, and low anger threshold, almost anything slightly inappropriate was considered an Read More
Apr 262013
…As I watched the naked lady’s bosom I wondered what must be going through her mind. What will become of her BMW X6 2012 model packed in front of the Boutique? Maybe she was set-up? Read More
Apr 262013
Mike’s wrist watch showed 02.35 hrs. Their plans were going awry due to weather delays as the cars had to be unloaded and fly out of the airport before dawn and security officials arrived. A ladder propped against the front passenger door got them down. Handkerchiefs Read More