Mama had not yet returned from work, and I had already been to Mama Peju’s shop. She did not have the house keys. That meant that I would have to wait outside the door Read More
Jun 192013
Adventure
Jun 142013
The lights became eerie as the sun continued to retreat further down the Kenyan plains. The weak grasses of the savannah soon looked like they had disappeared, except for their itchy feel against David’s feet. Read More
Jun 132013
Lagos, Present Day. Laurie read over the blog post on her laptop for the ninth time. A frisson of glee swept over her. Wow, this was going to dynamite! She skimmed over the facts Read More
Jun 122013
Many travellers checking in at the Kuwaiti Airlines counter carried Christmas presents for families and friends but Kola just had his bags, as it was a working trip for him. Kola Olu was on his Read More
Jun 112013
Aikume waited till even the crickets had slept before she crept out of her bed and into the bushes. The moon wasn’t out yet, so she had to trace her fingers on the branches as Read More
Jun 112013
He saw me coming. After all, I was walking towards him. I couldn’t tell what he was thinking though. How does a 10-year old boy read the mind of a 40-something year old man? Read More
Jun 112013
What if finally the time machine – that age-long elusive bit of advanced technology- was invented? It was. And it had to be that horn-rimmed glasses sporting Ibo nerd, Cheta that unlocked the formula that Read More
Jun 102013
The last few days had been a little busy; I had been caught up in preparations for my trip to Lagos. That particular day, I had woken up as early as 5 am in preparation Read More
Jun 092013
The agreement has been finalized. A thrilling cloud of triumph has engulfed Mazi Udemezue and his household. Gathered in that sitting-room, the entire family handed justice to that pot of freshly prepared pepper-soup as a Read More
Jun 082013
Nigeria in 4113 was a country surviving aeons of wars, pogroms, pestilence and all those deleterious disasters that had drowned other countries into extinction. For centuries, this enigma comprising the North and the South had been Read More
Jun 082013
The ogisos’ as the benin people called them had come from the sky, these were times when there was no constituted structure of leadership. In the beginning they where two a male, Zee and Read More
Jun 082013
The skies were white; there were too many clouds in the sky. The air was so dry and cold, something very unusual in the month of May. Who knew, maybe the weather had gotten the Read More
Jun 082013
Kunle woke up 5 o’clock his time and got ready for work. At 5:45am, he was parking his car in the office car lot, when he felt something heavy hit his head and that was Read More
Jun 062013
“Slice and dice eh?” The two guards were surprised to see a man in a black velvet jacket appear right amongst them. With the coolness of night, the man in black blasted through the two Read More
Jun 012013
Uzoma Ezeson, Aba. This is a mental projection of what will happen if the Sun were to burn the Earth. I could hear voices from afar, echoing in my ears but being totally exhausted from Read More
May 272013
The haulage truck missed Supo by a whisker as he huffed cycling uphill towards the council estate where he lived in west London. It was winter 1990 and Supo Cole with his family were just Read More
May 252013
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 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