“I have three childs” mother continued, pointing at the apartment she got for me three years earlier. “This one is the oldest one, Ayinde. Her junior ones is in Lagos university. Please is he around?” “Mama, I have told you, there is nobody called Ayinde in this hostel. Just walk down the street and check […]
For good 5 minutes, Mrs. Ada and I starred at her and it soon became dawn to me that she was definitely not a ghost. “Is this a dream or what? Cynthia is this really you?” I asked as I drew her closer to my chest with my trembling hands. Mrs. Ada directed me back […]
Ada looked at her in shock, and then pain flashed across the features of her best friend. But it was only for a second, before they were contorted into a combination of anger and disgust. “When he leaves you broken, and weeping, don’t call me,” she hissed, as she spun her huge stomach around and […]
Three days later, it was broadcast that there was a bomb blast in the Federal Capital Territory. The bomb was said to be detonated at the early hours of the morning rush, claiming not less than twenty-seven lives. The names of certain senators and political juggernauts were mentioned among the victims and that made me […]
Sonia paused when she got to what seemed to be the last of the pages of Alice’s narration. She was still seated at the helm of her chair and still contemplating how to tie all the colors into the beautiful shadows of the whole story. It was indeed a perfect ending and she was determined […]
Chinedu was at Eagle’s square, Abuja. It was the Remembrance Day of the blast, which had left a scar on the island where it happened. Dancers from all parts of the country filled the whole place, displaying their skills. The President sat at the VIP lounge, with Chinedu close to him. Chinedu was now the […]
Banji felt his soles melting in his sanders, hot as a burning coal. His heart blowing his chests like a frenzied pestle and mortar, a cold shiver tearing at him. It was then he realized the man had stopped writing only to observe if the students were following. Still reading the letter, the man’s head […]
“Darling, I will be travelling this week-end.” My husband told me as soon as he returned from work. “To where now? I’ve been waiting to tell you about the party Tonia invited us to.” “Oh, Tonia. I would love to be there but I can’t miss the flight first thing tomorrow. There’s an important meeting […]
I How time flies when you are expectant. I could not wait for the day to end. My work in the farm went on very smooth. I could not really explain why I was feeling that way, but I felt different. As soon as I finished work on the farm by 5:00pm I went home […]
CHAPTER SEVEN Believe you me, I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. My mind just flashed back to the bus-stop where I saw her, the suya spot and all the things I had said. Now I rescind what said in the previous chapter. This is and is most likely forever going […]
“Why would Cindy resort to such a thing? I never knew she had such traits in her,” Sandra blurted. We were all sitting together in my sitting room weeks after Cindy’s death. Bimbo was yet to return to Port Harcourt; she had decided to stay a while in Lagos till she felt up to it […]
My friend, Busayo, stopped by on her way to get her wedding dress and accessories. The joy she radiated as she tells me about her fiancé made me jealous. We were classmates in the university; she was busy pursuing a career when I married Raymond. I’m happy that she has found her right hand man […]
Frederick Obu was unresponsive to the situation around him. While the woman beside him wiped her baby’s spit up with the edge of her wrapper, and the conductor argued with a bald head man over 20 naira change, he just stared outside the window of the danfo bus, thinking about the pink slip he had […]
”mo ti ku ooooo(I’m dead)’ –boko haram has entered Lagos” Was the first though that popped in to my mind. I thought to myself ‘I for don enter Biola the day she been show for my side’— Would have been worth it, or wouldn’t it? Would I have made heaven or not?— Scrambled thoughts came […]
Cindy stared at the paper for the eleventh time and gulped down another glass of champagne. She crumpled the paper and threw it inside the waste paper basket. She held her head in her hand and screamed. Bimbo heard the scream and came running to ask what the matter was. Cindy smiled and said it […]