Keshinro pressed the door bell again. His fingers felt sore. He had been knocking at the door and pressing the doorbell for over twenty minutes and Promise had refused to open it. Her car was Read More
May 242013
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May 242013
The sun today was warmer than usual. The humidity was slightly bearable. The low wind blew the words: peace and quiet. Some birds flew directly above me; they all sang their tunes with much ease. Read More
May 232013
3 DAYS TO THE PORTAL Sav was again seated in the back of the car. Neither Mev nor Jessica even looked at him. They didn’t even seem to notice he was in the car with Read More
May 232013
The young physician, moved by a great sense of passion, he went further and addressed God, though with an intended wild bitterness and anguish of his heart, but his spirit speak the words faster Read More
May 222013
Okay, back up a little bit, in case you missed it, Trisha was fifty per cent of the reason why I left Lagos in the first instance. The other half was Sonia. And there she Read More
May 212013
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Oh bollocks! ‘What does he want now?’ I mused. I decided to ignore him, that will teach him! He is so full of himself yet I notice the way he looks at me, and 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 202013
I said those words again two mornings later—to another woman. Her visit early in the morning as I left my squat bungalow was unexpected. She didn’t seem to be a student. Her tap on my Read More
May 202013
“How do I look?” Kabira turned to face her roomates who were seated on the King size bed and watching a Mexican soap opera on the television. “All dressed up for Abubakar,” Bolatito winked at Read More
May 182013
From last week, “With or without my assent, I had just become an official property of the Nigerian government, and I would need the help of God.” The morning was fairly routine and identical to Read More
May 172013
Nothing I couldn’t handle! That was my huge mistake. If I’d known what events would unfold after that afternoon, I’d never have uttered those fateful words. In doing that, I broke Murphy’s Law and dared Read More
May 172013
That term in JSS2 rolled on by in the company of the September rains that crashed against the slightly hilly terrain of my school, and the winds that soughed through the leaved branches of the Read More
May 172013
Promise returned to her hotel room immediately after the contract was awarded to Yellow Tube Communications Company. They had the final meeting in one of Labadi Beach hotel halls. It was a Friday and she Read More
May 162013
Out of nowhere, I felt two strong hands on my tightened grip and an accompanying baritone voice whispering into my ears ‘Calm down, release your grip and let me handle it’. I released my grip Read More
May 152013
Here is a little background on the young physician. As a child, there was this little girl, daughter of a family in the neighborhood, who was his playmate. The girl was afflicted with a Read More
May 142013
Heads instantaneously turned towards me as the sound of my goods hitting the ground rang through the market section. The bags gave out on impact, the tear visible for all to see. I was thoroughly Read More
May 142013
My eyes opened during the holidays that marked the end of the JSS1 session. I’m not saying I was blind and then I could see. No. I mean I gained knowledge of something I didn’t Read More
May 142013
Jemima chose the place and seats, placed our orders, paid for the food—with my money, of course—and returned bearing a tray of loot. Typical fare: rice and drumsticks. They only varied in colouring and garnishing. Read More
May 132013
The car cruised along the highway the sun setting slowly over the horizon, I was driving mechanically, my mind wasn’t on the road my current dilemma filled my thoughts, the total number of people in Read More
May 102013
“The values of the world we inhabit and the people we surround ourselves with have a profound effect on who we are.” They say family dysfunctions are not essentially bad, that they often are Read More