
He didn’t go back to his aunt’s place until a few days after his finals. He told himself he was just stopping by to tell his mom he was going spend the holidays with one [...]

He didn’t go back to his aunt’s place until a few days after his finals. He told himself he was just stopping by to tell his mom he was going spend the holidays with one [...]

Loud shrieks of children playing around Adepegba in her expansive compound filled the atmosphere. The over a dozen children playing in the compound seem to be having a swell time as they ran from one [...]

Hello everyone, We are now in the final stages of the publication of the Naija Stories Anthology. The submitted stories have been edited – thanks very much to RemiRoy and Tade – and they have [...]

He hurried home when he heard his mom had been declared a witch and thrown out of the family house. It was the last thing he wanted to deal with now. His finals were in [...]

With an air of a destination in mind, I faded into the night with my touch light handy for easy movement through the darkness; but the darkness itself was so thick that even my touch [...]

No matter how hard it tried, the sun could never catch my father on the old, bug infested mattress that covered half our room. You see, my father was a creature of habit, [...]

I felt a slight pain pierce through my lower chest region as I struggled to keep pace with Taiwo, Mumuni and Shola my girlfriend. Suddenly I became dizzy and my strength began to fail me [...]

That morning, I went to see the man of God on how things degenerated for me. How things moved from bad to worse for me. When I entered his office, he was studying the bible. [...]

Two youngsters went out to check out their fish traps. The older of the two, Kolo Igodo, eleven years, had borrowed his father’s canoe. His companion, Odema Okula, nine years, had taken a wicker basket [...]

DYING DEAD He staggers. He squints through the pouring rain trying to see ahead. In the distance he can hear the loud rumbling of several generators, but his part of the street is [...]

Oshodi! Oshodi! The bus conductor shouted on top of his voice to attract passers-by. Some persons dressed in office-like attire hurriedly mount the “Danfo” bus with the hope to get to work as early as [...]
‘…And if anyone here present know of any reason why this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.’ Weddings can be so tedious, Marissa thought [...]

It was a Sunday evening, we were returning from a camping trip in the family’s mini bus. The sweet sound of Jazz music filled the air. The windows were wound down as the relaxing air [...]
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