His name is Dogg.

He was christened Dogg.

At the tender age of eight, he was the sweetheart and heartbreaker of almost half the girls in his school.  He would “take care” of them and in turn, they would give […]

…But got something else.Looking at your severely cracked full-length mirror situated adjacent your iroko-strong but old door of your equally severely tattered one-room apartment, standing as naked as your […]

The world we live in is an evolved world of true things, things that have to be true to be real.  If you agree with me, there is a huge difference between a writer and someone who merely scribbles words on a sheet […]

There comes a time in a person’s life when one wishes to express himself in writing. Most people at some point in their lives have this desire, this dream to write a book, whether a factual study of a favourite […]

Minerva Press is a typical example of vanity publishing. A report says that it was Britain’s largest vanity publishing company, but now it has ceased trading. Its phones at its Leicester office have been cut off […]

She was just been openly jilted by her boyfriend.  After their dinner, he told her that he had fallen in love with someone else, a more beautiful lady than herself.  They had been inside a restaurant and in front […]

My writing and reading (reading and writing) have ‘suffered’.  Everything I have posted here in this young and prestigious literary website for naija youngsters (and oldsters) are select “refreshing archives” got […]

Bury me in dry leaves.

I desire to inhale their scent.

When dry winds arrive,

I’ll be well cradled by air

and be at heaven quicker

before judgement.

—

Far away from humankind,

strange […]

We’re here…

Shht!  We’re here, on tiptoe
to completely extract that semen
of conceit and deceit,
that semen of no weight,
that common water
from them who solely depend on it,
white-hearted in disguise […]

Rain growled in and created hunchbacks for pedestrians.  Detrimental lubrication was evident.  The dog-nose wetness made everywhere appear vague.  One building stood tall and looked a bit visible than the […]

Slowly, I wake.  I inhale the forest air.  I pick up one of my five water coconuts.  I bring it to my nose.  I slowly smile.  I am little.  I have a big smile.  I look around the bareness of my home.  I chuckle.  […]

Yes, she knifed a man at the throat and took his uniform. She needed to be a ghost. She sneaked into this well-developed area filled with blocks of houses. An irrigation project was ongoing, meant to give […]

MICHELLE: I’m pregnant for you.

MICHAEL: I knew that.

MICHELLE: What would I tell my husband?

MICHAEL: What would I tell my wife?

MICHELLE: What colour of skin would it have?  Mine […]

CHARACTERS:-
MRS. VOLTA
SMADA
NEERI
DANGE
DOCTOR
POLICEMAN

(The setting of this short play is the normal arrangement of a rich-looking parlour.  MRS. VOLTA, a woman of middle age, is seen sitting on an […]

In our obodo Nigeria, there are definitely great women.  Presently, there is Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Federal Minister of Finance, who secured our debt relief from the Paris Club.  I am sure we […]