Fun. That is all I was looking for that cool breezy Friday night at the Lights Club, Ikorodu, and I was having it till they came to spoil it all.

I was sitting at home, ennui driving me crazy when Chuks called, […]

It took her a few seconds to process the news, “What did you just say? What did you do?” Her voice shot up to a falsetto; it always did when she was really scared.

As quickly as possible, I told her what […]

The fluorescent tube flickered intermittently, each time plunging the veranda into pitch black darkness. The night was hot and humid and the air stood still; the cheap fan in the room blew nothing but hot air. The heat was unbearable. So he had no other option than to drag his mattress onto the veranda and [...]

You’ve heard this Song of despair For too long. Danced to lethargy To its dark seductive tune, Bound to ineptitude By its harsh rasping lyrics; Your ship wrecks on the rocks Once and again… Take a cue from Ulysses. You’re in a box. Glassed walled, paralysing Stereotypes scribbled: The odds are your foes, It can’t be [...]

Strike him a tune, Let this poet sing, Inebriated on bitter wine, Clouded by failures of before, And misfortune immutable. Let him sing of despair, Let his words paint pictures forlorn. Oh! Emperor of then, now, and then; Heal this weary wary soul. He is but blind; The pervading beauty, In all its awesomeness Is [...]

The colour of the day was red. Red is also the colour for tragedies-and of blood spilt all over the bathroom floor. How fitting. St. Valentine’s day-love’s day and tragedy, and folly all rolled in one. The day started like any other, Joké called me because she woke up first-our game. Her wonderfully husky voice [...]