Dry sticks A forest prepared for conflagration And how great the matter The little spark will kindle Petrol in our drinking water How will we put out the fire We will plunge But now we breathe deep With Read More
Feb 032013
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Sep 042012
– August 2012 – In the street There is no pause To the questing souls Rainbow chasing riots Must locate The pots of gold Must find, must find The great golden hammer Read More
Mar 162012
(A story about Fuel Subsidy Removal, in three Acts) ACT ONE A conversation between Peace (P), a housemaid, and Akpos (Akp), a driver Akp: “Peace, Peace!” P: “Na me be dat o.” Akp: Read More
Feb 102012
Unemployment flows In the beating heart of this city A vital tide Powerful stream Carrying hundreds Thousands Millions of us Tools for the workshop Unemployment is alive here Familiar Our monstrous relative Caressing the Read More
Jan 052012
This is how I remember it. This is the image of my grandmother that sticks; that Christmas of 2005, the Christmas before she died. She is sitting at the dining table, in her customary Read More
Dec 282011
I was a shy young leaf on a little tree. Our tree was little. Yes, we knew. We knew because the other trees never made us forget it. We heard it all the time. We Read More
Dec 072011
Ok, so I saw this event link on Facebook saying Teju Cole and Tolu Ogunlesi were going to be having a literary conversation on Sunday November 27 from 4 to 6 pm at a place Read More
Oct 082011
FROM PART 4: “Kitan, stop shouting alright. Sound carries in this house, Lamide might hear you.” “Oluseeni, I don’t give a damn! Stop giving excuses! Answer my question!” “Kitan, please forget Lucy. Stop shouting ehn. Read More
Oct 062011
FROM PART 3: “But just imagine if I had packed my things that time and taken the children and stormed out of the marriage. People would sympathize, of course, but then some silly girl would Read More
Sep 222011
FROM PART 1: “I suppose I should just let Ayoola kill me once and for all. Right?” “Kitan, this is your problem, ehn. You always get so dramatic and make things complex. This is a Read More
Sep 112011
Character: ‘Say-Tokyo-Kid’ Book: ‘The Road’ Author: Wole Soyinka. ‘The Road’ is a complex drama. It could be said to be a series of interactions between various characters at a motor park/drivers’ community over the course Read More
Sep 082011
-1- “I mean it’s just aww-ful! God have mercy on us. You know M’s cousin Wale right? The one who works with the DFID? Yes, him. He actually had an appointment to be at the Read More
Aug 302011
–August 28, 2011–Gboyega Otolorin–Lagos– As a person, I have always despised faking. Airs, affectations, pretending to what you’re not, trying to impress people. It irritates me. I’m a firm believer in being you. Be yourself. Read More
Aug 082011
Flashes. Flashes are all I see now. The buses come. The buses go. But me, I am numb. I sit in a world of blindness, of darkness, of dust and ashes. So much noise, so Read More
Jul 172011
Short Note: Hey my dear Naija Stories people. I recently had the great pleasure of being a part of the Farafina Trust Creative Writing Workshop which ended Saturday, July 2, 2011. It was simply divine. Read More
Jun 262011
Mr. Shammah is talking. “Hellooo. Hellooo. Alright, silence everyone. The 3rd round is about to start. Silence… SAAAAIIIIILENCE!” The buzz of voices across the Hall reduces. Me and my teammates hold hands, bow our heads Read More
Jun 232011
Tash Deverill. I’ve never liked her much. That’s weird because I’m the kind of person who likes people. The world is my friend. Ask anybody and they’ll tell you, “Oh Omololu, he’s always going Read More
Jun 102011
–From my heart to yours–Gboyega Otolorin–June 2011. He walked up to Charity Said to her ‘I love you’ Because he wanted to prove a point Because they told him he couldn’t get her Read More
May 032011
Finally, to underscore NYSC’s woeful mishandling of corps members, let us discuss the use of corpers by INEC in the just-concluded electoral exercise. When I heard, sometime in 2010, that the NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. M.I. Read More
Apr 302011
The second conclusion I came to about NYSC was that until the scheme is discontinued, development will elude some parts of this country. However, before I discuss that, let me talk about what I can Read More