Melinda loved Sunday mornings, not because it was a sacred day or because it was God’s command to keep it holy. She loved Sundays because that was the day she got to see Pastor Dave. Read More
May 182013
nigerian fiction
May 112013
We were having breakfast, my girlfriend and I. It was one of her occasional weekends off from work and she’d visited. And honestly I was loving it, I couldn’t complain; a meal of crisp toasts Read More
Apr 262013
I wasn’t at the hospital on the day you were born. There is no real story behind it. I was at the joint drinking. That’s where my father was when I was born and where Read More
Apr 212013
We dey suffer for water,no be small, we dey suffer. Government say dem don provide water, dem call am pipe borne water, but water we nor see, pipe we nor see, talk less borne. Na Read More
Apr 112013
The accolade usually given to male child in Obodo-Akiri overwhelmed Nwatiti with jealousy and she swore to stand out come what may in any competition between her and any boy of her age group. Read More
Mar 012013
“What are you doing up there?” He looked at his young friend from their normal spot, wondering why he had decided to sit atop the roof of the community centre. It had never been their Read More
Feb 202013
My Father once told me a story about a herbalist that had a spare parts shop in the middle of the market square, shadowed underneath the big Iroko tree. In the crime ridden Nkwo market, Read More
Jan 282013
Have you ever had a really nasty day the previous day and for like ten minutes after you wake up the next day, memories of it all comes swirling back and you wish it had Read More
Jan 242013
With the fight now out of me, I just sat quietly. With one swoop movement, the Bodyguard who had sat by me and had said nothing all these while held my legs and with Read More
Jan 182013
It’s amazing how people take the little things in life for granted. Especially rich kids and some razz girlfriends who have real good, rich, generous boyfriends. Can you imagine my roommate Linda was having a Read More
Jan 012013
Sitting here and listening to him speak brings tears to my eyes. He is standing there to speak as the best graduating student in the university and in his department. His department which has not Read More
Dec 292012
Kyan gani! Chai! The way small madam and her bobo dey fire gun for her papa and mama bed ehn, chai! The sound dem dey make alone sef dey give me Read More
Dec 272012
Parallel lines She looked at the man talking into his phone trying to keep the hard earned smile on her face while marching towards him with her hand over a cup of palm wine. She Read More
Dec 052012
The Barrister just fell, crashing on the door’s burglary which left a v-cut on his fore-head! Froth coated with pink-dark grey blood gushing from both corners of his mouth while the four Photographers with Read More
Nov 172012
The Old man fell down It was poem day in my ‘story hut’ so I got the children to write poems about anything they wanted to. Today, they will be reading out their literary masterpieces and Read More
Nov 142012
The wronged prince The children of primary 3 Rose filed into the story hut very slowly, It was like they were been pushed by a forceful hand they could not rebel against .They seemed reluctant to Read More
Nov 052012
Synopsis: A teenage girl hawking mangoes on the streets of Lagos has only one goal: to raise enough money to pay her examination fees. Her short, but colorful journey turns out to be an adventure, and Read More
Oct 162012
Synopsis: A young Nigerian woman prepares for her white wedding to her boyfriend of 3 years. Their relationship has outlived unusual trials. However, what happens on the day of the wedding will determine the Read More
Oct 082012
The following Monday before classes began, just about everyone in Temi’s class had heard about her Friday night ordeal. As she had expected, the girls did not believe Temi when she recounted her experience with Madam. Read More
Oct 012012
Temi knew that tune. She was sure the whole school knew it too. It was the school song. The person – for Temi had decided that only human beings could whistle – repeated the chorus Read More