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One of Us: Hi, my name is Frank and I’m gay. I know it sounds terribly weird introducing myself this way but I have come to the realization that the more I say it, the better my chances of accepting it.
I have always been gay. In f...1 view(s)
STANDING IN A BRT: Why would anyone want to stand in a BRT? I once asked my best friend. We were comfortably seated in the bus and were prepared to relax for we were on our way home from Oshodi market where we had gone to shop. Bus Rapid Transi...1 view(s)
Niger Area: We grew thinking our tongues were inferior,
Schools still allow fines and punishment for usage...
Now, government complains of indigenous languages' dearth.
We grew knowing teachers are poor,
The work for rewa...1 view(s)
Genevieve Nnaji: She was hailed by Oprah Winfrey as the Julia Roberts of Africa and featured in an Oprah episode Meet the Most Famous People in the World. Just recently she was chosen as Connector of The Day on CNN’s Connect The World progr...1 view(s)
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To Love a Liar: Mary Jane’s jaw dropped open in abject horror. Shock, like a raging current, coursed through her entire system. Standing right on her doorsteps, eyes twinkling brightly with a so...13 comment(s) | 41 view(s) | by Edydeyemi
It doesn’t last forever: As kids, we weren’t the best friend sisters, but we were friends. And we always fought. I remember the first scuffle I had with her. It was when she became overly close to a Yoru...46 comment(s) | 37 view(s) | by Ukamaka Olisakwe
THE WET DREAMS OF A WIFE: It is my last night as a bachelor and I am drunk and dancing with all sorts of women. There are fat women, slim women, short women, tall women, fair women and dark women for me and...44 comment(s) | 33 view(s) | by Idoko Ojabo
The Rejects: “How did I get here?” The man asked himself. He was in the middle of nowhere, a very busy market. One which he was sure he had never been before. All he could remember was that...6 comment(s) | 32 view(s) | by morzook
Marriage is an eye-opener: Hi guys, hope you are good? I sat down one day and thought about this story, i have been advised to always make my story longer and not rushed, I hope I tried with this one.
En...5 comment(s) | 29 view(s) | by Wealth
‘Feel free girl, your mistakes are yours for the make’, Tunmise said aloud, from across the room her baby sister Titi, was griping about the happenings in her life.
‘Tunmise’. Contorted face like vent, strewn over, her lump of [...]
Women of Africa, please listen up with pride. Who ever said that beauty has a standard has never seen an African Violet in full bloom. Our palms may not be soft and smooth as whipped butter but they testify to our daily labour of love for our own and others. [...]
‘I know what I’m doing. Really!’, Kally insisted to me as I turned away from her to pick up my mobile that had just started to ring. This discussion was beginning to bore me. How many times have I [...]
How can I be invited to a cocktail party and the guys are all in jeans and sneakers ehn?! Look at me all dressed up like am about to see the queen and the girls are dressed in spandex [...]
Where is the love? The bible defines love as patient, kind, not envious, not proud, amongst others (1 cor 13:1-8). How many relationships apply this definition in reality? Today, most relationships use love as a justification for sex instead [...]
At 14, walking down the street with a boy, not to imagine two or more, hanging at the corner would have been my worst nightmare.
Being shy was an understatement!
At 16, dreams of forever after with the boy that lived down the street was the best part of my day. Fairy tales almost ruined my life. Continue reading Evolver
Naija Tales from Los Angeles is fiction set in the city of Los Angeles, in the state of California, USA. The characters in the stories are members of the resident or transient Nigerian and African communities scattered throughout the [...]
I always suspected that he was cheating. I just didn’t have proof, and I like me some good pudding! Anyways, today I followed him. I followed him to the hotel room and I caught him with another [...]
Shade sipped coke from a tall glass, leaned against the railings in a corner of the balcony and watched the city below her buzz with life. Car lights, neon signs and flashy party outfits all played colourfully against the [...]
It’s the end of another long day at the office and as usual, Labake was really grateful to see it. She’d been staring so hard at the hands of the clock for over an hour as if by some [...]
After those words came out, she immediately had the urge to clap a hand over her mouth. So much for hiding her antagonism from him. So much for professionalism, Gabriella thought. So much for her profession, period. Because [...]
“Segun, please can you give me something to change into?” Segun went through his closet and pulled out a white tshirt and some navy blue shorts. “Here you go love, hope it’s okay?” [...]
She was tucked in with her favorite Stephen King piece and something in the plot, got her thinking. It had been 5 months since Femi waltzed back into [...]
They say some love stories were made in heaven. Well, some are not, some are made here on earth by the characters themselves choosing to give in, compromise and stay with what matters. Femi and Banke are one of such characters, and yes, they exist, in my head and in most of our hearts. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed dreaming it! (I honestly tried to make it short) This is one of those stories you finish in your head find it hard to articulate. Havent sweated on an ending like this before, but hey, what do I know? To understand the story better, please read the first two instals! http://www.naijastories.com/2010/05/new-beginings/ http://www.naijastories.com/2010/05/new-beginings-2 http://www.naijastories.com/2010/07/new-beginings-3/ [...]
They say some love stories were made in heaven. Well, some are not, some are made here on earth by the characters themselves choosing to give in, compromise and stay with what matters. Femi and Banke are one of such characters, and yes, they exist, in my head and in most of our hearts. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed dreaming it! (I honestly tried to make it short) This is one of those stories you finish in your head find it hard to articulate. Havent sweated on an ending like this before, but hey, what do I know? To understand the story better, please read the first two instals! http://www.naijastories.com/2010/05/new-beginings/ http://www.naijastories.com/2010/05/new-beginings-2 [...]
