Jimoh IsiaqChibuike AnamsTiamiyu KazeemIfeoma AbuguChristian UgwuokeAneka OkorieTina EzekweSolomon EzeAyomide TaiwoGodspower EdohaKolade JohnsonChimaFredrick All Jimoh Isiaq wanted was a Nigeria where the ones who are meant to protect us actually do that instead of killing us. He got a bullet.Ifeoma Abugu was about to get married, heck! She was preparing to pass out of the National …
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad has become a terror to the young Nigerian. Men dressed in poorly printed T-Shirts with SARS written haphazardly on them, oozing of alcohol and wielding guns that they do not hesitate to use, arresting any young Nigerian they come across. SARS has always been an itch on the society’s back, but …
“Nne, give me your hand and climb up” my mother said to me.I didn’t know what the time was, but I knew it was early. So many people were at the park, more than enough to fill up the buses, but the conductors still shouted at the top of their lungs- “Owerri, Enugu, Aba, Abakaliki, …
She woke up this morning with the same question she had had over the years“Is this the morning this ailment stops?”She doesn’t even look to see because because the warmth of her blood was between her thighs, and she could smell it.12 years. What did she do to deserve this?Why didn’t Yeshua answer her prayers?Were …
The scandal that could rouse people into action did not yet exist. There would be uproar and then things would die down, as they always did Chief Sandayo Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo. This book review is long overdue, as I’ve had it in my drafts since June, but never got round to finishing …
“Me am not playing boju boju”“We’ll play baba suwe” Ronke decided.The children of number 4 Kudirat Street reached an agreement. I wasn’t sure number 4 was indeed our yard’s number, no house here really did have numbers. Having a street name was enough. Iya Basit was setting up her things to roast corn for the …