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Tangled
Have you ever tried dipping a blue litmus paper into an acid? Did you notice the way it turned red upon coming in contact with the acid? It looked magically and suddenly right? That was how it looked to me. I felt like an alien from Uranus whose... Read More
Lonely Roads – Chapter 28
Previous Chapters The day Adaobi most dreaded finally arrived. It was a day most women wished to be the most memorable day of their life, a day that was supposed to mark two people’s love for one another. It was Adaobi’s wedding day. The wedding... Read More
THIS IS HOW YOU DON’T GO TO HEAVEN
THIS IS HOW YOU DON’T GO TO HEAVEN (WHEN YOU ARE BORN IN NIGERIA) First, Nigeria will kill you. You will be born at night, but because there will be fuel scarcity, your father’s car will have no fuel. That little fuel he bought from his... Read More
Lonely Roads – Chapter 27
Previous chapters Days passed and took with them the last of Afam’s hope. At this point he truly believed that death was the only way out. The suffering he felt stretched seconds into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into lifetimes. He was too... Read More
Why not cry? Please do cry!
Why not detoxify your soul? Why not cry? Our society is the one that will see you as weak and vulnerable when you cry. They often have this “REAL MEN DON’T CRY” mentality, but I say NO! Real Men care about their emotional health, we... Read More
Nurse Nancy – 13
Previous Episodes After Patience told me she was pregnant I tried to comfort her the best way I could by patting her shoulder hoping that will send a little warmth to ease her distress. With the way she was so full of confidence the first time I saw... Read More
Again (Finale)
Previous Episodes It was 8:43pm. Shola sat beside the bed. Pastor Keji had gone home for the night and Deb had gone to find them something to eat. The doctor had brought them to a post-surgical ward where he had explained to them Joe’s condition. A... Read More
Dear Mercy Johnson, we’re not fools
This Mercy Johnson’s article titled “why I boarded the train with the ordinary people” is very very annoying and quite disturbing to say the least. The word “ordinary” is not my problem. Whether you see yourself as... Read More
Nurse Nancy – 12
Previous episodes Mrs. Ufuoma moved back to her parents’ house which was occupied by her father alone since her mum was late and her younger siblings’ abroad schooling. While she was there she tried hard to figure out what went wrong in her... Read More