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“At what point can you say you have gotten over your ex?”, Titi asked, her powder brush making short, quick strokes over her soft, brown neck. At her question, my forefinger paused over the screen of my tablet where I was engrossed in the... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes. There was no sign of Jimi’s car when she arrived at the house. Having been delayed at the airport because all the morning flights were booked, she got into Lagos in the afternoon. Jimi’s gateman was happy to see... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes of Rumor Has It. Deola sat on the toilet seat in her bathroom and cried. Her tears weren’t coming down in torrents but her heart was breaking. She dabbed at her eyes with some tissue and struggled to find Teni’s... Read More
“Ah hah! Pronoun trouble.”―Daffy Duck Her father and uncles; later, her brothers, cousins, husband; later still, her sons and grandsons, spilled blood overseas (others’ and their own), to defend Our Way of Life. Of course She had... Read More
Hey Elsians! Submission for this year’s Blog festival which excitingly, is the 3rd Edition of our yearly blogging/writing end of the year celebration, ended on the 25th of November. I am truly humbled by the number of entries we got even when... Read More
By Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji. “Baby boy, did you call me?” “Nope… I didn’t” “Are you sure? I actually heard someone calling my name” “Well, maybe your Chi is calling you, and you... Read More
Click HERE for previous episodes. The silence was death. It ran in Jimi’s blood like cold poison but it didn’t seem to faze Marie. Jimi placed her under his microscope, watching her every move, looking for something that would connect him to their... Read More
I am yet to see a people more averse to taking responsibility than Nigerians. It is like the ‘anti-responsibility’ gene gets encoded in our DNA by default. It hardly matters whether we are Hausa, Ibo, Tiv, Itshekiri, Yoruba, Ijaw or what religion... Read More
Today humanity died a little moreand we sacrificed a little onefor the sins we createdwe even snapped souvenirs to celebrate our evilToday Heaven weptand the Man on the cross bled againToday the devil sanghe found more souls to carry out his plansToday... Read More