I remember that day like it was yesterday. Actually, what I should say is I would never forget that day. For who can forget a day...
“ Our people are resilient. They will adjust” “Resilience is not stupidity. It is not right to treat people this way” “What way? It is only...
I have had many entitlements in my life, sleep, however has not been one of them. The harder I try, the more the activity eludes me,...
He felt his wallet in his pocket and immediately brought it out as soon as Laide excused herself to go to the Ladies. She left her...
Abide with me Fast falls the even tide The darkness deepens, Lord, with me abide When other helpers fail ; and comforts flee, Help of the...
You never lock your wardrobe door, hell, you don’t even close the damn thing. One of the hinges is coming loose so there is now a...
Moses Abednego lived life in neutral. The managing director of Memoram Brothers Printing Press, Orilonise Street, Ikorodu, Lagos, here was a man who had turned moderation...
My wedding was almost a blur. I hardly remember the details. I just know it was a day I woke up feeling extremely happy and deeply...
The ancient city of Ibadan didn’t seem to notice the day my first son, Adewale, died. The city was as busy as ever. Cloudless skies hung...
The faint trickle of blood from her nose pools beneath what used to be a luxurious mane of black hair. All that’s left now of those...
The telephone rings and you pick it up. It is Owolabi , communications director for Mex investment bank. “Ms Ogbeche, good evening, I hear you have...
I still have a sweet tooth but that’s not why I visit Mallam Ahmed’s sweet ‘shop’. I graduated from Princeton University six days ago and couldn’t...
There are many words I use to refer to Tolulope, sometimes; I call him T-baby, Lulo or T-bunny, or on those days when he makes me...
Author’s Note: This is for all the babies that die before they can cry their first tear. You’re afraid to close your eyes in the fear...
It was midday; the sun was right above the village of Chiolu. Mazi Oge sat in front of his obi, cracking palm nuts with a sizeable...
The woman sitting on the balcony railing took two quick puffs of what would at first glance, pass for a cigarette. The furtive light in her...
The traffic on Ajose was murder. She left the office at 5pm on the dot and even though she knew that was the peak of rush...
Ding-dong went the doorbell. I hurried to open the door before the bell rang a second time and woke up my sleeping 14-month-old. I’d finally gotten...
Mickey, the middle-aged black mouse pokes its head out of the tiny hole burrowed into the floor. Similar holes dot the four corners of this dingy...
She entered the world in a breech position which earned her Ige as her middle name. Ige was the name the Yoruba people gave to any...
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