Being the first born, it fell on my shoulders to arrange the funeral. My father had always told us as we grew up that in the...
Right on cue, Tina came, barely holding on to three questionable-looking drinks with Nikky right behind her. “Look who I found,” Tina said. She squeezed herself...
It’s not me, it’s you. It’s not you, it’s me. Potayto, Potato, Tomayto, Tomato, Let’s call the whole thing off. The break up is one of...
Yanked from a pleasant dream by the shrill sound of the alarm clock buzzer, Moni fought hard against opening her eyes. She would rather stay in...
Rhea’s stilettos clicked noisily like distressed night crickets as she ran out of the church hall, and down the cold cobbled pavement. Her heavily rouged cheeks...
Hours later, the ladies were relaxed on the patio of Ini’s apartment going through their shopping bags. They were all smiles—another satisfying day of shopping. Quality...
The pungent smell of rotten cheese woke me up. I batted a damp piece of fabric off my face to the floor: a purple lace underwear....
“All you leg shakers and rats, do you wonder why you are dullards in the classroom, unproductive in the fields and listless with your families? Of...
It was an NYSC tradition to hold a bonfire on the last week of camp. Corpers had expressed shouts of joy on the parade ground the...
Hadiza dearie are you in?” I opened the door reflexively, I hadn’t even heard the knocks. They trooped in, what some would call my entourage. My...
It’s a glorious Sunday morning. The clock on the wall reads twenty minutes past eight, and as I lay against Jimi’s well-built body, I note to...
Obi and Chike knew this long-winded talk by Obi’s father was just not for him to hear himself talk. It pretty much meant to say that...
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