OGBONNA CHIMEZIE The buzzing sound of the fireflies, the flapping of their wings and the clapping of their tiny legs serenaded the entire atmosphere. I pushed my feet into the…

OBINNA UDENWE It is Good Friday. Preoccupied with thoughts of having his twin daughters climb his back and ride him like a horse around the sitting room, the man does…

ALEX BYANYIKO “I don’t even know why I married you in the first place – not that you’re handsome or even rich,” my mother said, scowling as my father stared…

SULEIMAN AYUBA Every last Saturday of the month, some of the youths of Ungwan Tirka gathered together in the cemetery to level the grass and rid the place of dirt.…

FAVOUR CHUKWUEMEKA The plane would descend in Asaba in about fifteen minutes. This means that we have less than fifteen minutes to be ourselves. The tea trolley finally leaves the…

Yahoo boy audio OLADAPO DEMILADE ONE   iPhone   There is a thing about the iPhone dream here in 9ja. It is where most roads point to; that direction to…

UKAMAKA OLISAKWE There once was a time when girls did not sleep at night. Our girl stays awake, too. In the middle of the night she stands by her baby’s…

CHIDINMA OKONTA CONFIDENCE Mama’s dark skin shines. My first love, she smells like coconuts. Slightly built, yet strong, with smooth round face radiating bliss, she is comely with that ever…

OTTIH ONYEDIKACHI The car swerved past me into the street where I stood by its junction. I turned sharply and ran to a side of the street and looked at…