death

The Mouse Trap

Though the inhabitants are distinguishable by the names they call themselves, South side people, West side people. It is really just a small town separated by a flowing river cutting through the…

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What killed TB Joshua? Popular Nigerian prophet, Televangelist, and philanthropist dies at 57

Prophet and philanthropist TB Joshua confirmed dead a few days to his 58th birthday. The devastating news of the demise of the Nigerian Prophet, televangelist, and philanthropist broke the internet on June…

Exit Wound

When I saw the video of prisoners jumping out of Oko prison here in Benin City I laughed. “How foolish do these people think we are?” I asked my friend Femi who…

24 People Share Their Positive Stories From The Pandemic

Finally, 2021 is here, and if you’re reading this, it means you saw through all the hurdles of the year 2020 and emerged radiant and phenomenal like a phoenix from fire—alive. While…

The Graveyard Sex

He wept like a fool at her grave. Love had done him dirty again, as always. As always, he had loved and he had lost. “I guess love really isn’t for some…

The Colour to My Night Sky

You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ~ Buddha. I was my father’s favorite child growing up. I don’t know why he enjoyed…

Covid-19: Former Ghanaian President, Jimmy Jerry John Rawlings Loses His Life from Covid-19 Complications

Jimmy Jerry John Rawlings who was a Ghanaian military and civilian president died on the 13th of November at age 73. Report journalists reveal that he had been hospitalized at the Korle-Bu…

AfroGist: 14 People Share Their Heartfelt Letters to Heaven

Death is an inevitable part of human existence. But still, it’s one of those things that has the potential to rend one’s heart to pieces, especially when it hits too close to…

The Beautiful Ones Are Now Dead

The news reached our ears in the middle of summer. Dorothy Wogu killed herself during the midterm holiday. It was only a few weeks before our final exams in high school. The…

4th of September, 1992

The last time she saw her mother, she had had her head buried between her laps, with her right hand sticking out of the space between her right leg and thigh. Clutched…