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I lay sprawled on my bed, staring at my phone screen. Few minutes ago, I received a text message from Tony. I didn’t have to check the sender’s name to know that…
I’ve always been an inquisitive child, taught and learnt how to differentiate right from wrong at an early age. Growing up as an only daughter, I was loved and attended to by…
The car idles noiselessly on the sand, as a ladybug crawls lazily under the bonnet. The young couple kiss languidly against their warm skin, on the bonnet of the car. They stay…
Marriage is hands down, one of the most important institutions in every African society We would even dare to assume that the ceremony itself- that is, the way one enters this institution…
Who are you? Funny question I tell you. Does anybody really know who they are? As much as I love to ask myself this question, I have never gotten a satisfactory answer.…
Based on a true life story. When I married Arinze we had nothing. Two fresh graduates from Unilag coming together to build something. In the beginning we were so poor we could…
I think I grew up on a lean diet of love. I grew up in a family of Seven. I have two elder sisters and one elder brother and a little brother.…
My one night stand story begins like this. Where do I start from? My name is Aminat Fomzi Ojeku. My name used to be Aminat Ufouma Ojeku until I changed it. Now…
I intend to butter this bread thoroughly just as I buttered the last. I intend to treat it as I treated the courses I took to get my college degree, methodological, slowly,…
Life battles are not always won. I was sitting hunched over my table when the bell rang, watching my tears pool on the front page of my notebook. Fascinated, I watched the…