Category: Nigerian Voices
Raheem Oluwafunminiyi: Fleeing terror [Nigerian Voices]
by Raheem Oluwafunminiyi The second half of my stay in Adamawa marked a period of both hope and fear. First, there ...
Adaobi Ezeodum: The struggles of the not-so-average Nigerian woman [Nigerian Voices]
by Adaobi Ezeodum It was December 26, 2015. My aunt woke me up around 10 am to tell me that ...
Ibrahim Oga: Home is still a faraway dream [Nigerian Voices]
by Ibrahim Oga I don’t have a home—not really. When I left for the university, home, where I grew up, ...
Ferdinand Mozie: My first kiss [Nigerian Voices]
by Ferdinand Mozie Eighteen years back, when I was twelve, then I was in JSS2 in my school. I ...
Nnamdi Jude Atupulazi: Tea Mornings, 1997 [Winner of Nigerian Voices Competition]
by Nnamdi Jude Atupulazi Mummy was a teacher. She lived far away from us because the government would not grant her ...
Ayo: Smack dab in the theatre of insurgency [Nigerian Voices]
by Ayo We slid across the rough ground on our elbows and thighs, barely raising our helmet protected heads above ...
Opeoluwa Odunlami: The rejected stone [Nigerian Voices]
by Opeoluwa Odunlami “How good you start is important, how well you end is what is more important.” I did ...
Abraham Isaac Oluwatimilehin: Poetic justice [Nigerian Voices]
by Abraham Isaac Oluwatimilehin *Click* This is me staring at you, wide-eyed, the first time we met. I find this photograph ...
Nwadioke Nicole Ifeoma: Beautifully introverted
by Nwadioke Nicole Ifeoma “You need to more outgoing!” This is a phrase not alien to introverts, and it’s certainly ...
Anthony Emecheta: Keep at your passion
by Anthony Emecheta ‘Will you get up from there and go wash my car?’ dad thundered on entering my room. ...
Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto: The ties that bind
by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto “Frank, that’s not the right way to put on your sandals,” I said to my younger brother ...
YNaija.com’s ‘Nigerian Voices’ competition continues this October | Winner gets N50,000!
Following the successful completion of the debut edition of Nigerian Voices in September, YNaija.com, the internet newspaper for young Nigerians ...
Mfon Iquaibom: Jewel in the rubble [Nigerian Voices]
by Mfon Iquaibom Talking about victories, battles, successes and accomplishments, turmoil, confusion, beauty and inspiration and the likes, I would ...
Akerele Oluranti: Begin your long walk to freedom [Nigerian Voices]
by Akerele Oluranti I started out life as a nondescript kid. One who never did home works; hardly knew a ...
Ezinne Uzoije: Blind, but full of vision
by Ezinne Uzoije I never knew blind graduates could serve the country if they wanted to. I got to know ...
Ekeziem Hamilton: The best lessons are taught in life v[Nigerian Voices]
by Ekeziem Hamilton The lecture room is filled to the brim, but I still manage to secure a standing spot ...
Innocent Chizaram Ilo: The day I knew the Ethereal power of books [Nigerian Voices]
by Innocent Chizaram Ilo Okigwe was always red-red, hilly and tranquil. On Sunday afternoons, after the legendary rice and stew lunch, ...
Msonter Anzaa: Bullying is a cycle [Nigerian Voices]
by Msonter Anzaa “Bring down your bag,” one of the senior boys ordered as I entered what was going to be ...
Orekoya Ola: Why must a culture of peace be built with violent communication?
by Orekoya Ola The word ‘peace’, has been over used by different people, from the educated elites to the politicians, ...
The single story of Chisom Edoziem [Nigerian Voices]
by Chisom Edoziem I’d began with the definition of a story. It’s a message that tells the particulars of an ...
Dennis Izuchukwu Ezeogu: Beautiful memories [Nigerian Voices]
by Dennis Izuchukwu Ezeogu Some say butterflies inhabit the insides of tense and anxious people. But that night, sitting in ...
Tomiwa Yussuf: “I’m going to die and they’ll all think I killed myself” [Nigerian Voices]
by Tomiwa Yusuff Like a bad record, the thought kept reverberating in my head that unforgettable morning in the town ...
Margaret-Mary Osiobor: Ikeja Cantonment explosions through the eyes of a six year old [Nigerian Voices]
by Margaret-Mary Osiobor The events of that day are still quite vivid in my memory. It was a warm sunny ...
Eketi Edima Ette: What doesn’t kill you… [Nigerian Voices]
by Eketi Edima Ette Have I ever told you the story, of that time I tried to die, but couldn’t? ...
Chukwuemeke Victor Esumeh: Life is sweet, bitter, sour [Nigerian Voices]
by Chukwuemeke Victor Esumeh There have always been ups and downs that seems to place situational hurdles on the path of ...
Raji Aliu Akanni: I took on a police officer [Nigerian Voices]
by Raji Aliu Akanni Police is your friend. That was what we learnt. As a young school leaver, I had ...
Promise Excel: I’m hustling, blogging and fighting for my dreams [Nigerian Voices]
by Promise Excel “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever ...
Olorunleke, M.A: Hopeless [Nigerian Voices]
by Olorunleke, M.A Hope, like talk is cheap. But it’s hard to picture a future without hoping, hence hope becomes a ...
Chidiebere Gabriel: From car washing to big time entrepreneur [Nigerian Voices]
by Chidiebere Gabriel The tyres of madam Jane’s car came to a screeching stop at the end of the car ...
Samson Toromade : Footprints in hell [Nigerian Voices]
by Samson Toromade I don’t have fond memories of the first time I crossed into the boundaries of Taraba state, ...
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