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Azeez October 25, 2017

Chimamanda Adichie portrays Melania Trump as racist and obsessed with Michelle Obama in a micronovel

Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has portrayed Melania Trump as envious and obsessed with Michelle Obama in her latest micronovel. The Nigerian author penned a short story for the The New…

Mazi Emeka September 15, 2016

Enter for the Etisalat Flash Fiction Award and stand a chance to win £1,000

Unpublished writers now have the opportunity to enter for the 2016 edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature, Flash Fiction Award. Entries opened September 1 and will close October 14,…

Op-Ed Editor June 3, 2016

Jumoke Olusoga: The birth of ‘A Concerned Citizen’

by Jumoke Olusoga "The reason this is important to me is, next year I’ll still hold the most important title of all, and that's the title of citizen…” The words of…

Oreoluwa Peters May 28, 2016

Short story: The beautiful sweet talker

by Tolu Oluwaseyi-Daniel 'Maza-Maza, 2 more chance, enter with your change oo’, the conductor yelled. Atanda quickly hopped in and sat close to an old woman who was enjoying the…

Mallam Yero August 7, 2015

Short Story: A story for the gods

Some full moons ago, when I headed for the forest and I had not returned after three days, I made up my mind that whatever I eventually killed, even if…

Faisal Adamu July 14, 2015

Safiya Salau’s Short Stories: The Venire Couple

Words by Safiya Salau. Mrs Venire had a list of all her husband’s lovers and Mr Venire respected her enough to let her know when a name should be added…

Mallam Yero June 25, 2015

Short Story: The left side of the sun

by Okwuanya Tochukwu-Vincent She was surprised that she just allowed her pass her in their ground level living room without stopping her for noisome interrogations as she came into the house…

YWriter June 4, 2015

Ireti Oladapo: The man with a story

His shoulders arched, poised on the walkway of the third mainland bridge, ready to leap into the waters. The looks in his bloodshot eyes mirrored the menacing bayou. He was…

July 23, 2014

Onyew Bongos-Ikwue: Loving Umar – Episode 2 (#ShortStory)

by Onyew Bongos-Ikwue She was pointing in my direction as she made this declaration and his gaze followed her finger. When he saw me he started, and then he smiled…

July 21, 2014

Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo: Best served cold- Episode 3 (#ShortStory)

by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo I had an image of our future together; our wedding, honeymoon and kids. Our career paths, how I will manage the home and the kids while pursuing…

July 11, 2014

Tunde Leye: Tricia’s Nightmare – Episode 1 (#ShortStory)

by Tunde Leye Now as she turned, she realized she was in real trouble. At the entrance to his room, Bruno lay on the floor, a knife sticking out of…

February 14, 2014

#IntheSpiritofLove: Yemi my ‘lover’ (Short story)

by Izundu Santos Amanze Some girl once said that I was in touch with my feminine side. That combined with my good looks and the irresistible suave I had cultivated…

February 12, 2014

#IntheSpiritofLove: In sickness and in health… (Short story)

For ‘Labi, you inspire me… Dayo jumped out of bed at the sound of his wife’s screams. He stood by helplessly as two nurses held her down and injected her.…

September 4, 2013

The ‘randy’ blogger, a short story by ‘Seun Salami (Part 2)

by 'Seun Salami Uti couldn’t wait to get back home from the airport. He drove too fast for his own liking, turning too sharply at bends and overtaking fast moving…

February 17, 2013

‘Seun Salami: Valentine without chocolates (A short story)

by ‘Seun Salami Gregg began to notice the smoke coming from the bonnet of his car as he drove slowly out of school gate to join the traffic on University…

September 16, 2012

Suzanne Ushie: Finding writing (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Then my mother gave me Chike and the River as a birthday gift, and I began to slide the glass door of the bookshelf open again and again, to read…

April 21, 2012

Short Story: The lump in your celibate throat

by 'Seun SALAMI From childhood, you wanted to be an airline pilot, not a priest of the Catholic Church. You felt it when you woke up this morning, that lump…

April 14, 2012

Short Story: The brave child hawker

by Idowu Oluwatoyin Later that night, I thought about Linda as I laid my bed. … a young girl's destiny destroyed. Linda was young girl, no more than nine or ten…

April 10, 2012

Short story: Silent Night—The end of Christmas

— by Iweka Kingsley This Christmas will make it exactly eighteen years since my parents died. I was only four years old. If there ever was any appreciation I had for Christmas,…

March 31, 2012

Short story: The sex life of a Lagos mad woman

Photo credit: CNN by ‘Seun Salami Only Rosco's thing is sweeter than that Indomie and egg in this life, you have to believe me. This place is not…

Oluwapelumi December 4, 2011

Call for entry: Online ‘reality’ writing competition, ‘The Writers’

The Process. Ten writers will be shortlisted from the entry submissions. These writers will contest in an online writing competition. The competition will require all writers to send in themed…

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