Michael Afenfia: Open Letter to Femi Adesina
Dear Mr. Femi Adesina, I trust this letter meets you well and that you are in splendid health. I read your very insightful article published in the Vanguard Newspaper of January 20, 2018 aptly titled “Why I stand with Buhari,” [...]
Call for Entries: Write for Love
So, you think you can express love. Let’s see what you’ve got! This season of love, write anything creative in poetry and flash fiction about love—what it is or can be—and get rewarded for it. RULES AND CONDITIONS OF [...]
Of Cows, Herdsmen and the Silence of the Rock
What a world of difference a couple of months can make! In this case, 34 months since our President, Muhammadu Buhari made his now famous “I belong to no one” speech. For weeks, the circumstances that led to his emergence [...]
What Nnamdi Didn’t Know
It was the happiest day of his life. Nnamdi didn’t think he’d know a happier moment since that morning he looked into Ariana’s eyes as she said, “I do” in front of his family and friends. Theirs wasn’t the typical [...]
Fireflies by Darlington Chibuzor
It happened last night, but not for the first time. But there was something about it happening now that seemed different. It was the guilt, I think, that hung around as I locked my mouth in hers in sultry affection, [...]
Everything Great and Small
For some strange reason, a good number of persons ended their lives jumping off 3rd Mainland Bridge last year. For them, anything was better than being alive. I’m sure they weren’t the only ones that felt that way though, but [...]