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Continue reading →: Ella’s Dilemma
Ella sat on the edge of her bed, staring at her laptop screen for what felt like the hundredth time that day. Another rejection email blinked back at her. Two years since graduation, and she still couldn’t find a stable job. Despite her IT degree, the job market seemed relentless.…
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Continue reading →: IT’S MY HOUSE, AND I LIVE HERE
Gbenga honestly felt that this whole japa phenomenon was a nuisance! He was never one to live abroad but to go on vacations every now and then and return home to Naija. That, to him, was the life. Unfortunately, times had changed and it only made sense at this point…
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Continue reading →: The Turning Point
Tawio was no stranger to disappointment. A middle-class man working tirelessly to make ends meet, he had grown accustomed to life’s little setbacks. But if there was one thing that constantly tested his patience, it was finding reliable service providers. Time and time again, he had tried. Time and time…
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Continue reading →: NAH (11x) BABY GIVE IT UP
As a recovering hoarder, Sarah fought the urge to keep that dress. ‘It won’t hurt anyone’, she thought, after all, it was just one item. But she remembered what her coach had said the rule was ‘any item not worn in six months’. The last time she wore it was…
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Continue reading →: Chronicles of Yemi: Yemi saves the day.
No one throws a standard Owambe party like a Yoruba family in Lagos. Yemi’s boss’s wife was turning forty-five years of age, and his boss intended to paint the city red and go all out for his wife. This gist filled the workspace for about two weeks and frankly, Yemi…
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Continue reading →: CAN YOU STAND THE RAIN?
Aminu could simply not understand why his father chose to keep them in that place. Every time the sky seriously changed colour, they all knew what it meant – it was time to roll up the mats and the two mattresses in their one-room shanty, and place them atop the…
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Continue reading →: Illusion at the Bus-stop
Bimpe kept glancing at the clock; it was five minutes to closing time, and she was in a hurry to leave the office. At exactly 6 pm, she grabbed her bag and belongings and hurried out. For the past week, she had made it a routine to arrive at the…
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Continue reading →: RUNNING UP THAT HILL
Ngutor caught a glimpse of some men with machetes and guns and immediately regretted coming to the farm on that day. Vershima, his brother had tried to dissuade him from going. But he had found it difficult to stay back home for yet another day in what would be their…
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Continue reading →: The Official Assignment
Akin was not thrilled about the news he had just received. His boss had called for an urgent meeting with specific members of staff, and he was informed that he had been assigned to travel to Kaduna, a state in the north, to carry out an official assignment for the…
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Continue reading →: One Summer Time.
My Grandfather was a man of many words, filled with wisdom. I remember sitting on his lap and hearing him tell many stories of his youth. I looked forward to the summer and counted the days to holidays. My favorite part of every visit to my hometown was listening to…