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Her Cross, Her Crown Episode 6
Tonia sat on the wooden bench outside her family’s house, cradling her three-month-old son in her arms. The morning sun warmed her cheeks, and for the first time in a long while, it didn’t feel harsh. The breeze carried the smell of fresh ogbono soup being prepared somewhere in the compound. Her baby, slept soundly […]
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The day started like any other. It was a humid Tuesday morning in early April. The rain had just stopped drizzling over Lagos, and the streets were wet and alive with impatient horns and yelling hawkers. Tonia had barely slept the night before. Her lower back ached with a rhythm she couldn’t explain, and her […]
Read MoreHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 4
Tonia’s eighth month came with a new kind of silence—a heavy, uncomfortable one that settled in her bones and refused to leave. The kind of silence that creeps in when your body starts to feel like a burden, when your soul feels stretched thin, and when the world treats you like a ticking bomb. Every […]
Read MoreHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 3
By her fifth month, Tonia’s stomach had rounded into undeniable motherhood. The local tailors by the roadside had grown familiar with her shape. She wore long, flowing gowns—mostly secondhand ones from Katangowa market that her mother adjusted to fit her swelling body. But even with all the layers, her pregnancy wasn’t something she could hide […]
Read MoreHer Cross, Her Crown Episode 2
It was a warm Saturday morning when Tonia boarded a rickety bus from school to her parents’ house in Ikotun. She hadn’t been home in two months. Between her growing bump and the fear eating at her heart, home had become a ghost she dreaded. But hiding was no longer an option. She could no […]
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Her Cross, Her Crown
Tonia’s hands trembled as she stared at the white plastic strip lying on the sink. The two red lines stared back at her—bold, unbending, unforgiving. Positive. The walls of the cramped bathroom in the hostel room suddenly felt smaller, like they were pressing in on her. Her breath came in shallow bursts. She tried blinking, […]
Read MoreThe Slave Girl episode 4
The slave girl 4 (the end) …………………………… The next morning, Urenna was led out of the tent by the guards. The white man followed behind them, smoking cigar and having the look of satisfaction on his face. She could barely stand as she was taken to the cage. On her face were expressions of hurt, […]
Read MoreThe Slave Girl episode 3
The slave girl 3 ………………………………. Their eyes were fixed one each other with many thoughts running through their minds. Omenka was worst hit by the reality of the moment. Seeing Urenna, the love of his life in chains like an animal broke his heart greatly. He was okay with his own sufferings but seeing his […]
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The slave girl 2 …………………………. As one of her captors carried her on his shoulder, Urenna was screaming, kicking and grabbing the air in a bid to free herself. But her captor was way stronger and held her firmly as he moved into the thicker part of the forest. The cloth bag used to cover […]
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The Slave Girl
The slave girl 1 …………………………………. Slavery was one of the evils men perpetuated against their fellow men. Africa was worst hit by this sacrilegious act which subjected humans to utter hardship, physical and mental torture. Slavery had also led to loss of the identity of many of its victims who were forcefully taken from their […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 8
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 8 Things went from bad to worse, before Kike got to know of her husband’s inner struggles. That was when Jide stopped taking care of his personal hygiene, attending to his businesses, and eating her food. He would spend hours sitting at a spot and just murmuring. Alarmed, Kike ran […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 7
Spoilt at the church – EPISODE 7 With the past behind them, though some happenings still remind them of a past that wouldn’t erase totally from peoples’ minds, the Aboderins moved on with life. The peace and harmony that was earlier lost came back into being. One day, one time, Martha sat close to her […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 6
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 6 Martha dug deep into the well of Grace. She got herself drunk with the living water that can quench every thirst. Since the word of God gave the mandate for his children to rise and shine, she took God at his word and began to radiate his glory. She […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 5
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 5 Mrs. Johnson spent weeks brooding over the issue of Kike’s misdemeanor. She came up with different reasons to justify herself on why the Pastor mustn’t know of what happened to her daughter. How will I tell him? She asked. What will happen to the new position as the coordinator […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 4
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 4 The pronouncement was swift and precise. Everyone held their breath to know what would be done to sinner-girl that had all along been pretending to be a Christian. The Pastor climbed the pulpit, fixed his glasses atop the bridge of his nose, cleared his throat and began. He instructed […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 3
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 3 The carnal mind is deceitful, wicked and has no capacity for the kind of love that God extended towards man by sending his son to die as propitiation for sin. The religious humans without God’s kind of love do not have the mind of Christ and would do anything […]
Read MoreSpoilt at the church episode 2
Spoilt at the church EPISODE 2 If hell is on earth, Kike saw hell and entered. It was hot. It was fiery. She regretted the day she was born and the moment she took the decision to run after Jide Williams. She had ransacked her brain to look for a plausible reason to give for […]
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Spoilt at the church
Spoilt At The Church Episode 1 ( A faith based fiction) When Revd. Bamiro asked the worshipers to rise for the prayer at the end of the Bible study and the beginning of the prayer meeting, Kike saw an opportunity and jumped at it. Moving out of the auditorium, she prayed her Mum wouldn’t notice […]
Read MoreHow My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever episode 6
Episode 6 (Finale): The Weight I Still Carry After that tensed up encounter with my landlady… … I knew I couldn’t stay there any longer. Everything felt heavy.Each step in the compound sounded like betrayal.Each time I fetched water, I felt her watching.Every night, I lay awake, staring at the ceiling, asking myself: What really […]
Read MoreHow My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever episode 5
Episode 5: The Day Everything Got Out of Hand I tried to avoid her again. After the day she showed me Chinedu’s room and asked me to “pretend to be him,” I told myself she was grieving, not thinking straight. Maybe I had triggered old wounds. Maybe it was time to change apartments. But I […]
Read MoreHow My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever episode 4
Episode 4: The Secret Behind the Locked Room She knocked again.This time, not gently.It was firm. Almost urgent. It was two days after that strange night — the one where she held my hand and whispered, “I’m here.”Since then, I had been avoiding her—rushing off to school early, staying out late, pretending to nap anytime […]
Read MoreHow My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever episode 3
Episode 3: The Night She Touched My Hand The night was warm and still. I had just returned from CDS and was too tired to cook. The moment I dropped my bag, there was a soft knock on my door. “Mummy?” I called. “It’s me,” she replied, as usual — softly. She held a bowl […]
Read MoreHow My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever episode 2
Episode 2: The Day I Called Her “Mummy” Three weeks passed. By then, I had settled into the rhythm of NYSC life. Wake up. Iron my khaki. Jump bike to school. Return dusty and tired. Fetch water. Sleep. Repeat. The compound was quiet. The kind of place you could hear your thoughts echo. No children […]
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How My NYSC Landlady Changed My Life Forever
Episode 1: The Room I Almost Rejected I still remember the day I first met her — Mrs. Adaora Uche, my NYSC landlady. If I had listened to my instincts, I would’ve walked away from that dusty compound in Enugu the very moment I stepped into it. The gate creaked like it hadn’t been opened […]
Read MoreAge Nineteen episode 5
Age nineteen Episode five The final episode Machines beeped widely, the air was dense with disinfectant, and I was surrounded by about eight men, all in white coats. My eyelids felt so heavy, but I tried opening my eyes. The light blinded me, and I shut my eyes. I gradually opened my eyes again. In […]
Read MoreAge Nineteen episode 4
Age nineteen Episode 4 It was only two days left to my birthday, when dad managed to contact the family of the girl that laid the curse. Expectancy hung in the air, I could hear my heart pound, as we sat in their living room waiting for either the lady or her parents. Ten minutes […]
Read MoreAge Nineteen episode 3
Age nineteen Episode 3 “Who are you ?” I asked the voice. “I’m your oldest sister Anabel” she responded. I asked her a lot of questions, and she provided me answers. We spent nearly two hours talking. “Tear out the first, the third and the thirteenth page of the diary, before you return the book.” […]
Read MoreAge Nineteen episode 2
Age nineteen Episode 2 I insisted on having a quiet birthday. I didn’t want anything too loud, because I needed time to think. Obviously, those other girls were my elder sisters, and they all died on their ninteenth birthday. I visited the orange tree, where the oldest girl was buried. There was nothing to show […]
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Age Nineteen
Age nineteen When I was younger, I remember that there were three other girls who lived with us. They were older than me, so I never did any chores. The only responsibility I had was to sleep and wake up. The oldest of them all was fourteen. The second one was Eleven years old, while […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 7
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE FINAL EPISODE 7 We were suprised, having a good laugh and fearing for our lives at the same time. Life was no longer normal for us as we were now both humans and ghosts😃 We could choose to be visible and invisible 😳 That helped us walk among people that knew us without creating […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 6
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 6 CONTINUES Up we went the next day in our separate ways. Along the way I felt like something entered me. Was I hallucinating or it was a reality? I began to float on the seat of the keke that I was inside. I couldn’t control myself. I felt like certain powers had […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 5
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 5 So we also retired for the night after a long day of working as ghosts on campus 😂 All play and no play na him make Jack de run belle as olodo😂 We were reminiscing about the activities of the day. When two students entered the compound. They had come to visit […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 4
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 4 I woke up in the night and found Jeff praying passionately. I was moved to tears, see a destiny the devil intended to waste? I don’t know when he began but he prayed till daybreak. I had a dream before dawn came. It was more of a warning than a revelation. Some […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 3
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 3 He held me and began to cry. Help me brother 🙏 I’m doomed if you let them take me away 😭 Some hefty looking guys were bellowing with a baritone voice for him to move it. I was moved with compassion, so I asked what the problem was? One of the meanest […]
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#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 2 These girls no get joy ooooo 🙆. I was just wide eyed and mouth looking at them as they were swearing at me. They pushed me out and locked the door as they wiggled their waist with my food stuffs in hand.🙆 I brought out my keys and opened the door. Unwashed […]
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My Loquacious Roommate
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE Back in my undergraduate days. I had a loquacious room mate. I did late registration for some unforseen circumstances and so accomodations were hard to come by. I sought a way to find a place where I can keep my things and lay my head. I laboured from morning till night and had to […]
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The Firstborn They Forgot Was Human – A True Nigerian Story
I was barely eleven years old when I learned what it meant to be a firstborn in a Nigerian home. My mother, a teacher, had just delivered her fourth child—my youngest brother, Tochukwu—when I overheard my father say to our neighbor, “Chisom will have to grow up fast now. She’s our second mummy.” At eleven. […]
Read MoreGrim episode 11
#Grim Concluding part!!! © Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo Words failed me… I was left to choose between the devil and the deep sea… telling him the truth by agreeing or refuse it by denying it ever happened. And another problem is that I can’t place which is the devil or deep sea between the two options […]
Read MoreGrim episode 10
#Grim Episode Ten © Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo SAVE ME PLEASE… SAVE ME FROM TADE….. I looked at the sender to confirm my worst fear, it was from Abisade mi At this point, I didn’t even remember how she had asked me to leave her, her marriage alone. Well, I kind of did, but does it […]
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#Grim Episode Nine © Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo I read Lekan’s threat, over and over and my blood boiled vigorously that I almost ran mad with rage. I needed something, anything or even someone to unleash my fury on, and Bisade is the only one available. DAMN IT! I needed to release me from the grip […]
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