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Age 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 […]
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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 […]
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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.” […]
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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 ghostsš We could choose to be visible and invisible š³ That helped us walk among people that knew us without creating […]
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#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 […]
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#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 5 So we also retired for the night after a long day of working as ghosts on campus š All play and no play na him make Jack de run belle as olodoš We were reminiscing about the activities of the day. When two students entered the compound. They had come to visit […]
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#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 […]
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#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 3 He held me and began to cry. Help me brother š I’m doomed if you let them take me away š 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 […]
Read MoreMy Loquacious Roommate episode 2
#MY_LOQUACIOUS_ROOM_MATE EPISODE 2 These girls no get joy ooooo š. 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.š 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 […]
Read MoreGrim episode 11
#Grim Concluding part!!! Ā© 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 Ā© 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 Ā© 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 […]
Read MoreGrim episode 8
#Grim Episode Eight Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo “Guess who’s here? Her mom asked with a smile on returning to the ward, in less than an hour. Bisade opened her eyes immediately and her face lightened up with a smile. I traced her gaze to the door post only to behold my worst nightmare, Olamilekan… “YOU […]
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#Grim Episode Seven Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo I watched my heart jumped out of my body as the officer signalled that I do as she bade. The distance between us was like that of Mercury to Neptune. Every step I took made me view my end, graphically and crystal clear. My heart watched from corner […]
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#Grim Episode six Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo How’s your head feeling? Hope the headache had subsided or should I go get the doctor?” He continued and added inaudibly “CRAZY WIFEY” Why is Tade doing this to me? Why is he calling me crazy? What have I done to him to deserve this? What has gotten […]
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#Grim Episode Five Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo Is Tade not the dragon chased out of heaven? Or must he be with horns before anyone of you would be able to identify him as the devil himself? Before I dropped off…I thought of how I didn’t deserve this not even at the later part of my […]
Read MoreGrim episode 4
#Grim Episode Four Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo Would it not be for my advantage if she becomes truly mad? As in, living with a crazy wife would be less detrimental to my person than being a convict….or what do you think? * * * I found myself trying to let my voice be heard among […]
Read MoreGrim episode 3
#Grim Episode Three Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo Before I could say Jack, for the very first time in my life, I received a terrible slap that sent out all signals off my head from the man I vowed to spend the rest of my life with. He didn’t even give me the chance to regain […]
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#Grim Episode Two Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo I stopped for a minute only to behold my husband’s motionless body resting on the wall. “Jesus!” I mumbled with my hands covering my mouth. I rushed to him shaking him in a bid to resuscitate him. ” Tade please stand up, please” I cried silently. Many thoughts […]
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Grim
#Grim Episode One Ā© Omotayo Olukemi Aiyemo Staring at my wife as she laid innocently beside me, one part of me considered myself lucky…but the other part, I still can’t define. She’s so admirably peaceful in sleep, I find it so damn difficult to resist the urge of planting a soft kiss on her forehead, […]
Read MoreFrom Nysc To Nowhere: Life After Youth Service 6
I still sit by the gate sometimes, fixing phones, but things arenāt the same anymore. The hustle is harder, the roads rougher, but my spirit? Itās stronger. The Hard Truth Life after NYSC is no fairy tale. No magical job offers. No overnight riches. Just struggle. Waiting. And fighting every single day to be […]
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It was just another Monday. I was seated outside my parentsā house, under the faded umbrella by the gate, battling with the backlight of a customerās Infinix screen. My little plastic table had burn marks from my soldering iron, That was my routine ā fixing phones right in front of the house, gritting my teeth […]
Read MoreFrom Nysc To Nowhere: Life After Youth Service 4
One thing about Lagos? It can humble you today and uplift you tomorrowāwith the same energy. After getting robbed, I had restarted my phone repair hustle with pure survival mode. I wasnāt smiling, I wasnāt playing. Every ā¦500 mattered. I was chasing referrals like they were oxygen. I thought I had seen all kinds of […]
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The Day I Got Robbed at Gunpointā¦ And Still Fixed a Phone That Same Evening If thereās one thing NYSC didnāt prepare me for, it was the unpredictable madness of real life after service. Just when I thought things were picking upāmy phone repair hustle growing slowly, referrals coming in, even a few people calling […]
Read MoreFrom Nysc To Nowhere: Life After Youth Service 2
TheĀ Day My Destiny Came in a Spoilt Phone Iāll be honestāwhen NYSC ended, I didnāt think the small repair skill I picked up back in 300 level would ever matter. Back then, it was just a side hustle. Iād fix classmatesā phonesāmostly changing screens, flashing phones, or resetting passwords. It helped me buy data and […]
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From Nysc To Nowhere: Life After Youth Service
EPISODE 1: The Passing Out Parade Was Just the Beginning I remember that day so clearly. Standing under the hot sun in my starched white-and-khaki NYSC uniform, smiling for pictures, hugging friends Iād come to see as family. Our Passing Out Parade (POP) was filled with energy, promise, and hope. People around me were already […]
Read MoreBetween Hope and Hustle episode 6
Episode 6: A Future Worth Fighting For When the fellowship began, I felt like a tiny fish in an ocean of brilliance. We were thirty young Nigerians from across the countryātech founders, grassroots mobilizers, social media influencers, medical missionaries. The kind of people you see in Social Media & TVĀ But I reminded myselfāI had […]
Read MoreBetween Hope and Hustle episode 5
Episode 5: Building a Name, Brick by Brick Returning to Enugu after NYSC felt different this time. I wasnāt just another graduate looking for directionāI came home with something to offer. With my new role as a Community Youth Ambassador, I began working with schools across the state, organizing sessions on mental health, financial literacy, […]
Read MoreBetween Hope and Hustle episode 4
Episode 4: Graduate With No Guarantee Graduating from a Nigerian university is a strange mix of joy and quiet panic. On the outside, thereās celebrationāphotos in gowns, friends hugging, āwe made itā chants echoing through hostel corridors. But inside? Inside, most of us were asking the same terrifying question: āWhat next?ā For me, the celebrations […]
Read MoreBetween Hope and Hustle episode 3
Episode 3: The Sickness That Almost Broke Me Final year in UNN came with its own kind of madness. If you werenāt battling departmental project delays, you were fighting to meet up with fees, feeding, or chasing your lecturers for signatures. But I didnāt expect the biggest battle to come from my own body. It […]
Read MoreBetween Hope and Hustle episode 2
Episode 2: School Fees and Stubborn Faith If thereās one thing UNN taught me faster than any lecture, it was that survival on campus took more than brains. It took grit, grace, and sometimes, a well-timed miracle. After my motherās health scare in 300 level, my hustle went from necessity to obsession. She had barely […]
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Between Hope & Hustle
A Coolvalstories Production — Episode 1: Born Into Broke They say poverty teaches wisdom, but in my case, it taught me survival. My name is Chidera Uzo. I was born in the heart of Enugu to a father who fixed cars under a mango tree and a mother who sold vegetables at Ogbete Market. Life […]
Read MoreThe Narcissist Pastor episode 19&20
Narcissistic Pastor ļæ¼Episode 19: The Breaking Point Daniel sat in the church office, staring at his reflection in the glass window. He barely recognized himself. For years, he had been the one in controlāthe one giving orders, the one deciding how things should be. He had built his authority on power and submission, convinced that […]
Read MoreThe Narcissist Pastor episode 17&18
Narcissistic Pastor ļæ¼Episode 17: A Man at War with Himself Daniel couldnāt sleep. For years, Ruth had been predictableāobedient, quiet, always seeking his approval. Now, she was different. Stronger. She no longer looked at him with fear. She no longer tiptoed around him. She was slipping away, and he didnāt know how to stop it. […]
Read MoreThe Narcissist Pastor episode 15&16
Narcissistic Pastor ļæ¼Episode 15: The Storm Before the Calm Ruth stood her ground, her chest rising and falling with each deep breath. Daniel had never seen this version of her beforeāthe woman who refused to be silenced. For years, he had controlled every part of her life. But now, that control was slipping through his […]
Read MoreThe Narcissist Pastor episode 13&14
Narcissistic pastor ļæ¼Episode 13: The Fire Inside Ruth barely slept that night. Her heart raced with a mixture of excitement and fear. She had taken a stepāa bold, dangerous step. Someone wanted her design. As the early morning sun crept into the room, she quickly got out of bed and hid her sewing materials before […]
Read MoreThe Narcissist Pastor episode 11&12
Narcissistic pasta ļæ¼Episode 11: Cracks in the Mask Ruth moved carefully around the house, her mind racing. Danielās suspicion had shaken her, but she refused to let fear consume her. For years, she had let him dictate her life. But this time, she had something to fight forāher passion, her identity, her freedom. She continued […]
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