Naija Stories

You’re beautiful…..Part 2

ymoweta — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:13:11 +0000

He didn’t go back to his aunt’s place until a few days after his finals. He told himself he was just stopping by to tell his mom he was going spend the holidays with one of his friends. They were going to be teaching brain-dead SS students who were planning to take their WAEC and [...]

THE GEEBEE CHRONICLES. EPISODE 21 – THE CRIME CALLED ‘GIRLFRIEND SNATCHING’

Geebee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:01:37 +0000

THE GEEBEE CHRONICLES continues with Episode 21 and the title of this episode might sound a little striking and probably mind-boggling. If I may ask this question; how would you feel as a guy if you saw your girl with some other guy? Now, that’s not just the case, else there’d have been no reason [...]

AYANMO

babsiwalewa — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:40:56 +0000

Loud shrieks of children playing around Adepegba in her expansive compound filled the atmosphere. The over a dozen children playing in the compound seem to be having a swell time as they ran from one part of the compound to another, eating and playing with different toys. Adepegba was renowned all over the neighborhood for [...]

It’s Never My Fault

Eletrika — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:43:07 +0000

I frizzle out at a good-looking mate’s sight I’m ‘gay’ It’s not my fault It’s just the way my emotions were formed My supple body gets me everything I want I’m a prostitute It’s not my fault Life’s meant to be spent My hands itch at the sight of public funds I’m Kleptomaniac It’s not [...]

HELL HATH NO FURY (2).

Scopeman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000

Download the original attachment Five years together and there’s not much to show for it, except her promotion at the hospital, which is basically what she cares about most. I try to be very supportive and provide her with a conducive environment for her to be the best she can be in her field; but [...]

Breaking the literary glass ceiling

chika nwakanma — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:31:56 +0000

The screen adaptation of Chimamanda’s Half of a yellow sun is another milestone for the author and the Nigerian literati. It laid rest to whatever doubts there was about the creativity (and commercialism) of Nigerian literature. Some pundits say it is a success for Nigerian writing and writers. But is it? Is the true picture of Nigerian literature embodied [...]

THE TRAVAILS OF MFON II

enoquin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:59:53 +0000

The pastor apparently surprised by my attack yelled incoherently. Rocking on his heels, his probing fingers stilled, he glared at me. Pushing away from him, I dragged down my skirt that had ridden up during the ‘deliverance’. The Pastor’s next words filled with contempt were not only disturbing but chilled me to my marrows. “You [...]

MY WORLD OF MOVIES

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:31:55 +0000

From what I remember of Nigerian television in my own world, we used to keep a date with the NTA on my Grandfather’s massive TV set (the one with the sliding doors) and of course we would switch it on like way before the startup time of 4pm and sometimes sit there watching those coloured [...]

The Papa And Mama Thingy

daprof — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:01:52 +0000

I am really getting tired of this all this Papa and Mama things in churches…..now people don’t even glorify God again in their testimonies it’s their Papa(Pastor)….read how a typical testimony goes… One day I was walking to the market, when I was suddenly kidnapped by ten hefty men. Prior to that day, I have [...]

Naija Stories Anthology – Call for Beta Readers

Admin — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:16:17 +0000

Hello everyone, We are now in the final stages of the publication of the Naija Stories Anthology. The submitted stories have been edited – thanks very much to RemiRoy and Tade – and they have gone through additional proof reading, so they are almost ready to go to print. However, we would like there to [...]