Naija Stories

The Walls Between

Uzoma Ihejirika — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:20:50 +0000

The Walls Between I. That evening, on the eve of Christmas, Rachel sat facing the television, looking, but not seeing. Her thoughts were miles away and her heart was laden with grief. Feeling light-headed, she placed the back of her right hand on her forehead. She needed to rest. Reclining; she rested her head on Read More

Purgatory

oluchukwu — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:45:11 +0000

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The Good Deed

bishop — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:59:34 +0000

It was another boring day to stay at home alone. My siblings have gone to school, my mother has gone to her business place and my elder brothers were prodigals who only breezed in once in a while to check in on us. I was confined permanently to the house because I just finished my Read More

The Worshippers

Zanka Uhuru — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:13:16 +0000

Making torrential and incessant Prayer of the Holy fire Waiting for salvation Like a train with their hope Waiting for answers Looking for solutions Praying holy fire! This is Most Holiness Laying hands on the worshippers They are in captivity Seeking a way with faith Asking too much why ‘I am the Way’ The evil Read More

It is not my fault

Borry — Wed, 22 May 2013 05:21:49 +0000

It’s not my fault that I love easily; I just fall in love easily. I see a bruised soul that needs my healing touch, I see a dying soul that desperately needs my love, I see a lost soul that needs to be found, I see a lost sheep without a shepherd. “Love your Read More

Between Her Sheets [4]: Catastrophe épique!

Zikora — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:09:27 +0000

Oh bollocks! ‘What does he want now?’ I mused. I decided to ignore him, that will teach him! He is so full of himself yet I notice the way he looks at me, and throw snide remarks or lewd innuendos my way. Then, in another instance he muffs his handsome face into serious concentration Read More

Costly Mistake (part Two)

tofarati — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:26:07 +0000

Three weeks later, Dayo was seated in the reception area of the governor’s private house. Even though the air conditioner was on full blast, his palms were sweaty. The governor was known to be a no nonsense moralist, and since it was his first time of meeting the governor, he was scared out of Read More

Quarter to Eleven

chemokopi — Tue, 21 May 2013 09:34:34 +0000

“Baba.” She is wearing a worn-out ankara skirt-and-blouse. It is patterned with many diamonds ringed together in concentric circles that swim in a red ocean of yellow stars. “Baba.” She taps him twice. He is watching a Nollywood film with his wife and seven other children whose eyes are faithfully married to the TV. A Read More

Bamza and Leela

Uyiosa — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:58:03 +0000

Approvingly quiescent, Bamza sat next to the large garbage bin. “At last,” he sighed, he was finally in perfect melancholy. This was the only place in the circus that was without laughter or forced delirium. His legs were sprawled all over the floor in an unfazed manner. His left hand held a half empty bottle Read More

The Snake Child’s wish

Sunshine — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:40 +0000

Mommy and Daddy are fighting again. They would never say it but I know it is about me. I am seven years old but I can’t sit, can’t talk and can’t walk. All I do is eat, poo and cry. Not a pretty sight, I know. Most of mothers friends have all left her, the Read More