Naija Stories

Prodigality

Zanka Uhuru — Sat, 25 May 2013 04:56:25 +0000

Standing on the verge in front of his mud hut, The grey beard of shrivelled face Shakes his head in a piteous slow motion By his side comes a little boy The grey beard pauses And frightfully stares Up to the sky Like a hawk trying to fly away without the prey In an awful Read More

Que sera sera and all that

Mobola — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:08:45 +0000

My ribs hurt from the constant thumping of my heart When, where, how… Never ending questions in my heart about love, life, the future and the future’s future! My mind says, I’m over thinking ‘Chill out, relax, que sera sera and all that’ My heart refuses to listen. It wants to know it now It Read More

Flower Of The Sea – AOk

Alaba — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:25:15 +0000

The 747 banked sharply, giving passengers sat in its left side a panoramic view of Los Angeles. The smog LA was renowned for, cast its dirty wisps on the windows, as the plane lined up to land at the airport and another ten seconds later, with barely a bump touched down with its mighty engines Read More

As Deep As The Sea 9

serahsadeiyare — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:38:44 +0000

Keshinro pressed the door bell again. His fingers felt sore. He had been knocking at the door and pressing the doorbell for over twenty minutes and Promise had refused to open it. Her car was parked in the compound, he was sure she was home. She had called and cancelled their date that night. What Read More

Another Day Part [3]

Uyiosa — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:28:08 +0000

The sun today was warmer than usual. The humidity was slightly bearable. The low wind blew the words: peace and quiet. Some birds flew directly above me; they all sang their tunes with much ease. Seeing them glide through the light blue skies made my teeth cringe with jealousy. I wanted to fly away with Read More

The Powerless Giant

mikeeffa — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:41:00 +0000

“Oh God, not again”, I said with a loud voice. “What’s that? My wife asked curiously from our bedroom doorway. “Can’t you see the light is gone and I was watching an interesting program on the TV.” “Is that all? “Yes, that’s all, “I answered her. Bolah smiled, “Tunde it’s about time you woke up Read More

Saving Egbo

Daniel Okoli C — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:46:34 +0000

Death’s, the intoxicating sweet pleasure of sinking that cruelly arched tumescence forcefully, brutally into the uninitiated, virginal depths of good… then, hell. The persistent staccato of automatic rifles were deafening typewriters, ruthlessly banging out the death sentences of some hapless soldiers in murderous copper-jacketed fonts, accompanied by the occasional throaty interjection of burly 105mm Howitzers, Read More

Heart-attitude

Israel Eziedo — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:35 +0000

HEART-ATTITUDE There’s such a man As I will tell you of Who was brought From death to life Such men are few on earth So learn from this one And change your heart. He was righteous in his ways A precious branch of many fruits In the Word he took deep root And Read More

Maximize The Moment

Osita — Fri, 24 May 2013 05:05:25 +0000

Time, as people say, is a temporary interruption in eternity. It is a commodity that can neither be brought nor be sold. The only thing you can do with time is to use it. If you don’t use it, you will lose it. Apostle Paul encourages us to ‘redeem the time’, make the most Read More

Serial Lover II

susan — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:58:15 +0000

Kessi expected to see nobody in her shared room at the hostel. Thankfully, she had bumped into no one she knew on the way back. That worked to her favor seeing the mess her oval face was in. It was mid morning and she expected Nike to be in Humanities Lecture class. ************ When she Read More