Today Prisoner 8493 leaned on the bed in his cell, hands on his face as the painful sobs erupted from deep within. Few minutes ago, he has watched his wife and kids walk away after their monthly visit. She also walked away with the signed divorce papers. Regret chased itself across his features as he…
In The Beginning. Joe picked up his phone and dialled Aham’s digits. “Happy New Year, my brother” Aham’s deep baritone reverberated over the line “Compliments of the Season, brotherly” Joe responded in his quieter voice They chatted for a long time, sharing goals and plans. And as they signed off, Aham invited Joe over for…
“Ma, look who is here” Samira heard her son scream excitedly She had barely come in from the foodbank and laid down to rest a bit before making Lunch. Lifting herself off the bed, she wearily made her way to the front door. Shock! Was it her eyes? Was she hallucinating? The celebrity pastor stood…
“Camera One, reset your Focus Assist. You are out of focus” The instruction filtered into my head through the airwaves. And I quickly did as instructed. As I ran my hand over the button, the blue lights encircled the subject in the spotlight. The view was sharper now. The Focus Assist is a camera function….
Sometime in 2023 after I mentioned Online that I was walking the road of Cancer, someone forwarded this WhatsApp message to me. They said nothing else. I did not need it but I had someone in Nigeria then who did. Figuring it would come in handy I thought of her immediately. Verifying Accuracy However, since…
“How is your knee today?” The elderly man [whom I will name baba] asked him “Better, it’s less painful.” Young replied cheerily “Oh, you remembered. Thank you for asking” I said to baba as the minus-1-degree icy cold shook my body mercilessly. “Yes, he was limping the other day and could barely walk” baba responded…
It was my then best friend Ojochide who first pointed out my self sabotage. Unfortunately, my save-the-world glasses were still on then. Teenage friends who met in Jos then transitioned to Lagos. We were at the Tejuosho market, Yaba, that day when I began berating her. Again she had lost her cool with one of…
Gamziavo! That was my father’s second favourite mantra. Mr. Gamziavo, as he told us the story, was a stoic who puzzled all the villagers. He always seemed unnerved by happenings around him. While others rejoiced, he stood aloof. When others cried, he remained unaffected. Why was he like that? According to Mr Gamziavo there is…
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Today, December 30th, would have been two years I left this world. That was the second time I came close to ending it that year. It was some days after radiotherapy. I had been struggling for the last few days with the thoughts. It was a feeling of someone holding your head down under water….
