As I walk towards the van, hands behind my back, not voluntarily, he was on the floor gasping for breath and asking for water. Oh yes, it was a yellow Lagos commuter van, my hands cuffed with a piece of metal. I don’t have to mention it was the MOPO taking me to their arena. […]
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Tare was determined to stay in the United States by hook or by crook and she had thought it through before coming on holiday. She was staying with her Aunty Ujuwho had been in the states for the last twenty five years. In all of that time, her aunt had only visited Nigeria once; fifteen
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You see them in the morning. Lately, you have been watching and listening, actively, collating the fleeting encounters in your head. Conjuring history from facial expressions, aggregating wordless interactions and moods into snapshots, pictures of lives in motion.
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“Lekki Ajah bus, one more yansh…………one more yansh” the conductor screamed. I ran like my life depended on the bus. I had not seen him in 3 days and 3 days was like eternity. I had missed the love of my life, my earth, my treasure and everything. He was the answer to my prayer
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This was his 5th time in the Oil rich City of Port Harcourt and every preceding time he had come to the city he had seen exactly zilch. On the past four times, he had stayed at the same Hotel (Airport Hotel) and the reason was the company with which he had been working with
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Writer: Micheal Afenfia Category: Sports Fiction Rising football star and Tottenham FC Striker Bubaraye Dabowei’s career is torpedoed by a freak accident at a game against a crack Manchester United Squad.
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Writer: Chimeka Garricks Category: Fiction Its 2004 Port Harcourt at the height of the kidnap of oil workers in the Niger Delta, a kidnapping goes awry and four lives are reconnected. Douye aka Doughboy the career militant responsible for the crime. Amaibi the gentle university professor / eco-warrior accused. Kaniye the lawyer turned restaurateur who tries to
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Writer: Franklin Finecountry Category: Fiction (Thriller) Othuke Ominiabohs, the author of the novel, ‘Odufa’, says Franklin Fine Country’s ‘Avenger of Blood was his last good read. A thriller that talks about cultism in Nigerian universities, he described it as a “fantastic book,” adding that he wishes it can get the publicity it deserves.
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Writer: Jimi Tewe Category: Non Fiction (Career) This book is dedicated to the emergence of great men and women who will dare to break from the shackles of corporate slavery, who are not afraid to take the leap into doing something they were created to do to achieve extraordinary careers which will bring about positive contributions to
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Writer: Lola Shoneyin Category: Fiction For a polygamist like Baba Segi, his collection of wives and a gaggle of children are the symbol of prosperity, success and validation of his manhood. Everything runs reasonably smoothly in the patriarchal home, until wife number four intrudes on this family romance.
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