Julius trudged up pockmarked staircase, already feeling weary about the encounter that was about to occur. The walls of the stairwell, dingy with years of use and poor maintenance seemed [...]
Tola Odejayi
Political Discussions
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Fiction
Jan 302011
The elegantly dressed alhaji was striding down the corridor of the National Assembly Complex when he heard someone shout out his name. “Alhaji Bukar! Long time no see. How now?” [...]
Dirty Business
224 views
Editor's Picks, Fiction, Suspense
Dec 312010
Chief Iwuchukwu paced around his luxurious master bedroom in agitation. This was not good, he muttered to himself. This was not good at all. Had he not contributed thousands… no, [...]
The Little D
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Fiction, Science Fiction
Oct 192010
It was a grey, cold Tuesday morning with more than a foreboding of rain. Fitting weather for the business of the day, Diran thought, as he stood in a long [...]
Aug 262010
It is early evening at Pangolo Junction, a run-down bar in a less-than-affluent part of an unnamed town, and three men are sitting round a table. Two of them are [...]
Aug 072010
Wasiu Afolabi perched on the hard-worn seat of the minibus as it rattled and rumbled through the night on its way from Lagos to Ilorin. In the dim light around [...]
Aug 032010
“I think it’s time we had a full and frank discussion.”
“What? You mean it?”
“Yes. For too long, we have been tiptoeing around or even completely ignoring the major issues that really need to be discussed. We have been calling a spade a manual geomorphological modification implement. We have not been direct and honest. The time has come to change that!”
“Amen, brother!”
Jul 142010
Over the next few months, Taribo and Julie continued to see each other. They had both agreed that it would be a good idea for them to start off as [...]
Jul 112010
Taribo repeatedly scanned the restaurant for Julie, hoping that she would be on time. There was nothing he hated more than people who had no concept of punctuality - that [...]
