AFRICAN STORIES

We walked into the cbt hall and took our seat. I looked around me and smiled inwardly. The formation was perfect. This exam was going to be a peanut. It was a sure pass. In fact, we were going to give them an assignment. One of the CBT moderator in front of me was directing students to their seats and I bowed my head in order not to attract...

*PLIGHTS OF THE ROHINGYA MUSLIMs Part 1* Written by: *Habeebullahi Faruq Olamilekan* *_(Agbeloba)_* Co-written and edited by: *Taiye Temitope Abdulrasheed* *_(#Rasbom)_*      With a population of over 1 million people,  there exist a stateless minority group of people at the southern part of Myanmar or Burma as you choose to...

LIVING IN GUILT Story by Akin Omo Akin I tried resisting but she persisted. She was all over me as she urged, patiently waiting for me to give in. I finally lost control but when she stared at me,keeping her gaze on my retina. Looking through her blue eyes my heart was sectile. "Please, Princely, please, I want this." She said with a subtle...

Story By AKINOMOAKIN Faraway from the earth, there we live ,just like every other human; we are mortals, we eat, we sleep, we work, we reproduce, but there's this particular thing that secern and differentiate us from the common man, which is the Time. On the phase of our hand is a long inscription of reading time. Practically, our day to day...

A SOLDIER’S AGONY – By Omeje Matthew I moved my gun slowly. My aim came into full view. I was lying in the grass while Commander was sitting behind a tree close to me and yelling out orders. The tree branches spread out; it shielded us from the sun. “Do you have a full view of them now?” “Yes, sir.” “Take them out.” “Sir?” “I said take them...

Story by Akin Omo Akin My body is fine and tender, my skin as soft as that of a newly born baby, and lips so sexy that a thousand men  would fall when words escape them.I am that one perfect creation of the sixth day. A spotless and radiant body is worth beholding by all eyes that see. My body is a perfect definition of a mans fantasy, and...

THE NIGHT STORY by Heritage I wished I never met her that night. That was the night I lost my reservation to the naughty me. Things happened really fast that I was not only a victim, but a party. It all began when I went with friends to a get-together party organised by an association in which they belong. I don't fancy parties so I never wanted...

HOPE OVER DESPAIR Mother was a strong woman. By day, she was the epitome of hardwork slaving to feed the family and send her only child to school, but at night she always broke down, a suffering woman who needed to cry herself to sleep. Father used to work at the factory at Tse-Kucha, with a reasonable income. We lived a happy little family until...

Story by WISDOM BARTHOLOMEW  Wisdom Bartholomew My. Dad. He is about the fiercest person I know. There was this thing that was terrifying about him. My Dad would literally have shouted down the walls of Jericho if he was in existence with the Israelites then. I know some people will come and say that I'm exaggerating. I wouldn't blame you tho....

COMPOSED by AGWAM KENSINGTON After a century for fighting corruption, Nigeria finally became the most corrupt-free and straightforward country in the world. The funds were finally put to good use, every single road underwent serious reconstruction. The health care sector was established on a better ground. The budget meant for education...

NEVER TRADE YOUR SELF ESTEEM FOR ANYTHING :- Story by Akin Omo Akin My secondary education was very fast, I had scourge through the jamb brochure, looking for presentable yet an easy course that would fetch good money at the end of my graduation,so I could put a smile on my mother's face and fulfill her dream. University of ilorin seems to be...

Story by VICTOR DANIEL My memories of my mother are becoming more blurry as I grow older. But I remember certain events that touched my life so much that I still feel the reverberation even as I get older. There was this time, I was 7 I think, I was a truant in school. I would always leave the class at free periods, wandering around the town...

Story by Akin Omo Akin A great wall separated the two kingdoms in the ancient times. Firmly rooted in the earth, it stood taller than the highest mountains, sturdy and enigmatic, adorned with rare stones and extensive fortification of inexplicable strategic complexity, which made it very difficult for anyone to get over it. Some say it was built...

SILENT DEATH She harbours her own pain. She is under a compulsion for forceful gain. She enjoys her every moment. She succumbs to every movement. Her husband is her saviour. Her husband creates a flavour; He gyrates her depression. He also motivates her digression. He gives her the sweetness of his bitter. He molests her like her killer. He assaults...

STORY by Heritage 'my mother's care is the greatest challenges of my life", Tejumola said. It was a bright Monday morning as everyone was giving different opinion on how bright and scorching the sun was. Some guessed the day's brightness was a sign of rain likely to fall later in the day while others were of the opinion that it meant the day will...

CRUSH'S DAY OUT STORY: by Vechi Allen Vechilz  I'm alone here come in, she said.  Being that humble and quiet boy I never wanted to get into trouble all though one mind wanted me to go in,  so I stared at her for seconds turning to minutes  then she said again baby come in naah.  Jesus my brain sparked and I was like...

Story by:- AKIN OMO AKIN Hunger ate the better portion of me the entire day since I was running errands for my senior sibling who supported me in the college and accommodated me. As I staggered to the dining, I was disillusioned when I understood that supper wasn't in the table. I  made a beeline back to my room. As I climbed the stairs, my...

"At the point when the cassava-flour vender lost all her cassava-flour to the twist, out of sharpness she heaved curses at the wind. She never realized that the wind had utilized that cassava-flour to fill and fix the gap underneath the kayak her lone child is going over. In the event that she knew, she would have favored the twist for not giving...

The thing is that, sometimes we didn’t even know what pissed my dad off. It always looked as if we were walking on eggshells throughout our childhood. Sometimes we would see him coming home and we would immediately stop whatever it was we were doing. I mean whatever we were doing. If we were playing outside we would run inside. If we were playing...

THE SOCIOLOGIST’S THINKING: Did you hear of the secondary school students who sexually assaulted their female colleague in broad day light as reported by Sahara Reporters? Do you have a younger one, who intentionally destroys your things in the name of anger? Does he/she go around bullying or smoking and drinking in the neighborhood? Don’t just...