A NEW DAWN

The bike man dropped him in front of his compound and he brought out crisped #200 note and paid him. The man zoomed off making a loud noise that added to the trepidation that was gradually building up within. God!…

A SUNLIGHT TALE

If you rub your palms together, quickly and repeatedly so, you will feel the exact heat I feel in-between my legs right now. I clamp them tightly shut. I am sitting on the floor with my back resting on my…

A CHRISTMAS STORY

Dauda wiped the perspiration from his face with his white handkerchief and looking at it, he noticed it was gradually turning brown. He angrily threw it away and began the long trek towards the airport. He checked his Rolex wrist-watch…

GREATER THAN PAIN

I am empty soul. A void so deep as the ocean as filled me. I have no words to describe what I feel inside. I am just like a chaff blown about by the wind. My parents look at me…

Mummy and Daddy

“Let’s play ‘Mummy and Daddy’”, he heard his 8-year old son, Armani, say to the other kids around and immediately, the alarm in his head beeped. “Nobody plays ‘Mummy and Daddy’ in this house”, he ordered, making the excitement on…