I was jailed for defiling a four-year-old girl but my lawyer said I should plead, ‘not guilty.’ I know I am guilty. I dipped my fingers into the child’s vagina when I was cleaning her after she pooed. The girl…
My wife ran mad but I can’t remarry because we are Catholics
I met my wife in Lagos at church and we courted according to our doctrine; I then went to her father’s compound in the village and we did our igba nkwu…the truth is, nothing prepares you for the twists and…
Patoranking’s “Wilmer” is amorphous AF – Dami Ajayi
Patoranking’s Wilmer is so amorphous, it defies categorisation. This is not a good or bad thing. Let’s just chalk it up to ambition and a tripping A & R team.God Over Everything, his debut, was a mixed bag that flew…
People are stressed, so let’s try a little kindness -Tara Martins Aisida
The rising rate of depression, mental health issues and suicide amongst people especially the youth in recent times has been of great concern to me and like most of us, I have wondered severally at the various factors that would…
What killed IK? Rain o, yeye rain here in Oworo
That last week rain ehn, it wreaked havoc in Lagos. I don’t know how it was in your area but ours, here in Oworo was the worst in a long time. You know how the rain started like yeye rain,…
There was a man called MKO Abiola-Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s cool by most Nigerians that June 12 has been given its due as Democracy Day. The current politicians in Nigeria should copy the common touch of Bashorun MKO Abiola, the dogged man who won the June 12, 1993 presidential…
Regret ke! I have no regrets about using my parents for ritual
My parents have done nothing for me apart from giving birth to me. Ok, they sent me to school. That’s it. I went to government college for secondary school and model school for primary school. But apart from that, nothing…
Envy is a good thing, enjoy it then…- Tara Martins Aisida
My eldest child graduated recently and I travelled to attend the graduation ceremony. I left the shores of Nigeria with excitement spiced with anxiety; excitement that I am finally a mother of a graduate and I arrived safely with anxious…
My father-in-law is a bad guy but my real paddy for jungle!
I have a good story to tell, but sorry it is not your usual sad tales. Mine is a happy one. Ok, it’s about me and my father- in -law. The man is a retired civil servant. He is one…
Day Chinua Achebe could not answer his name – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
My phone could not stop ringing.It was the same message from far and near: “Please confirm if Chinua Achebe has truly died.”The news had been broken to me by a “strategic source”. There was a call from Channels TV on…