Sitting in a corner of the cell where he had been detained for the past 48 hours, elbows on raised knees, left hand holding a cigarette to his mouth, Elvis inhaled deeply, his cheeks sucked in, lost in thought and…
It was fear; and not thunderbolt that killed my wife
In this part of the world, this our Ipatira community, when you hear that someone was struck by thunder and lighting, people immediately begin to suspect bad things. Since the day my wife was struck by lightning, I have not…
I needed just N11m and Alfa said “bring human heart!”
Some people have a strong head; that is the only thing I can say about Musibau my apprentice. It is Musibau’s strong head that delivered him from my hands and landed me in police wahala. His mother may be dead…
My boyhood was destroyed by rape from an uncle
I’m not quite sure of how old I was but I couldn’t have been older than six or seven when Uncle Shina first sexually assaulted me. He was my father’s brother, his step brother as I was later to discover.…
I burnt my daughter but it is because I love her
I’m not the sort of father who does not love his children. I love all my three children and I discipline them when they do wrong. That is how I was raised; I was raised with tough love. My father…
Man and woman matter is not a joking sontin
Who can tell the outcome between a man and a woman who are lovers? Only God knows. Kate was my best friend; we went to the same primary school and secondary school. We met Ogar, who later became Kate’s boyfriend…
Living in IDP Camp has made me a sex maniac
My name is Esther, I don’t feel good telling you my surname because I don’t want people reading about me and finding out who I am. I’m not even proud of what I’m about to tell you. I came to…
My wife showed me pepper when I lost my job!
If you are a man and you suddenly find yourself jobless and at the mercy of your wife, you will also think of killing her and ending it all. I do not have any regret because this woman has really…
Caught three times, now I know robbery is not for me
I’ve been into robbery only three times, I am not a real armed robber so don’t use that eye to look at me. Don’t even think that all of us that the police just paraded are hardened criminals. I know…
After giving the pastor a free house, he impregnated my two sisters and then stole from us.
The Bible tells us to open our doors to the prophets of God and we would be blessed. Is that not so? My father, an 80-year-old man opened his house to Pastor Gboyega Emmanuel, a man who claims to know…