Have you ever needed to run away from a dog before and the only way out was a fence? Now imagine this scenario, you come to your friend's house, you discover they have a new dog, the dog is big and intimidating when the dog sees you, it begins to bark, and it charges at …
Swift Pay Swift Scam
"Experiences are better Understood when they are felt than when they are heard." - Unwuchola Victor. Lockdown 2020 The first lockdown was an eye-opener for me both positively and negatively. I remember bullets falling on our roof like rain during the lockdown(a story for another day), losing my savings on piggyvest and learning about the …
The ATM Prophet
"My friend, is God not wonderful? He works in mysterious ways." The man directly behind me in the queue at the ATM said as he tapped me. " Indeed, he is, " I said. " Do you know why I said so?" He said. " No sir, but I have benefited of his wonder, " …
Expo 201
Photo Credit: Xin Wang, Unsplash.com My love for football transcends beyond a mere hobby, it is a religion, and Chelsea is my God, it was football that made me fast for three days hoping it would help Chelsea win the Champions League, it was football that made blood gush from my leg like water from …
Vigil Before Dawn
Image Credit: Peter Oswald, Unsplash.com 12: 30pm, sleep is still evading my eyes. I am busy writing my application to the African writer's community, I click on submit, phew! Finally, I can sleep. I close my eyes and sleep takes me away.Gbum! Gbum!I having this nightmare, two guys are in my room, they are beside …
The Midnight Visitor
There have been complaints from the JSS2 students about their hostel, Saint Catherine's hostel. For months there have been stories of a spiritual attack. At exactly midnight a violent wind would open the windows of the hostel, the bunks would begin to shake, and the bolted doors would become ajar, they would see a woman …
Baba Dudu: The Man in the Dark
Baba Dudu: The Man in the Dark I have heard stories of evil creatures attacking students in the night, but I haven't experienced it myself, I don't know if they are real, they may be myths and they may be true, but my friend Kelvin on the other hand doesn't believe they exist, his mother …
New Year: A Flipping of Calendar or A Flipping of Character?
Whenever we enter a new year, you would hear, " new year, new life," " New me," " new beginning, " I said that as well but deep down it was just a change of calendars. I was not enthusiastic about changing my life during the new year, what got me excited during the new …
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Stockholm Syndrome: A glance from a Nigerian Lens.
I have been livid for a while now about the state of things in Nigeria, but I often overlook them. The recent #endsars protest awoke my patriotism, it ignited enthusiasm for a while until the lekki massacre quenched it, I returned to my default setting, but a video I came across recently poked both my …
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Death at Mungovia
Gbim! Gbim! Gbim! My heartbeat was too fast for my mind to keep track of. Beads of sweat crept out of my body like a cockroach, as the xenophobes were getting closer to our apartment. Tu! Tu! Foreigners were greeted by barrels of guns.Gbum! Gbum! Gbum!"Open the door and die peacefully, or stay inside and …
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