By Chizitere Ojiaka From the day Adanna stepped into my house, I knew I was in big trouble. She had moved to Lagos from Enugu in search of greener pastures and had begged that my wife, Nkeiru and I allow her ...Read More

By Nkem Awachie Today, I called a mature man an ignorant bastard. A man old enough to father me. What a shame, to be that old and still be an ignorant bastard. But that happens somewhere near the end of the ...Read More

By Ekene Ngwu 1.   All University students are advised to adopt the eating habit of 0-1-0 as in the regime of Ibrahim Babangida’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). Go for your lectures in the morning on empty stomach, and when it’s break ...Read More

By Nkem Awachie I shouldn’t have come here today. Eden- God’s Backyard. It’s scrawled in charcoal across the wall of the ugly brown house. One of those hasty, low-budget buildings for students and poor people. I’m in the bathroom. I’ve been standing ...Read More

By Ugochukwu Odenigbo I never liked going to hospitals. Besides the sickening feeling I get in there, there’s this deathly stench that literally drives me haywire. But if you have got the kind of mom I got; trust me- you’d understand ...Read More

By Barbara Wams Egbuche The removal of the Fuel Subsidies combined with the battery of bombings that have rocked Nigeria during the Christmas season- seem to have stolen the shine away from the initial merry memories that greeted the yuletide. The Calabar ...Read More

By Jideofor Akpamgbo The truth is that nothing is inherently bad with the removal of the fuel subsidy. The 'removal' idea makes sense only if the surplus cash actually goes into provision of amenities, but we know that isn't going to ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo My ribs cracked literally when I read this; Smoking in Nigeria is prohibited in public places and is punishable by a fine of not less than N200 and not exceeding N1000 or to imprisonment to a term of ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo                 I am one of those who know that 24 is the best action movie ever made! For me; it’s sacrilegious to even suggest otherwise- and I could give you a lecture as to why. But I won’t- at ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo I love Christmas- I really do. I love it so much that I’d rather get cramped into a bus and make that uncomfortable 10 hour trip to Enugu, than spend it anywhere else. It’s easy to brand me a typical ...Read More

By AKINNAGBE AKINTOMIDE The controversy surrounding one of Nigeria's movie industry best actresses, Oby Edozien over her marriage to popular singer Alex O has been dividing many people who woke up on Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 to read a shocker that ...Read More

By Nonso Nnajide For me, Christmas means two colours - the colour white, and the colour red. Yea, I am an incurable fan of Santa. As a kid growing up in Enugu, Christmas was never complete without a trip to Leventis' to ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo 2011 was not a good year for Nigeria! And before you get all patriotic; remember that ASUU is still on strike! Thousands of Nigerian kids are at home indefinitely! And when they start scheming stuff to fuel their exuberance; ...Read More

By Janet Mock When I was a kid I had a series of dreams that involved Immature. You know, that baby boy band starring Roger from Sister, Sister? Anyway, my dreams usually involved group member LDB (Little Drummer Boy) singing "Never Lie" ...Read More

By Nkem Awachie I woke up scratching at the door, panicked. Someone was screaming. Her shriek pierced through my dreams. She was being murdered. Or raped. I didn’t yet know if I was running to rescue her, or running to safety, ...Read More

By Makuo Siraj                                   I died last two weeks in my room. I died in my sleep. I always feared I’d die in an accident or die of diabetes like my father. I also taught I’d die at the age of ninety. ...Read More

Single life is underrated. When you’re single you can dance like a crazy thing, flirt with your cute colleague and if your friends ask you to go to LA, then (money aside) why not? Not only can the single life ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo                             It was Douglas Horton, I think, who famously said, “Beauty is variable; and ugliness is constant” But we all know that for some people; Beauty is a constant! You may disagree, but please spare me the cliché of ...Read More

By Kim Carollo One of President Obama's little girls really isn't so little anymore. Recent photos of the first family show the Obamas' elder daughter, Malia, now 13, nearly as tall as her parents, who are both about six feet tall. The president ...Read More

By Osagie Alonge EME’s young money bag, Ayo Balogun, better known as Wizkid, Wizzy or Wiz, bares it all in a first-of-its-kind extensive newspaper interview to Osagie. Taking it from the very beginning, the ladies’ man and pop star talks about ...Read More

Against the backdrop of the University as a microcosm of a utopian society, the menace of secret cults in our institutions of higher learning leaves myriads of perplexing questions: When did secret cult originate and how did it integrate itself ...Read More

With NYSC completed and convinced that the boredom of the bank hall wasn’t the place for a guy like me; it was only natural that I turned to God for immediate help. I realized that It’s not all about getting ...Read More