Ms. Koi Koi It was few minutes to 5am when she apparated at the white door, a loud Koi sound when her shoe touched the ground. She looked at the iron bars shielding the door from easy penetration like it was a brat. “Pitiful humans! […]
Day 41, 2021
Cheers When I wrote on the first day of January and titled it “Day 1, 2021”, my intent was for a step-in story into the year. But after I posted, I realized the implication of the title I chose. My friends asked, “day 1? Are […]
Day 40, 2021
I was at a hospital today, at the pediatric ward. The last time I went through a pediatric ward was during a checkup at the hospital in my former city. Using the oxygen tubes were two babies. One of them looked some days old while […]
Day 39, 2021
I am not a cultist “Buy your shirt here, buy your shirt here.” I walked through the market and pretended like I did not hear the shouts of sellers calling for buyers. I had seen the neat yellow polo but I did not have money […]
Day 38, 2021
What we say; What we show In a world of pseudo spirituality, many are fanatical of indoctrinations they know nothing about and cannot defend. And so they say they are “this” while in truth, they are “that” because they do not understand what “this” truly […]
Day 37, 2021
Most Akwa Ibom road users never have change. Mba, they don’t. It’s a taboo for them to have anything more than N50 change. When you board a tricycle or a bus, they begin to say something about “change”. Not having change was not necessarily the […]
Day 36, 2021
Mind Your Business I banged the gate and shuddered at the loudness. The day was just starting but very many people were already moving. Buses yelled locations and people dressed in suits and corporate wears jumped in while some waited for another bus that would […]
Day 35, 2021
The man from my dreams at home followed me to this city. That’s the only explanation to the things that have been happening to me since I moved to this city. How else would I explain these things? Something or someone definitely has a hand […]
Day 34, 2021
You do not need to experience. I know because it happened to my flatmate; I know because my colleague said it; I know because I don’t need to experience it before I take heed and neither should you wait to experience. Experience should not be […]
Day 33, 2021
Perception Perception You know the days when you have a gloomy day because you perceive that your friend or your partner is cold and you feel sad and don’t know how to approach the person or the issue? You know when we read signs and […]