Non-Fiction · May 1, 2026
When Forced Rhythms Evolve
Some of the most meaningful rhythms in my life began as ones I never would have chosen for myself.
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Fiction · Oct 30, 2025
The Games Church Men Play
“I’m falling for you.” As the words fell from his lips, her throat closed up, and she began to cough. It wasn’t that she hadn’t been expecting it…
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Group Chat – Chapter 8 – EP03
ESTHER Esther: Hi ladies, it’s been a bit quiet in here. How are we doing? Cleo: Good, nothing much happening over here. You? Esther: I was at Mu…
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Group Chat – Chapter 8 – EP02
CLEO Cleo: Hey, Esther, have you heard from Tara? Esther: Not lately. Cleo: Hmm, okay. I hope she’s okay. Esther: Hope so too. Cleo checked her r…
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Group Chat – Chapter 8 – EP01
TARA CLEO: Hey @ Tara. How are you feeling, love? ESTHER: Yeah. We heard you’re back, please let us know if there’s anything we can do to help. C…
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Fiction · Sep 11, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 7 – EP03
ESTHER Esther drew circles on Dara’s back as she scrolled her Instagram feed. Cleo’s call had left her unsettled and she’d lost her appetite almo…
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Fiction · Sep 9, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 7 – EP02
CLEO Cleo was making Friday night dinner, nothing fancy, just tacos, when her phone rang. The smell of spiced ground beef filled the kitchen. Jac…
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Fiction · Sep 4, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 7 – EP01
TARA Esther: Ladies! I’m hosting an intimate tea party next week. I’m inviting y’all personally. Cleo: 💃 Tara: Sounds like fun! Count me in. Est…
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Fiction · Sep 2, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 6 – EP03
ESTHER Hi Esther, We’ve been loving the heart and honesty you bring to your online space. Your recent reflections on postpartum life and motherho…
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Fiction · Aug 28, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 6 – EP02
CLEO Cleo’s mind was buzzing. The pill she’d taken twenty minutes earlier hadn’t kicked in yet, and her thoughts flitted like moths around a too-…
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Fiction · Aug 26, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 6 – EP01
TARA Tara: I had a great time at lunch @Estee. Thanks for hanging with me! Esther: Same here @Tara. It was such a breath of fresh air. Thanks for…
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Fiction · Aug 21, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 5 – EP03
ESTHER “So, how’s motherhood treating you?” Tara asked. They had finally ordered their mains; seafood linguine for Tara, lamb shank for Esther; a…
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Fiction · Aug 19, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 5 – EP02
CLEO Cleo liked hotels. She liked sleeping on sheets she hadn’t, and wouldn’t wash. There was something about them that felt like a clean slate, an invitation to step outside her life and slip into someone else’s, jus
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Fiction · Aug 14, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 5 – EP01
TARA Esther: I’m running late @Tara Tara: Same here! Hopefully, we won’t get there so late that we lose our reservation. Esther: Oh no! I’m leaving soon. Tara: Me too! Cleo: Have fun, girlies! I’ll get all
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Fiction · Aug 12, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 4 – EP03
ESTHER “I’m taking it, there was never a question about that,” Esther said. She was careful with her tone; she didn’t want to sound emotional. “So, I don’t get a say in it?” Kunle asked. It was the first time i
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Fiction · Aug 7, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 4 – EP02
CLEO Potty training was kicking Cleo’s behind. Honestly, why couldn’t they let kids be kids? Was it really so wrong if your almost four-year-old still preferred doing his business in his diaper rather than perched
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Fiction · Aug 5, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 4 – EP01
TARA Cleo: my wish came true, ladies! Tara: whaat! Cleo: Mothers’ Day is about to be lit! 🍆 Esther: abeg don’t spoil me o. I’m still a virgin🤣 Cleo: then you must be Mary the second and Dara is Jesus.🫣
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Fiction · Jul 31, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 3 – EP03
ESTHER Esther stood at the kitchen counter, Dara balanced on her hip, phone in hand, waiting for the kettle to whistle. The scent of boiled yam still lingered faintly in the air from breakfast. She had finally, fin
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Fiction · Jul 29, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 3 – EP02
CLEO “Mummy, Mandy’s looking at me!” Axel’s voice rang out from somewhere deep in the house. Cleo paused mid-breath, back pressed against the cool bathroom door, the faint scent of citrus cleaner tickling her nose.
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Fiction · Jul 24, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 3 – EP01
TARA Cleo: Hey babe @Estee, just giving you a heads up that some of the mums at group were a bit uncomfortable with the whole YouTube content thing. Esther is typing...Esther: Thanks for letting me know Cleo. I don
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Fiction · Jul 22, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 2 – EP03
ESTHER There was something about putting on makeup that made Esther feel invincible. Like slipping into a superpower. The rhythmic dab-dab-dab of the foundation sponge, the sharp swoop of her eyeliner; it was her armo
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Fiction · Jul 17, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 2 – EP02
CLEO “Hey baby, sshhh…” Cleo nuzzled Amanda’s soft shoulders, inhaling the warm scent of her daughter’s onesie. Car rides weren’t Mandy’s favourite unless Axel was in the backseat with her, kicking his legs and offeri
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Fiction · Jul 15, 2025
Group Chat – Chapter 2 – EP01
TARA Tara: Hey, mamas! Any plans for Mother’s Day?Cleo is typing… Cleo: Nothing yet. What are you thinking? And I hope it doesn’t involve the kids. 😣Tara: No idea yet. Maybe we should brainstorm together when next w
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Fiction · Jul 10, 2025
Group Chat - Chapter 1 - EP03
ESTHER Esther was frustrated. She had been trying to film a Day in My Life vlog for the past three days, and her son was not cooperating. He’d been fussier than usual all week, so clingy that she hadn’t been able
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Fiction · Jul 8, 2025
Group Chat - Chapter 1 - EP02
CLEO Cleo tiptoed out of the bedroom where her daughter Amanda was sleeping. She leaned against the door and exhaled deeply once she felt it was safe. Was it terrible to admit that the only time she truly enjoyed b
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Fiction · Jul 3, 2025
Group Chat - Chapter 1 - EP01
TARA Anyone free for a coffee date? I’ve got some free time to kill. The message landed in the WhatsApp group with a heavy thud, and Tara immediately regretted sending it. She considered deleting it but then the gr
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Poem · Jun 15, 2025
Nobody Talks About It - #FathersDay
Nobody Talks About It How you go from sweetheart, My love, Adigun even, Odogwu, my baby— to being led by the hand of a tiny creature with no experience. You manage funds, firms, staff: CEO, director, accountant— but
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Non-Fiction · May 27, 2025
It's Not a Job
“I can’t do that. It’s not my job.”She said it, straight-faced.And I stared, stunned. Because when it comes to early childhood?It is so much more than a job.It’s service.Sacred service. It’s holding space for a tod
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Poem · May 11, 2025
Mother - A Mother's Day Poem
Mother, I didn't understand before, what it meant to be you, that sacrifice came in small increments, a half-eaten plate of rice, mealtime a marathon, to keep their attention and appetite fluctuates like embers, a
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Fiction · Apr 3, 2025
GPS for your Destiny EP02
At first, Teni couldn’t believe her ears. The fact that her sensible friend - Eki of all people - had gone to see a psychic. A psychic. In Lagos. For goodness’ sake, what even was a psychic in Nigeria if not a babalawo i
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Fiction · Mar 27, 2025
GPS for your Destiny EP01
Teniola wanted to get married. It was her 2025 Goal—capital G—right there on her vision board, alongside Visit Zanzibar and Apply for scholarships. But unlike the other goals, this one felt heavier, more urgent, like an
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Fiction · Mar 13, 2025
That Yoyo Life
“Happy Valentine, ma!” Mr. Alex, their security man called out as Olanna waited in front of the office complex for her Uber. Olanna smiled a close-lipped smile, determined not to engage. She knew what would happen nex
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Fiction · Feb 13, 2025
Melted Ice Cream EP05
ANYAI search Toria’s face for clues that she’s joking. A waiter weaves between tables, the aroma of baked pastries trailing in his wake. But I’m barely aware of any of it. Her words keep ringing in my ears: I’d have to p
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Fiction · Feb 6, 2025
Melted Ice Cream EP04
TORIA I can tell it’s pissing Anya off, the fact that she knows very little about my relationship or impending wedding. I pretend to be focused on the food in front of me, keeping my mouth full to keep the smile of sa
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Fiction · Jan 30, 2025
Melted Ice Cream EP03
I pretend to be excited about Toria’s upcoming nuptials but somewhere in the back of my mind, I am thinking of ways to throw a spanner in its works. I know, I know. That makes me sound like a terrible person and maybe I
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Fiction · Jan 23, 2025
Melted Ice Cream EP02
TORIALondon’s diamond sparkles on my finger and I feel a rush of emotions again. I am so in love with this man, it makes my heart hurt, literally. Whenever I look at the ring, I remember the proposal. He took me on his f
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Fiction · Jan 16, 2025
Melted Ice Cream EP01
ANYA Our friendship always felt lopsided, like an ice cream cone melting unevenly—one side a puddle, the other still standing tall. I was always on the melted side, the side that dripped down your hand and left you st
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Fiction · Jan 1, 2025
The Fortune - a New Year's Special
It was New Year’s Eve, and something about being on the cusp of a new beginning gave Nuhu a fresh dose of confidence. He loved new things, whether a new shirt from his favourite vendor, new shoes from his best friend
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Fiction · Dec 25, 2024
The Singing Lights
When I hear it, I am sleeping somewhat peacefully with my brothers and sisters. At first, I think I’m hearing things. My brothers and sisters always say I have such a vivid imagination and maybe I do. I daydream a lot so
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Fiction · Dec 19, 2024
The Siblings EP31
BENJY Benjy glanced at his watch. It was almost noon. He resisted the urge to pick up his phone to call Lizzy.He had been clear in his text message to her: I know you said I didn’t know what I wanted, but I think I do
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Fiction · Dec 12, 2024
The Siblings EP30
DEJI Do one nice thing for each other every day for the next week. This was Dr Amber’s assignment for them this week. They’d had two sessions with her and Deji felt like he couldn’t wait till they got to the good p
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Fiction · Dec 5, 2024
The Siblings EP29
ORE The news of their father’s remarriage was a welcome distraction for Ore. Things had been tense since Wednesday when she had the text mix-up with Ramsey and Terry. At first, she had ignored Ramsey’s question
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Fiction · Nov 28, 2024
The Siblings EP28
BENJY The door opened and his sister walked in.When they were younger, it had been a running joke in their home that Ore was not friends with closed doors. She could walk into the most intimate spaces without a knock,
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Fiction · Nov 21, 2024
The Siblings EP27
DEJI “So…Deji and Ivie, may I ask why you are here?” The way she said the why was what made Deji exchange looks with his wife. It was obvious why they were in the office of a marriage counsellor, wasn’t it? Their s
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Fiction · Nov 14, 2024
The Siblings EP26
ORE The cell phone in her hand felt hot. It wasn’t a literal hotness, it was one generated by Ore’s mind. She had finally responded to Terry’s Facebook message that night at dinner. In the bathroom, a sudden recklessn
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Fiction · Nov 7, 2024
The Siblings EP25
BENJY Benjy’s bombshell stunned Lizzy into silence. Stunned them both, actually. Benjy hadn’t known he had come to that conclusion until the words left his lips.“Are you sure? Are you serious?” she asked. “Don’t play
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Fiction · Oct 31, 2024
The Siblings EP24
DEJI Finding the appropriate marriage counsellor wasn’t as easy as Deji expected. It wasn’t as if he could go about asking people for recommendations, not if he didn’t want people asking questions. It was inter
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Fiction · Oct 24, 2024
The Siblings EP23
ORE Being in Terry’s presence was intoxicating. Ore felt like she had the first time she tasted alcohol. It was at her first house party in university. This one had been thrown by her next-door neighbour; a third year
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Fiction · Oct 17, 2024
The Siblings EP22
BENJY Benjy had thought that he would feel a huge sense of relief when Lizzy finally got around to the idea of letting go of the baby instead he felt a sense of dread settle over him as he heard her words. He shook
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Fiction · Oct 10, 2024
The Siblings EP21
DEJI Courage was finally admitting that you had been lying to yourself. It was one thing to pretend that something wasn’t happening, to look away each time the subject came up. It was like putting wallpaper over a
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Fiction · Oct 3, 2024
The Siblings EP20
ORE The day had arrived. If anyone asked Ore, she would deny that she had been anticipating this day, giddy like a school girl on the first day of school. She would swear that she did not buy the new outfit hanging in
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Fiction · Sep 19, 2024
The Siblings EP19
BENJY Few things ruffled Benjy’s feathers like fighting with his sister. He and Ore had always shared a closeness that he lacked with his brother. She was vulnerable with him and he could often read her moods well eno
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Fiction · Sep 12, 2024
The Siblings EP18
DEJI It was Saturday and Deji had promised to take his children out to the park for a quick run around. So there he was. Spending time with his children was often capable of putting a smile on his face, making him
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Fiction · Sep 5, 2024
The Siblings EP17
ORE Ore could feel the pressure building inside her as she uttered those words. Never had she seen her brother look at her the way he was looking at her now. Benjy was the brother who was very supportive of her, he ch
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Fiction · Aug 29, 2024
The Siblings EP16
BENJY After that Sunday which he was now referring to as the “Doomed Sunday”, Benjy couldn’t eat or sleep. His productivity at work was being affected. On Monday, after tossing and turning all night, he couldn’t pull
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Fiction · Aug 22, 2024
The Siblings EP15
DEJI Most of Deji’s processing happened at night when everyone was in bed. He had found that after having children and becoming a proper family man, there wasn’t much time left during the day for his thoughts. And
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Fiction · Aug 15, 2024
The Siblings EP14
ORE “Guess what?” Ore roused herself from where she was lounging in the pool chair as she heard her husband’s voice. “What?” she asked. “We got the deal,” he leaned over her and kissed her lips. “Oh…congra
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Fiction · Aug 8, 2024
The Siblings EP13
BENJY Benjy was in such a good mood that he had decided to go to church that Sunday morning. It wasn’t like all his problems with Lizzy were solved but he could almost swear that there was a light at the end of this m
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Fiction · Aug 1, 2024
The Siblings EP12
DEJI Deji felt like the woman sitting across from him was a stranger. He couldn’t believe how awkward they were in each other’s company. When had that happened? They’d been married for seven years now and somehow he f
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Fiction · Jul 25, 2024
The Siblings EP11
ORE Afternoons at their company was Ore’s favourite time of day. Maybe it was because there was the subconscious countdown to the end of the workday so everyone was feeling less pressured and more inclined to joke and
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Fiction · Jul 18, 2024
The Siblings EP10
BENJY The restaurant Elizabeth had picked was a quiet one. It was one of those ones that had booths thatprovided the guests with privacy. Benjy arrived twenty minutes early because he wanted to pick theright spot to h
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Fiction · Jul 11, 2024
The Siblings EP09
DEJI DEJI“Daddy,” the sound was a whimper rousing Deji from the depths of his dreams.Deji forced his eyes open at his daughter’s voice. In the darkness, he couldn’t tell which one she was as they were still in the pha
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Fiction · Jul 4, 2024
The Siblings EP08
ORE Ore waited on the doorstep. She had heard Susan’s voice from within after ringing the doorbell so sheknew her friend would eventually make it to the door. She had a basket of assorted goodies in her hand,a basket
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Fiction · Jun 27, 2024
The Siblings EP07
BENJY Benjy had been having the same nightmare for two days. Okay, technically it wasn’t a nightmare in thesense that there were no monsters chasing him through dark streets, but it was still valid as a nightmarebecau
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Fiction · Jun 19, 2024
The Siblings EP06
DEJI Deji pulled up to the school gate just as his 3pm alarm rung. He turned the alarm off before he parkedthe car refusing to think about what it meant.Exiting the car, he took deep breaths. He needed to be calm befo
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Fiction · Jun 11, 2024
The Siblings EP05
ORE “I’m just saying, you didn’t have to smile like that,” Ramsey said.Ore sighed quietly as she towelled her body dry. She wished she could stay a little longer in thebathroom, at least until Ramsey was out of his mo
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Fiction · Jun 1, 2024
The Siblings EP04
BENJY Benjy glanced at his phone as it began to ring. He knew, without looking, who was on the other end of the line. He tapped the side button, silencing the phone, and turned his face back to his computer. Optit
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Fiction · May 28, 2024
The Siblings EP03
DEJI Deji counted the bottles where she had hidden them in the back of the wardrobe. Five bottles. It was a reasonable number, considering that it could have been worse. It had been worse. She was making an effort
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Fiction · May 28, 2024
The Siblings EP02
ORE Ore paused outside her brother’s door, taking a deep breath. She felt bad that she had lied to him, especially because he was the ‘better’ brother. Benjy was easy to talk to, and not judgmental like her eldest
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Fiction · May 28, 2024
The Siblings EP01
BENJY The pitter-patter of the rain against the zinc roof woke Benjy up. Or was it the mismatched voices of the children? He shifted in bed, his hand hitting the wall as he did so, reminding him of his present loc
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Fiction · Jan 2, 2024
Hoodwinked
There was a visible tremble in Monica’s hands as she scrolled through her Instagram page. The news was everywhere – wherever she turned, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram, everywhere – she couldn’t seem to escape i
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Finale
SIX WEEKS LATER Imade felt familiar emotions churn up in her as she boarded an airport taxi from the Benin airport. She couldn’t believe how much she had missed Benin since she left six weeks ago. She couldn’t believ
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 23
They were in her kitchen – Yvonne had convinced her to come over so they could try their hands on a new carrot cake recipe she had found online. Imade had agreed largely because she had missed their friendly chats and al
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 22
Imade was due to return to Abuja in two days. Mixed feelings were running through her, she had missed Abuja, but she loved who she was in Benin. There was a sense of fulfillment she got from working with the orphanage. I
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 21
Imade had never been great at handling big emotions, mostly because when growing up, her parents were big on poker faces, so much so that even if they were going through turmoil underneath the surface, they maintained an
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 20
Dapo went on his knees in his office, his hands thrown up in gratitude. “Thank you, Father. Oh, thank you!” It was big victories like these that made the small setbacks fade into the background. If there was one
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 19
It was 6am when Imade’s phone rang and Mrs Osakwe cried hysterically that the police had called her to the station. “I don’t want to go alone,” she cried. “Please Imade, come with me.” “But what did they say? Why
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 18
“You can’t leave Benin now,” Mrs Ajayi said to Imade on the phone, the next day. “I can’t imagine how chaotic it is over there. What are the police doing about it?” “I really don’t know. They said they’re looking for
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Uncategorized · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 17
The atmosphere was rife with tension, fear, and accusations. Mrs Osakwe had hidden herself in her office after calling Imade to tell her about Lara. When Imade saw her, head in hand, she looked smaller, like she had shru
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 16
The bad thing happened, but it didn’t happen until a day to the outreach. It didn’t happen until other tiny, good things happened in Imade’s life. Good things like exchanging Whatsapp chats with Dapo. Like laughing o
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Uncategorized · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 15
DAPO When Dapo had suggested an ‘apology’ lunch, it had been a joke. At first. But the more he thought about it. The more he realized he would love a redo of their first meeting. What he hadn’t expected was that he w
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 14
Service over, Imade remained seated, unwilling to leave before speaking to Dapo. Intent on dropping the burden on her heart. Through the service, her eyes had wandered to Dapo once, twice. A little awestruck, she dec
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 13
Imade had not been sleeping well. And she knew why. It had been three days since she last saw Pastor Dapo, since she almost had an unnecessary breakdown, and three days since she spoke to him. She had ignored the nud
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 12
Smallie had changed, and Imade couldn’t stop stealing glances at the grown man who sat opposite her in the hotel’s restaurant. “What?” he asked, when he caught her looking, a tiny smile lining his lips. “You should t
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Uncategorized · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 11
Mrs Osakwe’s ‘office’ was a small space carved out in the common room area, with wooden boards demarcating it from the rest of the room and giving a false sense of privacy. Her desk was a scratchy dark-blue plastic t
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Countinge Episode 10
Benin was demure in a way Abuja wasn’t. There were no men in flashy sports cars zigzagging through the streets, intimidating other road users. Some of the roads were riddled with potholes and patches of elephant grass. W
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 9
“We have a project that we think you are the perfect person to oversee,” Mrs Ajayi said. “Is it church project?” Imade asked. “No, my dear. It is personal. Something that has been on our heart for a while. We wan
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 8
After Yvonne and Olive left that evening, Imade didn’t feel up to going out with Mena anymore. What she had wanted to talk to Mena about had already been taken care of, and she was in a bad mood. Why couldn’t life co
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 7
It was Olive Imade hugged first when she met them at the door. Pretty, vivacious Olive who wrapped herself around Imade, like a branch clutching the nearest support for its growth. Imade inhaled the cocoa-buttery sce
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 6
The rest of that week, Imade could not get Lamide’s proposal out of her head. Every time she picked her phone to read or check her social media accounts, she found her thoughts straying to Lamide. They had resumed their
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 5
The boyish grin on his face was irresistible and his three-day-old stubble added to his charm; so even though Imade knew she shouldn’t let him in, she did. He was dressed casually, in grey shorts and a black T-shirt
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 4
“Yvonne? Can we talk? I have to tell you something.” Imade’s voice was gentle, prodding. “Yvonne,” she called again. This time Yvonne looked up from her phone in response. “What?” she asked. “I…I need t
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 3
Oluwole & Oluwole was one of the top corporate law firms in Abuja; top on Imade’s Top Law Firms in Abuja list when she got back from her Master’s in the UK, and after dropping off her CV at sixteen of the firms on her li
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 2
The lobby at Babangida hospital was freshly-painted nude walls, narrow space lined with metal chairs and frames of smiling babies, old men and pregnant women, alongside motivational medical quotes – “Your body is a templ
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Fiction · Dec 31, 2023
Forty and Counting Episode 1
The mesh of voices delivering the happy birthday song jolted Imade back to the present. One of her guests – Mena – was showing off her voice while singing, throwing in a few twists and turns that would give contestants o
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Fiction · Aug 14, 2020
BRENDA - PART 7 (FINALE)
MUM My heart drops. I watch as my daughter freezes. She gives no indication that she heard the speaker. Spell barricade, honey. You know it. I try to communicate my thoughts to her. She is staring at something,
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BRENDA - PART 6 (SEMI-FINALE)
BRENDA I wake up nervous. I didn’t sleep well all night because I kept having dreams about the Spelling Bee today. The dreams were bad – in most of them, I had embarrassed myself by not being able to speak, or starti
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Are you Digitally Healthy?
We often talk about well-being, physical well-being, mental well-being, and even emotional well-being. What is well-being? Well-being refers to the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy. That being said, let u
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BRENDA - PART 5
MUM It is Wednesday evening when I decide to finally talk to my daughter. Three full days after the incident. I was fourteen when I realized I might have anger issues. Prior to that time, I had had episodes of figh
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BRENDA PART 4
BRENDA An invalid.I have Googled it over and over again since my fight with Mum.Google says:"a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury." My mum and I have not said a word to each other since our fight two
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BRENDA - PART 3
MUM I am at the office when Brenda's teacher calls. I usually exchange numbers with all her teachers because of emergencies. I want them to be able to reach me anytime if anything comes up regarding my daughter.In the
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BRENDA - PART 2
My mum is such a cry baby, I think, as I let her wrap her arms around me. I think its because Daddy is gone. Four years is a long time, some people think, but really there is never a time when it is okay to say "stop
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BRENDA - PART 1
When Brenda comes home with her Communication book and her teacher's print-wòrthy handwriting saying that she has been selected to represent her class in a Spelling Bee, my first thought is..."what?" I don't say it ou
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A Father's Day Story
Fiyin hangs his head, leaning back against the car seat. He has been sitting in the car for almost an hour. He knows he should go inside. A part of him wants to go inside, but a part of him is terrified. It is the sam
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Fiction · May 4, 2020
ZEN & CATYA 2
ZEN I hate crowds, literally. It is one of the things I dread the most about working in a bank I do not like people so much. I have Googled it before, this phobia of mine, but I am yet to determine whether it is anthr
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Fiction · Apr 25, 2020
Zen & Catya
Zen's Profile: Age: 27About me: I love people, even though I'm a slight introvert. I'm a relationship manager at BTG bank, and like to think that I carry a bit of my job description into my everyday life. I have a blo
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