The most dreadful experience of my life
By Yahuza Abdulkadir Many a time, I listen to people expressing their feelings and emotions, telling their beautiful and ugly stories, talking about the experiences they encountered through their journeys.…
By Yahuza Abdulkadir Many a time, I listen to people expressing their feelings and emotions, telling their beautiful and ugly stories, talking about the experiences they encountered through their journeys.…
By Maryam Muhammad Lawan “Baby sis! I’m craving for something spicy,” I said in a cosseted voice. “Don’t worry, please. Your lazy sis will take care of you today. Guess…
By Salma Yakubu I sat on a bench under a neem tree behind the Faculty of Education lecture hall. I stared emptily at nothing in particular. ‘Hey! Karima!’ My classmate,…
By Habeeb Abdullah Musa Kiru Tofa the last of the black-maned lions is no more!May you walk amongst the saints,As God enriched your life in this world may he grant…
When a river dries upAll living dwellers aroundAre gripped by fear,Throats become thirstyLeaving all far and nearIn great danger. When a river dries upDoom and uncertaintyPounce from the shadowLike a…
By Khalid Shafi’i “Officer, please accept this small change make we kuku japa for here. We dey in a hurry abeg,” I said, mustering all the courage I could. “Oga, open…
By Zee Aslam It was a fantastic autumn evening. October’s weather had sedated, but the wind was blowing intensively. Mrs Busari’s car came to a screening halt after knocking down…
By Khalid Shafi’i After our high school graduation, each day seemed to blur into the next. I had no structure or purpose, no reason to get up in the morning.…
By Aeesha Abdullahi Alhaji I winced while taking the journals I studied back into their bookshelf. Next, I rubbed my back slightly due to sitting in one place for so…
By Marzuq Ungogo I have read Barack Obama’s A Promised Land for the past five months. I started with an E-book and bought the hard copy, hoping to speed up…