FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 21]
Emeka, … Grace did not look as good as she did the first time you saw her. She looked like she could use a cold bath and a good nap.…
Emeka, … Grace did not look as good as she did the first time you saw her. She looked like she could use a cold bath and a good nap.…
Emeka, … God gave you an early birthday gift on the second Friday, twenty-second, two days before your twenty-second birthday. You had gone to see Hassan but met his…
Mudathir Hayatullahi (Abu Lubabah) reports, Muhammad Adeyemi, a 400-Level student at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) and an ex-member of the most outstanding…
Abdulazeez Toheeb Olawale writes, When a student is asked why they failed, their likeliest comments are; “The lecturer failed me”, “the exam was too hard” or “we were not being…
Emeka, As you walked to Mama Zeenat’s cafeteria, Hassan ate off your ears with lavish words for Grace. His reaction surprised you because it was not his way of talking…
Hamidu Alhasaan (Abu Huzaipha Lafiagi) writes, The last time I checked, we were never custodians of our successes, making it almost impossible to have a spot-on definition of ‘right time’. Until…
Abalu Khadijah Opeyemi writes, The atmosphere was cool, the body felt the sensation, preferring to stay indoors as the weather breezed its coldness, blowing gently into every part of Danfodites’…
Ummu Khair Bello writes, Unemployment is a state of joblessness, where people qualified for jobs have none. In other words, unemployment is when the quantum of labour exceeds the number…
Yusuf Kawthar Bukola writes, “What’s your plan after school?” Almost every finalist has heard this question. Unfortunately, only a few give concrete answers to the question. Do we ever think…
Jubril Ahmed writes, Destiny is a belief in the will or determining cause by which everything comes to pass. It is the belief that whatever befalls anyone or anything, whether…