FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 23]
Emeka, … You proceeded towards the bus stop in silence – you did not know how to ask for her number. The fact that you had just helped her…
FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 22]
Emeka, … “What’s up?” Grace winked at you when she realised your call had ended. “One minute, dear. Count to sixty,” you assured her. “Alright,”…
Amid ’official neglect’, indiscriminate logging contributing to deforestation in Kwara
In Kwara State, the loggers and charcoal producers are making fortunes from deforestation but no one is planting to replace the fallen trees. Abdulrasheed Hammad travelled to Moro local government…
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.…
FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye : Unlettered Missives [episode 20]
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…
Ex-Pen Press Journalist Wins Big in Abuja, Bags UNESCO Academic Award
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…
Students’ Failure in Academic Environment: Causes and Possible Solutions
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…
FICTION WEEKLY with Mazeed Mukhtar Oyeleye: Unlettered Missives [episode 19]
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…
When is the Perfect Time?
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…
Pen Writers’ Diary: The Reason ‘Why’ Our Parents Deserve Accolades
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’…
