There it was again. A heavy drop, like a bag of yam hitting the floor. Then the scream, sharp, hoarse, cut too short, as if swallowed back out of fe...Read more

I remember the day I got my first assembly slap in SJC. To be honest, I still don’t know who the deliverer was. But what I do know is that, for a so...Read more

When a legacy becomes a prison, what is the cost of freedom? My father always said he had a plan. He said it with the conviction of a god: calm and ...Read more

They say there’s no smoke without fire. Every action has a reason, even if buried deep. Jazzlyn never imagined the man who was in such sync with her...Read more

They say time heals. But time didn't heal the silence, nor did it ease the pain that came with it. My name is Tejire, but most people call me TJ. Th...Read more

It was 2019. He was in 300 level. I hadn’t even crossed the gates of a university yet. The message came through Facebook. I already knew who he was....Read more

For five years, I stayed home, waiting for the chance to begin my journey into the university. A time filled with doubt, learning, and bold decision...Read more

It was New Year's Eve, the kind of night that held promises of new beginnings. We sat around the dining table—just the seven of us: Me, Baba, Dad, M...Read more

When we were boys, we thought feelings were a weakness. "Men don’t cry," Baaj would say after a bloody fight. "Be a man jare," Deji muttered when I ...Read more

If anyone had told me this time last year that I would be sitting here, writing about my second win, I would have laughed, probably choked on my tea...Read more