There is an age-old trope often attributed to the traditional Yoruba society that a woman is only to be seen and not to be heard. However, this trope is challenged by Tunde Leye in his book Afonja: The Rise (“Afonja”) through his depiction of his female characters. When contrasted against…

The Muslim holidays are over, and I’m back at work, doing my 9–5. I’m trying to centre my mind to commence the day’s work, but I keep losing focus, and it seems like I’m fighting a losing battle as to having a productive work day. …

His name was Yellow, or so we called him. I confess though; we never really knew his given name. We called him Yellow for the colour of his skin, golden yellow like the ripened Pawpaws we plucked from the tree in Iya Taiye’s compound. Yellow was one of those persons…

They say death is a memory, but I have no memory of my death. Only the stuttering of my lisping tongue remain as memento of the time when I visited the doors of death. My name is Oluwafemi and I am a stutterer. However, I was not born with my…

I am angry, and for good reason. The Nigerian people have no say in how they are governed and this pisses me off. On paper, yes, we have the power. “We the people…” BUT. ONLY. ON. PAPER! In reality, the relationship between the Nigerian government and its people is that…

As a national government acting through your agencies and sector regulators, there’s nothing more delightful to you than watching your lazy citizens hustle hard to build their businesses, make your economy attractive to potential investors and then when their respective sectors start to boom, BOOM! you hit them with sucker-punches…

Recently, against the backdrop of the whole Twitter brouhaha on reviews, mentorship, the laziness of young writers, and gatekeeping, I read an essay in Brittle Paper written by Tendai Huchu detailing his love affair with Sarah Ladipo Manyika, how her book in dependence shaped his writing and how you don’t…

Are you a concerned Nigerian Citizen? Do you want to prosecute high profile criminal cases and battle the endemic disease; Corruption, that has eaten deep into the fabric of the Nigerian Society? Do you want to learn how to prosecute high profile criminal cases and battle Corruption Nigerian Style? Then…

A language is a system of communication which consists of a set of sounds and written symbols which are used by the people of a country, region or community for speaking and for writing. It is said to be an embodiment of their culture and traditions, and to be intricately…