How many times can you set a fire in an open field and expect the vegetation to grow back? How many times can you put a bullet in the same heart and expect it to repair itself? How many miles do you have to dig toward the center of the Earth before... Read More
Blog Festival | What If the Man Who Hindered Your Promotion Passed Away | by Ikechi Awazie
One morning, all the employees in a factory got to work and saw a notice written on the notice board: “Yesterday, the person who had been hindering your promotion in this company passed away. You are invited to join in the funeral.” Who could it... Read More
Blog Festival | The Ordinary God | by Tosin Olukuade
At the instance of such appellation, the religious would rush to town questioning, “How dare you call the Almighty One, Ordinary?””What a travesty”, he would say? “Sacrilegious, indeed!”Spewing his vexation as if... Read More
Blog Festival | NYSC: Isn’t it time to pull the plug? | by Deoye Falade
I had an argument a week ago about whether the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), a scheme started in 1973 by the then military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon in the aftermath of the Nigerian Civil War should still continue or be put out of its... Read More
Blog Festival | Personality and Character: Huge difference | By Chantel Netimah
Wow I can’t believe that 2016 is already coming to an end. Only a few weeks left and I’m not yet a billionaire hmmmm. Okay I digress. Anyway so I read an article on Bellaniaja written by someone I know and it got me thinking. Sometimes you met... Read More
Blog Festival | Memory Place | by Ogechi Nwobia
You moved out exactly a year ago and it’s the first time you’ve gone visiting since then. Your cousin who took over the house cajoled you several times to pay her a visit but between work and every other hustle, you were just not able to find the... Read More
Blog festival | BETRAYED | by Olusola Alli
Three ridges formed an eye-catching backdrop over the mountainous vista bordering the village. On this beautiful afternoon, the birds were having a beautiful time evidenced by their twittering from tree to tree. Though the sun was in the sky, the... Read More
Blog Festival | Her Psycho Date | by Olulola Tolulope
Feyi ran as fast as her legs could carry her, the pain from the blow she had been dealt with on the head taking its toll on her. She wanted to stop to catch her breath but she knew if she did, she would probably never breathe again. Tears welled up in... Read More
Blog Festival | At The Visa Application Office | by Agarau Adedayo
We all sat with the urge to runfrom a house in-between two conflicting townsa man sat with the body of his daughterfloating like a voice drowning in space, before me,he had a bowl full of blood in his palms.You know how it is to have seen a waryour... Read More