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Year: 2015

DNB Classics

Short Story – My Smiling Baby Boy

February 12, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 15 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado I realized just how much he meant to me only a few minutes after I gave birth to him. The nurse that had cleaned him up said …

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Grace Abounds – The END

February 10, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 9 Comments.

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He Came for Me

February 7, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 11 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado and Gloria Ezeh He has always been there for me. He was around the day I got soaked in the rain, stranded on an empty road. That …

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How to be an African Woman

February 6, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

by Obioma Okafor Sadly, a lot of our girls are now whiter than white women. And I am not just talking about colour. A friend of mine once said that …

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 7

February 6, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

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Joh – A Flash Story

February 5, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado Jo lived with his mother in a small village in Warri. None of his classmates liked him because of his stupidity. His teacher was always yelling at …

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10 Signs She is Cheating on You

February 4, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 2 Comments.

Contrary to what your macho side might think, you may not be the center of her universe after all. Cheating. It happens. Does it happen often? Not really. Will someone …

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Grace Abounds – 19

February 3, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 9 Comments.

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Lights Out in Nigeria

February 2, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 1 Comment

This article was written by award-winning writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published on the New York Times. We call it light; “electricity” is too sterile a word, and “power” too …

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 5 & 6

February 2, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

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Tales from Gloria : How the Quarrel Started

January 31, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

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January Top Commenters

January 30, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 11 Comments.

Here is the list of our January Top Commenters. Sekinat Adewole ogunleye morenikeji Naana Congratulations! Please contact us with submissions90@yahoo.com before the close of working hours TODAY, stating your preferred …

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Grace Abounds (17 and 18)

January 28, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 7 Comments.

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OMG!

January 27, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 6 Comments.

Okafor worked as an attendant in a mortuary. He was receiving dead bodies one day when he saw this male body with thename Patrick on it. Undressing the corpse, he …

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DNB Valentine Love Contest!

January 26, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

This contest has ended. The season of love is here and there is no better place to celebrate love other than on DNB. Submissions are open from DNB readers all …

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 4

January 26, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 2 Comments.

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Sunday Discussion : She Thinks her Man Might be Gay

January 25, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 10 Comments.

Happy Sunday, Mamas and Papas. Seeing the much help gathered on the issue of the lady whose husband confessed to having slept with the sister, another DNB reader has emailed …

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Deadly Deception : The Confession of a Sharp UNIZIK Girl

January 24, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 6 Comments.

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Accident!!!

January 23, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

Good Morning, Angels!!! This is to inform you that our site crashed this morning and we have to revert back to default. Apparently the webmaster we hired wasn’t such a …

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Short Story: Ruth

January 23, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 10 Comments.

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Grace Abounds (15 and 16)

January 22, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 3

January 21, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

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Making Comments on DNB.

January 20, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - Leave a Comment

Your comments motivate us. Please don’t deny us the feeling of having them. Currently, DNB uses the default Blogger comment platform. It has 8 comment options. Google Account : For those who …

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Behind Aunty Rosa : The Ramblings of a Debauched Kid

January 20, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

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We Need Your Comments!!!

January 19, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 11 Comments.

As young as she is, DNB Stories boasts of thousands of views daily. Sadly, however, we don’t get a corresponding number of comments. People just read our stories and go. …

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Grace Abounds (12 – 14)

January 19, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 8 Comments.

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Akpos and the Preachers

January 18, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 1 Comment

by Zeus There was a knock on the door. ‘Who is that?’ Akpos asked. ‘We are the Jehovah Witness, can we share the Word of God with you?’ ‘Go and …

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The Club Virgin

January 17, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

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Grace Abounds (10 and 11)

January 16, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 2 Comments.

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 2

January 15, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

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A Wonderful Good News

January 15, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 2 Comments.

by Zeus A blind guy visited his choir mistress at home and found her bathing. Since she knew he was blind, she asked him in. After bathing, she came out …

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Grace Abounds (8 and 9)

January 14, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

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Love and Other Things that Follow – 1

January 13, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 7 Comments.

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Grace Abounds (6 and 7)

January 12, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

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Love Story: My Beautiful Ghanaian Man

January 10, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 10 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado Warning: Adult story. *** His name was Kwame, the quiet dude that lived in the flat downstairs, just under mine. He was tall and muscular with extremely …

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Tales from Gloria: In the Bush

January 10, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 9 Comments.

   Buy eBook HERE   Tales from Gloria may describe actual events but rarely are they represented as real as they occurred and most times actual names of people are not used. Tales …

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Grace Abounds (4 and 5)

January 9, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - Leave a Comment

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My Greed, My Loss.

January 8, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 8 Comments.

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Grace Abounds (1 – 3)

January 7, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 3 Comments.

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A Picture Joke

January 7, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 4 Comments.

Someone sent us this. Hope it makes you laugh.

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The Village Girl – 2 (The End)

January 6, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 6 Comments.

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***Thank You***

January 6, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

A DNB reader (name withheld by choice) whom one of our stories impressed so much has offered to give us N1000 worth of recharge card. According to this reader, our …

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Joke: Two Mental Patients

January 5, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 1 Comment

by Seun   Two mental patients were walking next to a swimming pool. One jumped into the pool and the other jumped in to save him. Their doctor saw the …

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Flames!

January 5, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 5 Comments.

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The Village Girl – 2 (14 and 15)

January 4, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 2 Comments.

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What Should She Do?

January 4, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 18 Comments.

For many weeks now, our Sunday discussion topics has  always been on literary subjects. That is going to change from today. Real-life issues will also be discussed on DNB every …

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A Dangerous Calabar Waist

January 3, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 8 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado This story contains STRONG LANGUAGE and may not be suitable for young readers. *** I met her hips many minutes before meeting her. Like two giant roller …

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My Lesbian Encounter – Pt 2

January 2, 2015August 27, 2024 - by Daniel Nkado - 17 Comments.

by Daniel Nkado Read Part 1 HERE I came out of the bathroom still feeling quite uneasy. I watched Raja and Phoenix share another lesbian kiss before Phoenix went on …

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***HAPPY NEW YEAR***

January 1, 2015March 23, 2020 - by Daniel Nkado - 1 Comment

The DNB Team wish all our readers a prosperous 2015! DNB is young and we appreciate the much support we were able to gather within such a small time. We …

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