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by Staff writer In 2016, an Indian woman refused to marry a man after discovering he had not built a toilet in his house. The unnamed 25-year-old had agreed to …

by Immanuel Ibe-Anyanwu It was past 2 p.m. on Monday and I was at Zenith Bank Okota Branch to submit a document prepared on my company’s letterhead. I was asked …

by Staff writer Talk about the things that happen in Australia! A kangaroo striking a seductive “come to me” pose has blocked a tourist from using a public toilet in …

  On steep green hillside north of the windswept city of Port Elizabeth, hundreds of tiny brick cabins – each not much larger than a telephone booth – stretch out …

by Staff writer On the 24th day of March, 2015, a German co-pilot named Andreas Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane he was flying, killing everyone on board. All 144 passengers …

by Staff writer Menstruation is still a taboo subject in many cultures, so you can imagine how awkward it must be for transgender men to talk about having periods. After …

FIVE Blessing was getting ready to go meet a client when a knock suddenly came on the door. “Who?” she asked. “Babe, it’s me! Open the door!” It was Effiom. …

by Staff writer When water started trickling down a statue of Jesus Christ at a Catholic church in India’s largest city, Mumbai, locals were quick to declare it a miracle. …

by Staff writer On Thursday, March 29, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari will lead other top dignitaries to unveil the newly built world-class Ikeja Bus Terminal by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode-led …

by Michael Goble I have owned parrots for almost 20 years and dogs for almost 30 years. One of my parrots, a green-cheeked conure, has the largest vocabulary I’ve ever …

by Valkyrie Rae It was horrible. I woke up at 3 am with a terrible back pain, thinking, “Oh, I must’ve pulled a muscle or something”. So for some reason …

by Kate Mulvey Like any other girl, I like luxury. So when a handsome man I met at a party invited me to dinner, I didn’t hesitate. ‘Pick you up …

by Gloria Ezeh The warm feelings of love have finally entered my heart and I’m happy about it. It happened yesterday. I went to the nearby supermarket to shop for …

The Visitor!!! It all started like every other normal Saturday. The sun came out early. Everybody in the house woke up late. There was light, and the air smelt lazy. …

EIGHT What you have to know is that Nurse Benedicta Etim of St. Albert’s Teaching Hospital talks too much. Way too much. She had only resumed her shift for the …

by Phil Samson I found out about my wife’s cheating in the most unusual way. One night my wife came home from being with friends at the school where she …

by Barry Tuck As a white South African, I am a descendant and benefactor of the Europeans who colonized Africa, and I can emphatically say that colonization was the worst …

by Staff writer While there are plants that we enjoy as sweet food, use as building materials, or plant to beautify our homes, there are some plants we would do …

by Esomnofu Ebelenna In Nigerian private schools, everything is possible. If you can spare some minutes, I shall justify the validity of this assertion by telling you all the dramatic …

A 40-year-old woman from northern India committed suicide in January after a video of her being raped was circulated on WhatsApp. BBC’s Divya Arya travelled to the village in Uttar …

The family had lived in the rundown rental house for almost three years when someone first saw a child’s face in the window. A little girl, pale, with dark eyes, …

A girl moved into the house next door last Christmas. She lived with her mother and they were quite poor. Her father had abandoned them years before. She was new …

FIVE ‘What is that?’ Amaka whispered. ‘What do you think it is?’ Without so much as another look at the object Phillip held out, Amaka tied her wrapper back, firmly …

FOUR He was outside till 2 a.m., just watching the moon. It was near half of the month and the night was blessed by a bright gibbous. Even at 31, …

 A Girl’s Mystery This would be the third time Georgina would wake up in the middle of the night with her eyes wetted by tears. But this time her tears …

TWO Bariga was messy. As she walked down the busy and noisy roadside market, some minutes after the tricycle she boarded stopped, Amaka had concluded in her mind that she …

The Showdown April opened the door. A bruised and swollen-eyed Gift stared back at her. A frown covered April’s face. ‘What are you doing here?’ she asked. ‘April, please, I …

by Bolu Daniel It was on the 15th of a particular month in the second quarter of 2015 that my friend invited me to his party. His name is Drey. …

by Daniel Nkado My name is Ndubuisi. I first came to Lagos on October, 2008. A bank had called me for an interview. The closest relative I have in Lagos …

Five Adaku stared at the big bus, reading the inscription on it— THE YOUNG SHALL GROW MOTORS—over and over again. At the right, a man was loading passengers’ luggage into …

Chika climbs in through the store window first and then holds the shutter as the woman climbs in after her. The store looks as if it was deserted long before …

Read The Village Girl – 1 here.   ONE   Anulika clapped again. ‘Nwamma!’ ‘Nwamma!’ She turned to the little boy playing with a toy car on the verandah floor. …