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by Daniel Nkado   …the Iwa ji festival marks the arrival of the new yam. Papa used to follow the Igwe and other elderly men of Umunka to Ogwugwu shrine …

by Briana Jones Taboos are rarely black and white. While one person or group may consider a certain act socially unacceptable or downright immoral, another may see it simply as …

by Gloria Ezeh Daniel Nkado has featured ghosts in some of his books—most notably in the chillingly beautiful story— Grace Abounds—but really do you believe ghosts are real? Take a …

by Penina Winisdatter The point of atheism, to me, and this may not pertain to others, is to stop being afraid. The point of religion…all religions, in my opinion, is …

Mother and Child It is the end of the world. Fire! Noise! Great destruction! The whole world lay in ruins. Clumps of red flames littered the ground. Stone and debris …

by Daniel Nkado *** Read the first part HERE *** ‘Answer me, you this Igbo girl!’ Mummy Kafayat screamed again. ‘Is this how you live where you come from?!’ ‘No, …

by Aaron Dillon Usually, the most intelligent are the most depressed. There is a reason for this. The most intelligent people think of so many things at once. One thought …

by Tom Snow and Jack Feldman In a perfect world One we’ve never known We would never need To face the world alone They can have the world We’ll create …

by Daniel Nkado My grandmother passed away today. Oh please don’t say sorry to me, I’m not that very sad. She’d died a fulfilled woman. Two months before her eventual …

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Insurance in Africa is still considered a pure waste of time and resources. If there is anything Africans know how to do, it is taking all the options of their …

Here are top 8 reasons it’s been Michelle all the way! 1. She looks extremely Nigerian Did you see that hair? 2. She is cute, she’s smart and just everything …

TEN Jideobi came out that morning looking quite solemn in the face. He greeted his parents and said to them: ‘Mama, Papa, my brother is dead.’ Uzoma threw her bowl …

The Apocalypse—2 The private clinic, B-Line Specialist has the best of doctors and nurses in town. But one of the nurses there is possessed. Insane actually. This problem she’s heard …

by Victor Uma DNB Stories is all about powerful stories and there’s no better contributor to the magical aura in our stories than the extraordinary characters described in them. This …

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One Thursday almost 20 years ago, on the 19th of September 1996, during the brutal regime of the late General Sani Abacha, something happened in Nigeria that shocked the entire …

NINE Chinelo has been thinking a lot lately. She was very convinced that someone, something somewhere was punishing her and her family. Perhaps it is God! Probably for that little …

The Apocalypse—1   It was a cold Sunday morning. Georgina and her big scarf burst into the hospital. She threw a wave at the front-table nurses and made her way …

by Amara My DNB people, make una see me see wahala o! I went for the burial of a friend’s grandfather somewhere in Anambra State and in that village, when …

by Diane It was some days to her passing out of Youth Service that she logged onto her Facebook account. She saw a friend request and as usual accepted it …

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EIGHT Chinelo had a dream about her son. A very terrible nightmare. It was only some minutes past 6 in the morning that she knocked on Onyemaechi’s short and red …

War Room ‘Excuse me, ladies,’ Philomena said, ‘I have to take this call.’ She stood and walked into the kitchen with her phone. The door was pounded again. Georgina got …

by Thor Jensen In 1876, Blanche Monnier was a typical young woman of Paris society. When the time came for her to find a suitor, she set upon a lawyer …

SEVEN He stopped talking when he realized the person he was talking to wasn’t actually listening. Quietly, he took her hand and gave it back to her. He began to …

Some people that purchased DNB eBooks needed help in getting the best eBook reader for their devices. There are dozens of eBook readers in Google Play Store. Categorically, we cannot …

The Meeting –2 He threw away his cigarette, stepped on it with his shoe and made his way towards her. Now in her front, he slotted both hands into the …

by Gloria Ezeh DNB Stories is not a charity organization. If after reading our sumptuous stories here, you suddenly decide that blogging is what you’ve always been destined to do, …

by Daniel Nkado It has started to rain again. Anytime it does, Dorcas gets a feeling. A sweet wonderful feeling. The smell of rain is the scent of her husband. …

by Staff writer Genetic and some other factors aside, technically, any profession where you constantly give in a lot more than you gain is prone to lead to depression. In …

by Einsteinette On 6th of October, 2015, I entered a bus at Allen, Ikeja at about 7:39pm after buying ‘small chops’ to calm the hunger my stomach had endured since …

by Victor Uma Ola – The Tale of a Young Moon Maiden by Daniel Nkado is not just an ordinary DNB Chapter Story. It is EPIC. It’s superb. Nothing you’ve …

SIX Mrs Rita Onalli is not particularly a bad woman. She went to church every Sunday, sometimes on big Wednesdays too, helped the poor and never shouted at an employee. …

by Ugochukwu Ezeani For a very long time now Okolo has wanted to leave. Disappear completely from this corrupt, sun-boiled country of his. America will be better than Canada, he …

by Gloria Ezeh So I have the entire blog all to myself today and I get to see all our trending stories. Roommates – Episode 4 topped the chart with …

by Gloria Ezeh   We are a blog of diverse interests! Whoever you are, whatever you do, you are allowed on here as long as you are not dangerous! The …

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The Meeting—1 ‘April, borrow me the money na,’ Loveth said again. ‘I already told you I don’t have!’ April shouted. ‘How can you say you don’t have when your mother …

by Calvin Thomas I died in 1975, from a stab wound to the heart. I was stabbed by my roommate. I was 23 years old. I was asleep in my …

by Daniel Nkado Life is hard everywhere, but in Nigeria, it can be a little tougher. A lot of people are sad. A lot of people are aggressive. A good few …

by Zeus There was a man who had worked all of his life and has saved all of his money. He was a real miser when it came to his …

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 …

by Daniel Nkado I saw it first yesterday, in the morning. It had rained all night. The power was out yet sleep was awesome. Very awesome. But in the morning …

by Staff writer Forget everything you hear in the news or read in foreign magazines, Africa is not a stretch of languishing land. Yes, there is poverty, poor infrastructure, insecurity, …

Night Encounters—2   When she first felt something sliding into her silk shorts, Georgina did nothing. In her semi-conscious state, she tried to be sure what sort of insect was …

by Staff writer You don’t need to travel to Asia in order to enjoy great insect delicacies. From crickets to termites, we eat them all here in Africa. But top …

by Gloria Ezeh A lot of people have contacted us seeking answers to a lot of questions. First, we’d like you all to know that we deeply appreciate your concern. …

In today’s era of so much musical noise and saddening lack of talent, it is only necessary that we continue to celebrate those whose creativity and grace have not only …

Night Encounters –1 April threw the door open and flung herself into the room. ‘Oh my God!’ she cried. ‘Oh Christ save me!’ The girls’ eyes ran to her, confused. …

by Daniel Nkado Cletus met Monica first on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It was UNIZIK’s rag day that day and all first-year students have stormed the main market at Ochanja …

  When a picture says a thousand words…

by Victor Uma An eBook is a book in electronic format. It is downloaded to a computer, Mac, laptop, PDA, tablet, smartphone or any other kind of reading device, and …

by Zeus Don’t ever make a woman cry! There is nothing more expensive than a woman’s tears. When a single drop of tear comes out, it first mixes with L’Oreal …

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, …

by Lola T.   Kpo!-kpo!-kpo!—the knocks on the door persisted. On the bed, I scratched through my hair and groaned again. ‘Why are you always in your room alone?’ my …

by Victor Uma It is easier for us to say the wrong things. To lie to ourselves and to others. To try not to show exactly how and what we …

 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 …

THREE The bike man stopped just at the front of the gate. It was ajar. Near it, blue Tiger generators safely locked inside metal compartments lined up the wall. A …