Tag Archives: Sack your Landlord contest

MY LANDLORD’S HEARTLESS RULE by Mbiataabasi Godwin Cold sweat trickled down my entire body as I fought tirelessly hoping sleep would come but it was obvious sleep had betrayed my eyes. I laid there wishing the lights would come so the chill of the fan could lure my eyes to sleep but I knew that was far-fetched. It was the ...

TIME AND CHANCE by Samuel Emmanuel I have always told my landlord that the race is not for the strong or swift but time and chance happens to all men. If it were for the strong we would have exchanged places. If it were for the swift, that rotund barrel of a landlord would have lived in the sewers. I told him this before ...

A LANDLORD LIKE A FATHER by Opeoluwa Odunlami I just gained admission into the university in a city that is very far away from the one I grew up with my mother. Trust African mothers to always have hind eyes to watch over their wards. In school, my mother handed me over to the landlord of my hostel pleading to ...

THE CHRONICLES OF A MULTI-FACETED LANDLORD by Ikite Godwin Imagine the sudden rush of strong wind as a car driving at a speed of not less than 100km/h passes you by. This incident can be likened to seconds that turn to minutes, minutes to hours, hours to days, days to months, and then a year. A tenant’s one year is ...

MY LANDLORD’S STRANGE BURIAL RITES by Maureen Alikor One day, my landlord came knocking, he had just lost his mother and was dressed in an all black attire. He had a solemn look on his face and I couldn’t place what it was, but I had heard stories of how landlords extorted money from their tenants for the sake of ...

THE FAILED ESCAPE FROM MY LANDLORD by Ekelaka Eunice I think I’m supposed to begin this story with the usual ‘once upon a time’ and leave you breathless with a very fulfilling happy ending. But this is Nigeria and nothing really ends happily, especially when the home you can boast of is a small room; with a tiny window which ...

MY WONDERFUL LANDLORD by Egume Oghenekevbe My father is a very proud man and would rather part with cash than beg our landlord for more time to pay his rent. He never owed. However, Mr. Okenna, our landlord always had a way to make my father hiss when his rent was almost due. Sometimes, Mr. okenna would send a letter three ...

MY EXPERIENCE WITH A DIRTY LANDLORD by Susan Johnson  Mummy’s girl that I was, I knew travelling back home immediately after NYSC camp was going to cost me. Invariably I was right; it did cost me big time. Not only were all the good houses taken before I returned, I had to settle for the unwanted houses. Nevertheless, I chose ...

THE RIDICULOUS RENT INCREASE THAT ENDED OUR RELATIONSHIP by Debby Osa ‘Madam, Chief is around’, my secretary said on the intercom. I swore quietly. What did he want this time? ‘Ok, Shade. Let him come in. Thank you.’ There was a knock on the door, then it swung open. Chief came in, his massive stomach leading the way. ‘Chief, Chief!’ ...

I am sure most people who came across the Sack Your Landlord contest would have called it a fluke and moved on with their daily internet surfing without giving it a second thought, but hey, ‘action will always prove the doubt that theory cannot solve’.   It was all smiles yesterday for the 3 contestants who emerged winners of the ...