Fiction Series

It was a week after the Engineer’s death, yet the tension in the air had not doused. Ada was yet to recover from the shock of the attack at the bank she had gone to with the late Engineer. The aftermath of the incident hit her so hard that she had to go on a leave with the hope it ...

Martins was in a state of shock. He still couldn’t come to terms with what just transpired. “This has to be a bad dream. I should wake up from it soon,” he said to no one in particular. The Engineer had fallen prey to the dare devil gang after his phone rang out loud at an odd hour. It was ...

Martins was preparing to leave Office under the guise that he was going to meet up with a prospective client. However he only had one thing on his mind as he made his exit from the work premises moments after Ada had left with the Engineer. A little bird had told Martins that they were headed for the bank and ...

Martins had taken some vital steps in ensuring Ada’s betrayal didn’t go unpunished. First he let Deji in on the misadventure and the role Aisha seems to be playing in the unfolding drama. Martins was accustomed with reporting such matters to Deji because it was the trend back then during their undergraduate years when Deji was somewhat acclaimed an expert ...

Martins was now at crossroads, his mind was in a state of hullabaloo. After his fall out with Aisha he couldn’t go back to the office. Fortunately for him he had someone to confide in when he got to his temporary accommodation after his sour meeting with Aisha. Deji had just being left off the hook following Stella’s recovery and ...

Martins had imagined that deal was going to be is breakthrough; his ticket to splendour crescent. He couldn’t even figure out which higher authority at his workplace he would register his grievance with. Which mere mortal in his office would he narrate his ordeal to yet be willing to take up the matter? Who would believe he could have been ...

Martins was finding it difficult coming to terms with the fact that Aisha once again had a link with one of his biggest client. He still did not understand why Aisha was doing so much for him behind the scenes and yet acted like nothing happened. What was more confusing was that the same girl swore to pay him back ...

Leisure mall was a beehive of activities which had Lagosians from all works of life besieging the place like it had become a repertoire of unbroken dreams. Every fun section of the mall had a multitude of people in attendance. The crowd there stunned Martins so much that he wondered if he must have missed an announcement on National TV ...

If Deji were a stranger to Martins, he would have thought he ran a shrine in his apartment. His living room looked like it had suffered from a tremor, while the female who was lying in a pool of her own blood appeared lifeless. Deji was indeed full of surprises and if Martins had a premonition of the dangers that ...

A scenic view of arguably the biggest ghetto in Nigeria would lay credence to its notoriety. A place where the quest for survival is at its highest. In Ajegunle the average young girl is expected to become a mother before her 18th birthday. You can live in ‘AJ’ for free but what happens afterwards can’t be guaranteed. This was the ...