Unilag runs girl (23)
The room sat on the ground floor, neat but overcrowded. Four bunk bed were arranged, three on each wall and the fourth in the middle of the room. The ends of the bunks overlapped, leaving barely enough space for the occupants of the room to wriggle through. All but one of the roommates had gone […]
Unilag runs girl (22)
THE TEST, THE FIRST TIMER AND DANIEL’S CALL It was test day. The students had heard the rumour but did not believe it. They sat in class, prepared to receive the usual lectures from Mr. Shonaiya, the young, austere head of the English department. Blessed with handsome features that consisted wide set curious eyes, an […]
Unilag runs girl (21)
A CLOSE SHAVE, LIGHT IN THE LUNATIC’S EYES AND A CYCLE OF REJECTION Rita spent the night with James, the London-based lawyer she had been seeing for the last six months. He visited her the previous evening, the British Airways tags still on the handles of the luggage that lined the boot of the taxi […]
Unilag runs girl (20)
THE UNCLE AND A NIGHT WITH DANIEL They sat tightly packed together in the overcrowded classroom, eight of them on aged desks made for two people. They were bent over their open notebooks, their elbows jutting out and jabbing each other’s sides. Above them the rusted fan creaked and spun in slow, laborious circles, stirring […]
Unilag Runs Girl (19)
HAZARDS OF THE JOB AND A SECOND DATE The girl sat cross-legged on the middle bar stool, the hem of her dress pushed precariously to the top of her thighs. Her eyes fell expectantly on the groups of men standing and talking loudly in groups around the bar. Every now and then she pursed her […]
Unilag Runs Girl (18)
FINDING LOVE AFTER THE ORGY (A short episode) The day started like every other day. Ejiroghene or Lina as she preferred to be called now that she had gotten admitted into the university of Lagos decided that she would skip lectures that morning. She stretched on the bed, her toes reaching to touch the edge […]