When Babatunde returned from the sawmill and saw the queue waiting outside their door to buy his wife’s food, he smiled. He greeted the people warmly, and went inside the house to find Sewa sweating profusely in the kitchen. “My wife the caterer!” “My husband the carpenter!” They laughed and embraced each other the wayContinue reading Abowu District Episode 20
Toye stared at Afonja with suspicion, wondering why the man suddenly wanted to be cooperative. He didn’t see any weapon in his hands or detect a menacing aura about him, still he had to be certain that this wasn’t a trap. “If you have anything to say, why didn’t you just come to the station?Continue reading Abowu District Episode 19
Becky lay on the bed in agony. A caesarian section had been performed to deliver the baby, as her pelvis was too narrow to deliver the child. Toye was furious with her, the nurse had hinted that they could owe as much as forty-three naira. He pulled out his pockets before her and showed howContinue reading Abowu District Episode 18
Mama and Baba Abegunde sat outside their mud house, enjoying the cool breeze, their stomachs full from stretchy pounded yam and flavourful egusi soup. It really should have been a pleasant morning, but they were both worried about their son, Toye. The matriarch had given an unexaggerated account of all that had happened in AbowuContinue reading Abowu District Episode 17
Becky hadn’t seen Toye in almost a week. She wasn’t anxious, rather she simmered with anger, wondering why he hadn’t come home and why his mother seemed to be content with her son’s behaviour. She considered going to his office to make a scene but these days, she was too heavy to go and makeContinue reading Abowu District Episode 16
Babatunde waited for Sewa to return from the children’s room after she had put them to bed, before he began to tell her what was on his mind. “There’s another opportunity to cater for the Ministry of Agriculture. I overheard someone talking about it at the local government and went to ask her what itContinue reading Abowu District Episode 15
It’s a cool Thursday morning, and what better day to host Lawrence Amaeshi as he talks about his expository novel, Sweet Crude Odyssey? As I said in the announcement, the book exposes the inner workings of the illegal bunkering going on in the Niger Delta, and leaves you wondering about two things: how did theContinue reading Book Tour: Lawrence Amaeshi’s Sweet Crude Odyssey