RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 15
Read EPISODE 14 Praise songs echoed from Otunba Coker’s mansion as different prayer warriors began to cast and bind every demon that could have taken residence in Teniola’s body. Teniola was found walking aimlessly in Ogbomosho. When her mother saw her at the hospital, she bursted into hot tears. Teniola looked so emaciated, her supple skin has shrunken, her big eyes that earned her the pet name Bambi from school has sunken, her smooth lips were dry with bruises. There were wounds around her ribs, knees and her waist. Her hair has been shaved completely so the doctors could treat the wounds on her head. Teniola looked like Smeagol, a…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 14
READ EPISODE 13 Tega held Daniella to himself, breathing in the musty sweet smell of coconut oil in her hair. When they broke lose from their embrace he stared deeply into her eyes. ‘I will miss you’ He had such sincere look in his eyes that almost made Daniella cry. How sweet. She never saw herself falling in love with a younger man. When her bestie Fiona berated her that it was too soon. She replied she never believed that making a man chase you forever meant his intentions are genuine. ‘He could be genuinely interested in ruining your life too.’ She added. She and Tega said the last goodbye…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 13
EPISODE 12 The first time Rinde told Teniola he knows things was when he was 14 and she was 17. She had laughed in his face and clapped her hands in that annoying way of hers. The first time he showed her he knows things was when she was 20. She had gotten pregnant from a reckless sexual encounter. Rinde had told her she was pregnant long before she started seeing the symptoms but she doubted him until the doctor proclaimed it with a clinical authenticity. She had panicked and consulted friends who promised to take her somewhere. Rinde had stopped her the morning she wanted to go for the…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 12
Read EPISODE 11 Ik Okojie took in Madam Asabe’s palatial residence as his driver drove him into her compound. It had always awed him – the gigantic building – anytime he comes visiting. Often he feels jealousy clawing at his innards when he looks around for too long but he calms the feeling by telling himself all was her late husband’s money. The normally serene compound with different clusters of brightly coloured flowers was littered with people of all sorts; beggars, street urchins, almajiri boys whom Ik wondered how they got there. They all momentarily stopped talking and began to stare at him as he got down from his car.…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 11
READ EPISODE 10 Daniella dabbed her mouth daintily with a tissue, picked her phone from the table and walked gracefully out of Kilimanjaro eatery. Her beige skirt suit blended perfectly with her olive skin, she tucked a weave behind her ear when the wind blew it into her face. Her white peekabo fendi bag was dropped gently on the passenger seat as she entered her car. She was adjusting the mirror to apply a fresh coat of lipgloss when she felt someone tapping the glass. ‘Yes?’ She asked as she wind down the glass. The man who had tapped her glass flashed a thousand megawatts smile before speaking in the…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 10
READ EPISODE 9 When you see Olarinde for the first time you won’t really think much of him. Save the fact that you are looking at a quiet unassuming teenager with glasses, there isn’t much to Olarinde. His glasses have always been his saving grace against his mother’s disapproval of everything about him. His mother is one of those backward Nigerians who think people who wear glasses are intelligent and have a mystery around them. She is always eager to tell whoever cares to know that he began to wear glasses after ruining his eyes from over reading. ‘He can read at any time of the day even at night…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 9
READ EPISODE 8 Chisom paced up and down in the gigantic living room, she doesn’t understand why her husband had remained calm since the news of her cheating with his friend broke. The day the news broke, he called her into his bedroom where she met him reading a newspaper, told her to prepare onugbu and akpu for lunch and asked if she had sent one of the drivers to go pick the kids at school before returning his attention to the newspaper. He won’t even tell her the outcome of his intense bargain with the anonymous caller. He had also fumbled blindly with her nightie in the middle of…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 8
EPISODE 7 Images danced and sang in the muted TV in Daniella’s office. Just like her bathroom Daniella had wanted it to be painted in white with black furniture because life is a mixture of the good and the bad. The interior decorator had murmured that the representation of white with purity and good; black with impurity and bad had continued to be the reason why Africans despise their skin colour. Daniella scoffed and waved her argument away. She glanced at the clock as she closed the bathroom door behind her, it was 15 minutes after 2. The caller had told her to expect her call at 2pm sharp. She…
RUMOUR HAS IT – EPISODE 7
EPISODE 6 Teniola rolled from one end of the bed to the other. She moaned in frustration as sleep refused to envelope her in it cocoon, she adjusted her pillows and pulled the duvet higher but sleep continued to elude her. She was in that state, where you desperately search for more sleep after having more than enough sleep. Teniola became a wreck after pictures of her unclad and in compromising positions were scattered on the internet. She had endured weeks upon weeks of mentions and mocking Dms on Twitter and Instagram. She had to go private on her Instagram account when the bullying became extreme, it was as if…
THE WEDDING PARTY
PROCEED WITH CAUTION THIS IS TOTALLY A WORK OF FICTION. I WARNED YOU… Wedding wedding wedding Wedding bells, wedding news, wedding photoshoot. There’s a wedding almost every Saturday in Nigeria. So then I thought why can’t I just make a post about what my dream wedding would be like? It’s never too early ait? Okay. Here we go. MY WEDDING WILL BE STRICTLY BY INVITATION: Yep, you heard right that’s really (with British accent) imporHant. I can’t have a wedding where I won’t know 80% of the people eating and drinking at I and my family’s expense. Heck to the nuh uh. MY WEDDING WILL BE A PROPER ILORIN WEDDING:…
