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Our Stories 6 Comments

Medusa, Fuck SHIT UP!

First of all, it’ll never be your fault it happened. Heck! You don’t know how it happened. But you cannot blame yourself and you will not blame yourself. You make

The Happenings 1 Comment

Twitter Permanently Suspends Donald Trump’s Account; President Vows “We Will Not Be Silenced”

Twitter has suspended the account of President Donald Trump permanently, citing the risk of further incitement to violence amid increasingly vociferous calls for the president to step down. After close

Series (Non-Fiction) 10 Comments

A MEMOIR OF ALL THE MEN THAT HAVE BEEN (Chapter 5)

OBINNA I met Obinna on Grindr. I was on the Island that day, at a test venue for a job, nervous as hell and needing a distraction while I waited

Kito Stories 43 Comments

Kito Alert: Is Desperation An Excuse?

Today’s alert is on a drug pusher named Excel (maybe his real name or an alias). His number is 09032978947 and he resides in Lagos. He is a drug pusher

The Happenings 2 Comments

“May We Never Forget, Lose Hope Or Stop Fighting.” Pamela Adie on the Anniversary of the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act

In 2014, in defiance to international pressure and in an attempt to gain political clout, President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act into law dated January 7.

Our Stories 11 Comments

THE STRANGER FROM JAM MEGA FEST

It was 2006 and I had just rounded up my final year exams. I had loads of time to kill and the last thing I wanted was to go back

The Happenings 2 Comments

The Internet goes wild with rumours that Kanye West romancing Jeffree Star amid speculation of divorce from Kim Kardashian

After facing rumors regarding the status of their marriage for years, reports are circulating that Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West are headed for a divorce. The A-listers got married

Series (Non-Fiction) 19 Comments

LOVE . . . Or Something Like It

January 5 THE HAIRCUT So, Diary, you know how they say that every love story begins with a DM, right? Please, don’t argue with me; that’s what they say and

Our Stories 9 Comments

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SEX IS STOPPING US FROM GETTING OUR ORGASMS

Adele’s Set Fire To The Rain is playing when it hits me: that to be queer is to live in silence, to carry trauma and shame all your life. That

Our Stories 14 Comments

A JOURNEY TO REMEMBER

I come from a small, middle class family. Growing up, I always knew I was different, considering how I preferred male relatives visiting us to the females. I remember vividly