Tag "Attraction"

Series (Non-Fiction) 19 Comments

A MEMOIR OF ALL THE MEN THAT HAVE BEEN (Chapter 6)

CHARLES The ability to hold a conversation for me is more than ordinary talent. It’s also one of the things I seek in any man, especially a potential partner. For

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

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Eez Positive I Positive! I No Kill Person! (Episode 5)

This kovik-wan-nine lockdown did bring a few good things to my life. I don’t have a job, true. But I wasn’t getting stressed by Mother physically. Madam travelled to Lagos

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A WOMAN LIKE ME (Entry 2)

EDITOR’S WORD: After a long hiatus, Naija-T-Girl is finally back (well kinda), with the sophomore entry of the series she debuted last year. In this series, she lets us into

Dear KD 21 Comments

Dear KD: I Am Caught Between Wanting Him And Not Wanting Him

I’m 26, grew up in a devoted Muslim home in the North, which I’m sure you know is a repressive society that alienates anything non-conforming. My first sexual experience was

Our Stories 28 Comments

THE UNEXPECTED REBOUND

A few years ago, my boyfriend of about three years at the time called off the relationship. Even though I taught myself before I met him not to allow certain

Our Stories 22 Comments

A HOLD ON ME

My phone beeped on the first of January 2020, and I checked to see what text was, believing it was the usual disturbance from my service provider. It wasn’t. It

Series (Fiction) 9 Comments

SCRUBS AND CROCS (Episode 7)

As he stepped into the car parked in the parking lot of Ikeja City Mall, Ehis took a moment to appreciate the golden-brown hue of the sun rays that bathed

Our Stories 54 Comments

ANSWERING THE SIREN CALL

To be caught in an emotional turmoil was the last thing I expected I’d have to deal with when I resumed school for the final semester of my university education

Our Stories 34 Comments

THE DILEMMA OF CHYKING THE MAN

There are a lot of things that make living as a gay man in Nigeria difficult: there is the Nigerian brand of homophobia that is hateful and violent and ironically