Tag "Betrayal"

Our Stories 13 Comments

WITH FRIENDS LIKE THIS

In 2020, when I was living in Abuja, I met this guy on Facebook. Let’s call him Izu. He was older than me, in his early 30s. As we got

The Happenings 8 Comments

“It Is Obscene.” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Pens Scathing Essay, Calling Out Her Detractors And The Cancel Culture

Following her BlackBox interview where she promised that she was “preparing a call-out speech where I’m going to name names of people who’ve told lies”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written

Fiction 10 Comments

BETWEEN DELLE AND DENNIS MACAULAY

Dennis is in his late thirties and works as a university professor in one of the universities in Southern Nigeria. He is married with two children, but since his family

Our Stories 19 Comments

TO FIND MY WAY BACK TO HIM

I met Bernard in 2018. According to his photos, he was a total babe: cool, dark, tall and sexy – just the way I like my men. As we got

Kito Stories 14 Comments

THE ORIGINAL SIN (A Kito Story)

I met Moet (the name he introduced himself to me with) on Grindr. I was in Enugu and he was in Port Harcourt. We were chatting off and on for

Kito Stories 24 Comments

THE BROTHER’S KEEPER (A Coming Out Story)

I come from a large family, seven siblings and my mother. My father passed away years ago. My siblings and I are all adults and grown out of our home

Our Stories 21 Comments

MY BOYFRIEND AND THE OTHER MAN

I know I said boredom and a lack of compatibility were the reasons why Muhammad and I broke up. But that isn’t entirely the case. Muhammad has an older friend

Kito Stories 10 Comments

WHEN FRIENDS ARE ENEMIES (A Kito Story)

I recently learned of Kito Diaries through the kito alert Instagram page. And as I was going through the various photo updates of the scum on the page, I came

Fiction 20 Comments

RINGS

Rings. I have no idea why they remind me so much of the morning of that day. Maybe it’s because it was the last medium through which our bodies touched.

Our Stories 26 Comments

FIRST LOVE. LAST LOVE?

I am almost 30 years old this day, and I cannot believe how much he still makes me feel like the love-struck boy he got to know years ago. Jonathan