In modern Nigerian culture, the “Japa” story is typically framed as a binary: success or tragedy. Salmah Salam Oiza’s debut collection of poems, Foreign in…
A few meters on the main road that runs from the district head’s palace to the historic sales point in Bagwai lie two of the…
The woman as a heroine in the victimisation of social conditioning is a fashionable portrait of the protagonist in contemporary romantic fiction. The reader encounters…
The latest edition of The Platform welcomed poet and author Salmah Salam Oiza for a deeply personal discussion that moved seamlessly between the technicalities of…
Deborah Johnson, better known by her stage name TheGlobalPoet, has emerged as the champion of De9jaSpirit Talent Hunt (DTH) Season 4, taking home a cash…
In an age where the relentless pace of adult life threatens to consume personal well-being, Lynda Ndubuaku, lifestyle enthusiast and founder of The Bookish Tribe,…
Kano, Nigeria: It’s Friday, September 12, 2025; the sun had just risen with a humming smile, dust spilling around. I marched down from my residence…
In this edition of The Lane, novelist Amaka Azie opens a window into the tender and tumultuous world of The Girl in the Picture, a…
One of the most effective ways to preserve a culturally diverse and historically rich country like Nigeria is through documenting and telling creative stories that…
The Witsprouts Project has announced Rachel Ajisafe as the grand winner of the inaugural Witsprouts Storytelling Prize for 2025. Ajisafe clinched the award, including a…
The 10th edition of The Platform welcomed acclaimed speculative fiction writer Erhu Kome, an Urhobo author renowned for her dynamic fantasy narratives and her distinction…
The art of poetry is built on the principle of compression, a demand to say the most with the least. To write poetry is to…
