The eight nightmarish days of the Mr. and Mrs. Leke Orekoya finally ended on the night of Tuesday, April 14, when they were reunited with their three children: Demola, six; Adedamola, four, and 11 months old Aderomola, who were kidnapped by a nanny, Mary Akinloye (real name Funmilayo Adeyemi). The family had employed Adeyemi two days earlier via OLX, an online portal.

I started writing a novel in 1987 while I was still a student of English, at the University of Lagos where I teach now. I gave that novel a title I considered and still consider interesting and that title is a simple, gripping and somehow uncomfortable word; just one word: Guilty.

Has she been pregnant before? She said no. Did she use protection? She also said no that the guy told her he was using something that would not make her pregnant (oh my God!) I told her I was sure that she had a medical condition and would need to seek serious medical attention as it was not normal for a female of her age not to menstruate.

The dreaded 2015 elections have been concluded and the umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had given its final decision. The results are clear except in the two states of Abia and Imo whose final results remain in abeyance–the election in each state was judged to be inconclusive.

HUMAN beings are first migrants. Then they become settlers and settlers become citizens. In every clime, it is not so much your status, but your contributions. Kenneth Kaunda was synonymous with Zambia.