Lagos Stories

29year old Mimisola, who is pressured by her mother to get married and has no luck getting a man decides to date her one-night stand and fix a marriage at all costs. Would it turn out well with the Almighty Femi Adewale, a playboy not interested in marriage? And who is definitely not the perfect guy her mother wishes for her.

La trahison de mon père a détruit ma famille. Mes harceleurs m'on fait découvrir un amour de mensonges. La haine en amour

Avery Alistair thought her life was completely over when her parents uprooted her from sunny California and dropped her directly into the intense, fast-paced world of Sky Academy in Lagos, Nigeria. Stranded in a sea of thick accents, strict school rules, and cultural confusion, Avery feels completely lost in translation. Enter Chuks, the golden-boy varsity basketball captain who steps in as her protective friend, and Chisom, the school's reigning queen bee who wants her gone. But it's Zayn-the cold, untouchable shipping heir sitting in the back row-who throws her world completely off balance. Behind his stoic exterior lies a deep family grief and a voice that can capture the ocean. As the countdown to her Sweet Fifteen birthday begins, Avery must navigate high-stakes swim meets, hidden family feuds, and a silent battle for her heart. Can a California girl find her true rhythm under the Lagos stars, or will the distance tear her apart?

The human body is remarkably cheap if you know where to look. In Lagos, the Syndicate doesn't sell drugs or guns. They sell kidneys. Livers. Hearts. They harvest them from people who won't be missed. Three years ago, they took Obinna's sister. For three years, he watched them. Learned them. Became invisible. Book 1 of 5.

> Kang Mia didn't choose to leave Seoul. > But when her dad said "We're moving to Lagos," she packed 2 suitcases and an open heart. > > From "Less talking more working" to "Eh ehn ah, Koreans are beautiful ooo!" > From kimchi to jollof, from K-pop to Afrobeats. > > At Starlight Dance Academy, Mia finds 5 Nigerian sisters who teach her how to dance, how to pray before food, and how to call a new country home. > There's puff puff in the kitchen, dance battles in the studio, and TikToks in the courtyard. > And somewhere between Grace's catering class and her brother's surprise visit... Mia realizes home isn't a place. > It's the people who tell you to "shine your eyes." > Welcome to Lagos.

Aafia lives by rules. Ever since her father's death two years ago, order has been the only thing keeping her together. Then Zara transfers to her Lagos secondary school and turns Aafia's carefully controlled world upside down. When tragedy strikes, Zara leaves behind a list of things she never got to do. To honor her memory, Aafia must do the one thing she's always feared: break her own rules and truly learn what it means to live, love, and grieve. Beyond the Noise is a coming-of-age novel about friendship, loss, and finding hope beyond heartbreak.

Lagos never sleeps. The yellow buses still run at midnight. The keke drivers still honk. Mamas still sell roasted corn and akara on the roadside. And in the middle of it all, between Ikeja City Mall and Alausa Market, stands a house that everyone sees... but no one talks about. From the outside, it looks like just another old duplex. But look closer. The mango tree didn't grow around it. The house grew around the tree. Two faces stare from the branches with eyes that glow green and red. Green smoke drifts from the windows at 3:34am. And sometimes, if you pass by late enough, you'll see shadows moving inside - shadows that don't belong to anyone on the street. The landlords changed. The tenants changed. But the house? The house stayed. And it's hungry. They say if you hear footsteps on the stairs when no one is there, don't answer. They say if a voice calls your name from an empty room, don't respond. They say if you enter... the house starts hunting you. Welcome to Ikeja. Welcome to the night. Welcome to *THE HAUNTED HOUSE*. _by OLAKIITAN_

She had a father. She just never had him. 🔥🔥🔥 My name is Amara Okafor. But my father calls me "that girl from Lagos." 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 For sixteen years I managed. Managed without birthday calls. Managed without PTA meetings. Managed the silence of a man who lives... but acts like he's dead. Then at 12:01 a.m., my phone vibrated. *Unknown Number:* "Hi. Sorry for bothering you this late. Can I ask you something weird?" Weird became war. Because the girl on the other side has my father's nose. My father's smile. My father's last name. She's his American princess. I'm his Lagos mistake. *BLACK AND WHITE* is the story of two daughters. One name. Two worlds. One war for a father's love. Lagos struggles. Diaspora privilege. Colorism that cuts deeper than skin. Told in Amara's raw voice. If you've ever asked "Why wasn't I enough?"... Amara is asking it with you. *_Vote ⭐ if her pain feels like yours. Comment 💬 if you're Team Amara 🇳🇬 or Team Aurora 🇺🇸. Add to list 📚 because this war is just starting.__ _Don Lhee writes the stories we hide in our chest._ P.S. Judges, readers, sisters... you're all welcome to this war 👑

In an urban fantasy Nigeria, the power to command fire, water, earth, and wind runs through bloodlines like inheritance - awakening in children as young as four. Malek Toluwalade Idoniboye Dokubo is seven, and has nothing to show for it. Born to a family steeped in ancestral Earth and Water lineage, he grows up trailing behind cousins who awakened years earlier, carrying quiet questions from every relative and stranger who asks what he can do. But buried deep in his bloodline is a suppressed inheritance no one expects - one that, when it finally breaks free, will not just mark his awakening, but upend everything his family thought they understood about him. I AM POSTING THIS STORY ON ROYALROADS AS WELL.

Some love stories don't end, they wait. They never dated. Never confessed. Never got the timing right. But they never forgot each other either. ⸻ Amara moved on. Daniel told himself he did too. They built lives that didn't include each other- until one night... it did. ⸻ It starts with a message. It always does. ⸻ And suddenly- they're back in late-night conversations, unfinished sentences, and feelings that never learned how to disappear. ⸻ Because some connections don't fade. They wait. ⸻ ✨ a soft, aching slow-burn about timing, almosts, missed chances, and a kind of connection that refuses to disappear and what happens when those feelings are unlocked.

A story about an ancient human race that escaped meteorite strike on earth thousands of years ago.

She graduated with a First Class. She believed that would be enough. So did her widowed mother. So did the neighbours who celebrated her success as though poverty had finally packed its bags. But Lagos had other plans. Four years after graduation, Omotola's degree is gathering dust, hospital bills are piling up, her mother's health is failing, and three younger siblings are looking to her for the miracle everyone promised education would bring. Every rejection tests her resolve. Every new day demands another sacrifice. When an unexpected job offer finally gives her a way forward, Tola discovers that survival is only the beginning. In a world where ambition comes with hidden costs, loyalty is tested, love arrives when she's least prepared for it, and success demands more than hard work, she'll have to decide how much of herself she's willing to give before she finally starts living for herself. Beholden is a deeply emotional Nigerian contemporary novel about resilience, family, ambition, love, betrayal, and the quiet strength of first daughters who carry everyone else's dreams while struggling to protect their own.

My dad said this compass would always point me home. He didn't say "home" meant our origins. I'm Tunde. 16. From Yaba. One day I'm buying bread. The next day my dad is gone, and I'm holding the last thing he ever gave me. A brass compass. Now it's glowing. It's in my head. And when I'm scared, it can throw people across the room. The problem? It's draining me to death. At midnight, the compass pulled me mysteries. Into gunfire and smoke. Where soldiers are stealing bronze, power, and secrets. The Compass wants me dead. *_A story about grief, power, and finding your way home when home is now the unknown.

not a diary of boy trying to get through High school in the ghetto of oshodi lagos

"Obi no one would want to hear our story, no one understands neither do they care about us. We are nothing but outcast of the city" ******************** Thomas seems to have lost everything, his parent, his friends and even his way in Lagos city. He struggles to find a way but soon realize that live in the big city isn't what he expected at all as there are difficulties bigger than he can handle. Together with obi, they plan to make everyone see that not all that lives under the bridge is useless and they also deserve love. But can they make it alive? Can they achieve it? Would people believe that? Find out in this adventurous book #Nigerian #adventure **WARNING** This book contains violence, sexual harassment, abuse and a lot more.

Is the concept of Karma real? Follow a short story set in traffic in the city of Lagos, Nigeria to discover if karma reigns supreme

The general mood of this write up is depressing . It sheds some light on the reality and thought process of the average third world employee and their futile search for self actualization.

A shape shifting warrior Egagah seeks an end to wars and conquests, but is trapped in a decaying body and banished to a secret location, forgotten by men, and a secret to a few. For centuries he had been unheard of. A young man, Ajijian, raised by a pair of dwarves in a forest must come to terms with the pains of not knowing his biological parents and finding love. Beneath this lies an ancient feud along with its secret vendetta, a legend with hidden roots. Ajijian is rescued by a stranger and he is determined to return the favour. A favour that puts the life of all humans on the balance. Will Ajijian discover his mistake on time? A child is born for a community but a hero is born to save nations. Find out in "Teeth Of Darkness"

#first in the me series Tiffany Oluwafunmilayo Coker didn't want to spend the rest of her life living in her father's shadow. She had always been spoilt since before she could remember and she wanted something different. she had also always obeyed her parent... one of the money reasons she had chosen to go into the business sector but now she wants to go out ok her own and find something for herself just like her father had done years back. Stephen Inioluwa Adeshola built his little empire from scratch and all he wanted was to make life easier for those who seemed to be struggling. He wasn't expecting to meet an excited young lady who never seemed to be able to feel sadness. What does the meeting have in store for them and how would it change both their lives???