FATSSSA PRESS -- University of Ibadan, Nigeria

  By Ebiniyi Janet   The world had ended, but no one noticed until it was too late.     Sarah had learned to live with the quiet after the fall. The endless hum of civilization is now silenced. The cities were ruins, their steel skeletons eaten away by time, dust, and nature. Only the echoes of human ambition remained—decaying billboards and overgrown streets—silent monuments to a past life.      She moved through the wreckage, her boots crunching on the shards of glass that once reflected the brightness of a bustling world. It had been five years since the Collapse, when wars, plagues, and environmental destruction had sealed humanity’s fate. The only ones left were the few survivors scattered across the landscape, like Sarah, eking out what little life remained in the hushed aftermath.     She had no family or friends left; she had only her instincts and the routines she had developed to survive. Food was scarce, and freshwater was even sca...

by Nwaka Esther    In a p roper Nigerian society , there is an unwritten rule that says an unwritten rule a child can win everything else, but an argument with his or her parents’. This rule, though, not communicated with the mouth, has been echoed in the walls of every house. Ears have heard, and eyes have seen. It doesn’t really matter whether the truth can be seen glaring at the face of the victims—the children. There are no medals in this game—just succumbing and tears.    Research has shown that Nigerian parents are, in all truth, the pioneers of reverse psychology because long before Freud put pen to paper, Nigerian parents have been using this technique. Questions have risen over time as to whether the all-time champions—parents—have a particular WhatsApp group where they share new and innovative ideas on how to stay ‘uncaught’ no matter the situation at hand. Hence, this research was carried out .    All Nigerian children have , at one point in t...