Lagos Stories

📚ON HOLD📚 Lara's life is thrown into disarray at the sudden death of her father and just when she thinks the worst is over and the storm has gone, she finds herself fighting bigger demons and struggling for the one thing she owned....or thought she owned. Will she win or loose?

You think you know who you are until someone shows up and makes you question everything you thought was true. Ajegbemi was solid. Focused. Grounded. Locked in like a warrior on a mission. No distractions. No drama. Then Ademide happened. No big scene. No fireworks. Just a slow, quiet pull ... like the tide creeping up, soft but unstoppable. It wasn't about who they were supposed to be. It wasn't about labels or rules or the noise around them. It was about the small moments that scream louder than words: a glance, a brush, a silence charged with meaning. This story? It's about what happens when your heart flips the script. When what you thought was impossible becomes the only thing you want. And once the fire starts, it doesn't care if you're ready.

Seeking solace at the Han River after a frustrating day, Ese has a second encounter with Youngho. What starts as a simple conversation quickly uncovers an instant, unexpected rhythm, a shared language of two people living between different worlds. As their lives begin to intertwine, they find harmony, proving that sometimes the most profound connections are often the ones you never saw coming. -Rominaj♡

Maxwell Makori thought he had mastered self control. He hadn't met Kaitu yet. A beautiful hardworking fashion entrepreneur and ex-military software engineer. She was hired to contain a breach in his company. Instead, she becomes one, unsettling his carefully ordered life and stirring wounds he thought were long buried. Now corporate secrets are leaking, betrayals are looming, and the heat between them is increasingly becoming difficult to ignore. From Nairobi to Lagos. From the boardroom to the runway. To the underground world of cybercrime and corporate espionage, Cracks and code is a high stakes romantic thriller about the battles of doing clean business, desire that arrives uninvited, grace that is unearned and a man about to learn his greatest lesson on self control. 21/03/2026 #1 - espionage #1 - tech thriller #1 - East Africa #1 - women in business #1 - fashion drama

"Weren't we supposed to just be friends? so why does he keep looking at me like that?" Eighteen. Plus-size. And officially over secondary school and family stress. Lailat "Lily" Adeyemi-Lawal doesn't do rule she just exists. Hiding from a past that, threatens to swallow her whole, she expects the summer lesson she never agreed to be signed up for to be tedious and boring. That is until she meets him. Tariq Hassani lives in a world without sound. Deaf due to an accident he's used to being overlooked, bullied, and pitied by most of the people around him. Now at the end of his terrible secondary school days, he wants nothing to do with the chaotic, loud girl who crashes into his life like a ram in Lagos traffic jam. But when a misunderstanding force's them together, Lily discovers the boy beneath the silence, while Tariq sees the girl behind the rebellion. As the humid Lagos summer heats up, so does the tension between them. But Lily past is a ticking time bomb for her present, and Tariq is protecting a heart he thinks is unworthy of love. In a city that never quietens down, can they find a language that belongs only to them?

OKANRAN: EARTH SCAVENGERS He was born to die young. Igbayilola never asked to carry the world. He was the invisible one the middle son no one trained, no one feared losing, no one chose. While his father poured everything into his elder brother, Igbayilola was left to study, to wait, to disappear quietly into the background of his own family. Then the running started. 153 years after World War Three scorched seventy percent of the earth, humanity didn't go extinct. It evolved into something worse. Nations now sacrifice their strongest men in a brutal blood sport called the Red Sport; Ijakadi Iku, where champions fight to the death so governments can keep their seats at the table of power. It swallowed his father. It swallowed his brother. And now the artifact his bloodline has protected for thirteen centuries older than nations, older than war has chosen the one nobody expected. Not the warrior. Not the genius. The dying boy. Igbayilola has one impossible task: save a world that never saw him coming. And one brutal truth to face first: Maybe the world deserves to burn. They are not the Earth Scavengers. You are.

In the chaotic heart of Lagos, one man sees what others ignore: the patterns, the loopholes, the invisible levers of power. Afolabi Dàre Akinola has no family, no fortune, and no public influence - only his mind, and a secret obsession with history's most notorious power brokers. From Lucky Luciano to Sun Tzu, he studies them all... not to emulate their crimes, but to outthink the world itself. Quiet, calm, and impeccably composed, he begins with small, seemingly insignificant operations. But each move, carefully orchestrated, builds toward something larger... something global. As he constructs a syndicate that no one sees, not even the law, he must navigate: Rival gangs and corrupt officials, Ruthless operatives within his own circle and The moral cost of unseen power. In a city of noise, he is the architect of shadows - and the world will only notice when it's too late. A cerebral crime thriller where intelligence is the deadliest weapon, and every victory comes at a cost.

Ewatomi; A Nigerian teenager Deals with a crush An overprotective brother Bitchy ex friends Secrets

The description of this book is honestly self-explanatory (I guess 😌). After reading so many amazing books on Wattpad and discovering a lot of incredible writers , especially Nigerians I'm super proud of .I decided to give back to the WattNaija community. I'm not a writer, but I am an amazing reader, and this is my own little way of contributing. I'll be dropping honest reviews of books I've read on Wattpad and recommending the really good ones for you to check out. I'm also open to reading requests, as long as your book is completed. Update (a year later): I've decided to start doing my reviews from a Nigerian reader's perspective, so expect a lot more focus on how the books connect with us, our culture, and our vibes.

...... "Arranged marriage? In this 2020-something? Mummy, am I a colonial relic?"she asked over the phone. But her protests fell on well-moisturized but stubborn ears. Mama simply refilled her glass and said, "It's what your father would have wanted." Now she was boarding a flight from Lagos to Abuja-armed with her AirPods, her favorite lip gloss, and a prayer that this Daniel Roberts wouldn't turn out to be a walking red flag in designer agbada. Apparently, his mother, the elegant and formidable Mrs. Robert, was already preparing for her arrival. Love? She wasn't expecting it. But destiny had other plans. And so did Daniel. ---

Lagos - the city that never sleeps. In its restless streets, five families navigate the struggles that shape them - from reputation to survival, from dreams to disappointment. Through the eyes of Taiwo, Kehinde, Amarachi, Emeka, Kabiru, Daniel, and David, we see what it means to grow, to stumble, and to rise again in a city that tests everyone. Each must confront their own challenges and find the strength to become who they were meant to be - in this land that never slows down, never forgives, but somehow always gives another chance.

She was the Queen of minding her business but for some reason when it came to HIM she just couldn't do that. ........ As the sky began to turn orange, I knew one thing. I couldn't leave him there. Because something in me, that same stubborn instinct that had kept me alive in this rough city told me this wasn't coincidence.

In the heart of Lagos was girl who goes by the name Sade, if pride was a person it would be her . Read to find out more......

Tony Eze has his roof party every year. But this year is going to an unforgettable one. A lot of people are going to make sure of that. Enjoy this Lagos based mystery thriller

The case of Sometime in May is a story that explores the passionate connection between Noor and Ayo; two seventeen-year-old girls trying to navigate the complexities of love. It is a book about the discovery and exploration of friendship and the virtue of forgiveness, having a deep connection through a tale of unheard and unsaid emotions. Their lips are sealed but feelings are revealed. Their love is hidden, retained and reserved. A story acute, but curved and deserved

let me live. Follow the story of a young girl and her experience as a secondary school student in an all-girls school in Nigeria and a daughter of an unstable family. May 2005 " don't let me fall mum, don't let me go" She screamed while trying to balance herself in her mother's arms, her mum laughed gripping her tight and whispering into her ears "I will never let you go my sweet girl''

In the heart of Lagos, a mysterious energy signature appeared, shattering the calm of the bustling city. The energy coalesced into a towering figure, its body a mass of fractured stone and metal.

A woman finds out a shocking secret about her husband after two children and many years of marriage. He does his best to get rid of her to keep his secret, putting innocent lives in peril. Find out how a better half could become worst enemy in this tale of betrayal, heartbreak, suspense and drama.

Oyinkansola a beautiful Melanin Goddess who is struggling to keep up with her daily life expenses. she's struggling to balance her work life and love life. Her love life is non-existent as she has no time for love due to her work. Adeyemi crashes into her life like an accident. He swept off her feet into the fairy tale world. Read more to find out about Oyinkansola and Adeyemi

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