We are pleased to announce that Paul Bamidele Olayioye has joined our team as our literary journalist and content writer effective June 1st.

Paul Bamidele Olayioye is a graduate of Mass Communication from Olabisi Onabanjo University and is also a writer. His genre includes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, personal essays, editorial, opinions, columns, and critiques. He focuses on the complexity of humanity and its evolution.

In 2025, Paul won Paradise Gate House Healing Poetry Contest and the Lagos HCAF Poetry Competition. His works have appeared or are forthcoming in Spillword, Lunaris, Daily Trust Newspaper, Tribune, Arts lounge, Afreecan, Ice Floe, Afreecan, Kalahari, LILAC, SprinNG, Readers Boon, Feral, Black Moon, Eboquills, Brittle Paper, Poetry Column, IHRAF, Synchronise Chaos Mag, Kissing Dynamite, Kalahari, UNN, Lolwe, Kreative Diadem and elsewhere.

He loves reading contents on literature, debates, and recent happenings. He also plays the piano and he’s learning the guitar.

We are excited to welcome Paul to our team, and we can’t wait to see his contributions.