The Last delivery
It was exactly 5:40 in the morning when Emeka heard the truck horn outside his window.... fìrst One long sound.. Then two short ones. He knew that sound. It was Mr. Monday...…
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THE LETTER IN THE PURPLE BOX
The old truck arrived just before sunset.. It moved slowly through the dusty road, coughing smoke into the evening air, while children ran behind it shouting and laughing...…
A very Expensive Escape
Emeka had one plan for that Saturday morning and it was very simple,it was to get out of the house before his mother would wake up and remembered the list of chores that she had…
THE WRONG DOOR
When Ada finally left Emeka, she thought the hardest part of her life was over because She had spent almost four years trying to make that relationship work.... four years of…
THE COMPOUND WALL
Everyone in Umudara village knew who Chief Okeke was but very few people actually knew him.. to most people, he was simply the old man behind the wall. His compound sat at the…
CNF - The Price of Silence
Government workers in Nigerian institutions have not been paid really well; chaos everywhere. The ASUU chairman decried that there is no going back on the strike action.…
THE BLACK GOAT UNDER THE TREE
The first time old Mama Nkem sold the black goat, the village laughed. The second time she sold it, people began to whisper... By the third time they called her a thief.. "How…
Beyond the surface
Fourteen-year-old Samuel arrived late to school every morning... Not five minutes late. Not ten. Sometimes thirty. Sometimes an hour. His teacher, Mrs. Deborah Okonkwo…
The Price of public lies
A single post changed Deborah's life. Initially it was a good idea. She was an accountant for a logistics company that was expanding in Lagos. The company was known for being…
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