Philip Ebuluofor

“Compound Investigation ” by Philip Ebuluofor

Eko tire was a brigadier General in Biafra army during the civil war. He was a general in Nigerian army before the war. Having ended up on the losing side, he was among those laid aside by the Nigerian government after the war.    Despite the ‘None victor, None vanquish’ declared by the Nigerian government after the war, 50 percent of the soldiers that was formerly in Nigerian military from Biafra side was sent packing without recognition or compensation.  To recognize the efforts young men from that region contribu...

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“Murphy And Life Hacks” by Philip Ebuluofor

He was a third division football player when I first met him. He was not actually performing well financially judging from the manner he corners some supermarket managers some evenings he left camp into town. He was indirectly figuring out how to start supplying goods to some supermarkets to supplement his meagre salary I figured.       Football clubs don’t have enough money, most are barely managing to stay afloat. Even those in first division were being subsidy by the various state governments which owns a...

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“Abnormally Afraid Staffs” by Philip Ebuluofor

“ The work is good, the story line interesting” “But I am sure he does plagiarize people's work” “ Whose work did he plagiarize?” “I don’t know he always reads from something before writing” “ What’s plagiarism in your opinion?” “ Reproducing people's work without their consent” “ Yet you don’t know who’s work he is plagiarizing” “ I always saw him reading from foolscap before writing” “Pay attention well next time when you see him like you say or whoever is feeding you this information, tell the person to get the necessary information” “ Ho...

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“Amanda's Business Acumen” by Philip Ebuluofor

She had been going to the public library now for years to lent books. For about two years now, there hasn’t been anything like new stocks there, the number of secondary school kids has increased tremendously and so also is the noise making there too. The management of the place has relaxed their rules that the place is gradually turning to market place in terms of noise. Many of the books has been on electronic format, she preferred hard covers. It cost dearly to access them and downloading them Is not cheap too.  The publishers and...

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“Thick Madam And Her Iphones” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #105

I sat on the long form in front of my lodge, wondering how I will navigate my way to the local government secretariat for I have never been there. I knew the town it was situated in but I don’t actually know how to and where to enter bus that will take me there without wasting my meagre resources.        I was given project topic that warranted me to interview some of the key staffs of the local government area. My school is about three towns away from my village and another three from the local gove...

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“Time Calculations” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #104

   “ Are you coming tonight?” She screamed into the phone. She probably thought that Mr. Ken wasn’t hearing her above the noise of the vehicles for she noticed from background noises that he was in the bus. “ I don’t know as of now, I still have a lot to cover today, I will give you an answer in three hours time.” Mr. Ken Obiakor had been on the road since 6:00am. He knew from experience that Nigerian time is different from the rest of the world. When you’re hosting or being hosted in any occasion, just know that any hour yo...

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“Emancipation Of Uncle Samson” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #103

He suddenly jerked awake, sweating profusely. He sat still on the bed mopping at nothing in particular, even the walls opposite him, he was not seeing. 15 minutes later, after a cup of cold water and visit to the toilet, he went back to sleep.  After his morning routine, Samson sat on his settee reminiscing about incident of last night. He could not remember the last time he had any nightmare that concerns him to the extent of drawing sweats all over, yet, he couldn’t even remember 50 percent of what he witnessed in the dream.&nb...

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“That Is The Way It Is ” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #102

Yesterday evening, I got an email from the FDDC the body responsible for economic and financial crime in the country. I have been contacting them since one year now, asking me to reapply for the recovery of the tuition fee I paid to a school in London. In the mail, I was asked to follow application format as if I am in the exam hall taking examination. I just knew what that nonsense instruction means, they were looking tor excuse not to attend to me or one for not contacting me since one year now.  Then they ended their diatribe that ...

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“Catechist And their Duties” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #101

We always go there on Wednesday and another group on Saturday’s. We usually share ourselves into three groups and tackle the four rooms and parlors our parish catechist occupies. Whether if it was by his insight that he selected the alter boys and girls guards the least parish assigned duties group to be cleaning his houses twice in a week, we don’t know.  We have done it for nearly two and half year without seeing anything wrong with it until Rumours began spreading like wildfire that the priest don't have any knowledge of that duty....

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“Tips on how to be a better sister and in-law” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #100

As the worship praise rages on, the worshipers lost in the euphoria, Mrs. chidi who had started at the same church as the key member of the same choir that were controlling events this very Sunday for the birthday celebration of all the elderly in the parish was no more a member of the denomination let alone a member of the choir. A day like this reminds her of the good old days before religious politics drove her away from the church of her birth. She came today to support her elder sister who was among the celebrants. The Catholic church...

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“"Madam Cecilia And Her Ignorance Of Solstice"” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #99

  “Madam Cecilia And Her Ignorance Of Solstice Days”   Madam Cecilia was once in the past the Secretary if her town women organization, never you think that I thought much of or impressed by that position as being significant or worth a fucking penny in my estimation, but it means a world to her. I cannot place myself as a joy killer to deny her that happiness. But truly speaking, it is a glorified position. Those women were so illiterate that you will begin to wonder about madam Cecilia herself. I know you her put two ...

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“Shuan Lai's Quest For Hidden Knowledge ” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #98

He has cleaned their wooden boat for three days now since their practice for the dragon boats championship began in that river. The organizers of the festival had earlier on informed the competitors that, that days evening practice would be the last for they have to do their own preparation and organizing in that river. The competition is scheduled in two days time. Shaun Lai and his team were eager to make it in this year’s competition. He and his team had finished second in last year’s competition, this year two of the eight man t...

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“Magical interludes and Transformations” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #97

It was not actually regarded as a mango plantation partially due to the way it was planted. It’s regarded as a flower to by the people. That was how masses refers to anything seen as decoration items. If it were to be in a city, it would have been regarded as an Avenue, maybe longest one in that city. Since it wasn’t city but rural area, the mangoes were seen as beautification items not even regarded as economic items due to its neutral ownership. It stretched kilometers covering three towns and those places it covered were even far from ...

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“Friendship Gone Kaput” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #96

Course mates are like wounds that leave their marks on your skin at times on your soul even years after being cured. Some of those wounds behaves as if they came into this planet with you, so it’s their right never privilege to lay claim of attachment if not that of ownership on you. You have no choice but to go along praying that mother nature will reason with you and restore your skin to it’s original position.  That’s exactly what some course mates are. Wounds that refused to heal properly. If the course mates in question happened ...

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“"One sure cure for Constraints"” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #95

  TW: genocide   He had requested for bus from the Secretariat to transport the corners to their new place of primary assignment. The Chairman of the local government versed in English, he speaks 90percent Hausa and 10 percent English. The secretary seems to be the one doing most of the speaking in English. I never really liked the look of that secretary even before his true colors started manifesting. The Chairman seems to be more jovial.   One look at the secretary had told me all I needed to know. I voiced my concern out an...

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