Philip Ebuluofor

“Full-time orphan” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #66

The full time Orphan At least, dip your finger in red oil seven times and put in your mouth. It is still far better than showing up here on empty Stomach. Some of you even treks miles to here on empty stomachs. If you must sit for this exam, do that once and for all. The Principal said. Mr Ibeh, Principal of Merchant of light secondary school had noticed that greater percentage of this final year students had not been performing well for the past three years now and the school management had taken survey and found out that the reason behind ...

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“Spent Rose” by Philip Ebuluofor

Neuron Problem. I strongly believe that it has major part to pay in the behaviour of our female teenagers. Even the ugly ones are not left out at that age.  They think of nothing but boys. Do you know the number of success card postman delivered today? 91!, some has four with different names of senders on it. Needle mistress said. I recommend serious caning. I foundout that it is only thing these girls understand. mr Omeru enjoined. Inside the classroom, the final years Students were truly living up to the gossip going on in t...

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“'Marketed ignorance'” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #66

Your Honour, Judging from the state of everything in this state, I strongly move the motion that the slogan of this state be changed immediately. It is certainly contributing its own quota to the backwardness of the State. All manners of evil is happening here and no force is curtailing them. Home for all. Could you imagine a name like that? member representing Nnewi south said.  Your honour, we are in 21st centuary, we must by all means stop corruption that has taken roots here especially among us politicians. The problem of the state...

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“General prayers” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #65

“what did he say you should do exactly?. Okey asked. "He said to put water in a bucket and dip palm leaf into it, light a candle and recite the words in that sheet of paper” Mezie answered. “So, you cannot do all these in this your room?. Okey asked. “No, he said it must be in the graveyard, and I must fast between 12:00 noon to 6:00 in the morning". Mezie answered. “Are you sure that things will start flowing after all these?". Okey asked. “That is what he said.” Mezie assured. "I will go with you. I am tired of this pauper life”. Mezie ass...

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“Spiritual crossover” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #65

“Where is God of Elijah?” And when he also had struck the water, it was divided this way and that, and Elisha crossed over. 2Kings 2:14. “It is crossing over to all of your new seminarians. I am sure you have heard this reading of 2kings 2:14 thousand times before, but today reading is different to all of you. Your orientation won’t start and end with dos and don’ts of this institution, you must crossover from physical to spiritual since you decide to enter seminary school, you must make up your mind to crossover spiritually for that is only...

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“What is wrong with everybody” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #64

“While coming to school tomorrow, come with your cutlassess”. Charles Akenkpo the prefect for labour announced. The students were not surprised to hear that line from him every Tuesday; most of them have been hearing the same statement for two years now. It has even become a jingle to some of them in Community Secondary School Nkpor. Since debating society or group as they call them in community died natural death, the only avenue to practice your public speaking has been morning assembly ground. The junior students after orientations in yea...

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“Untimely mistakes” by Philip Ebuluofor

Abiribia development union Onitsha branch of 50s and 60s were like circuit caravan of arabs you see in televisions and read about nowadays. 90 percent of them lived from hands to month. They were regarded then as people that are not serious in life.  Enjoyment only. They move about in group doing magic circuit with bottles and wild animals. Other passions includes: drinking, womanizing , and obtaining. Police is constantly on their heels for one reason or another. most of times, for domestic violence.  Onyeka wa...

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“Unusual attention” by Philip Ebuluofor

 “It is stated here that there will not be monetary dividend for ehareholders this year, what is due to them shalt be converted as shares to them at N5.00 per share. It also stated that there will be general meeting of shareholder on 15th of june 1994”. Mazi jim said. “How many shares did I have now?” Nazi Ilo enquired. “they added 30 shares to the existing one”. Mazi jim told him.  For the past three years now, mazi jim had turned himself into mazi ilo’s self appointed lawyer. Not that he is lawyer by profession, far from it...

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“Backward peeping” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #64

Terry arrived at mile -3 Park around 8am. He planned to be at Onitsha around twelve, go to main market, do his shopping before going to his parents house. The bus that finished loading left as he entered the park and the next on line was saloon car. He cursed his luck for being few minutes late. He spent about three hours in the park waiting for his bus to finish loading. but, there was no passengers for it was ordinary day. The bus finished loading around 12:30pm and their journey to eastern part of the country commenced.  Ab...

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“Natural reality show” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #63

By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. It was totally engulfed in flame like the type we witness in California and Australia each year. The only noticeable difference between the California, Australia and Achara fire is that: the formers were well known places but the later is not. Again, the Australian and Californian fires were shown in televisions world wide but Achara fire is known only in Achara and environ. There is record of durability, continuity,followership and stability to deal with too.But I guess ...

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“Village juries” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #62

There were five in the family, three males and two females. The second son was the most enterprising. He had wholesale business that was performing relatively ok; he was lively, outgoing, fearless and has business acumen. He got married newly when civil war started. He left city like others and went back to the village. It was in the village that his wife gave birth to their first issue. Considering the situation of things in their interior village there and misinformation’s that usually accompany unrest like civil war, people that has shops...

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“Amazing” by Philip Ebuluofor

It was the era of home boys like they call it. Mister era. When naira has relatively manageable value. The society was relatively innocent too. It was 1986. The year of Akpaora,ugly, baggie, Ten O six, shirly, short breads nasco, reggae, disco, rap and break dance. It is amazing nowadays and at the sometime funny, when people refers to that era as good old days now. Could you believe it? Nowadays, middle eighties are refered to as good old days.  In reminiscence, they are not far from the truth. To compare those years with th...

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“A short in joint” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #60

He was born on August, 56 years ago.when he was young, His education stopped at year two in secondary school. He joined retail business on his own after about three years of hustling, Looking for customers for other trades and taking commissions. Initially, lt looked as if he was making it but his show off life style wasnt helping his saving. He was living way off above his income. He was ladies man, training some girls in school with hope of future marriage. When his money finished, he was told by some of the girls he was catering for ...

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“Entity” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #59

The entity called Nigeria is so divided that one is still wondering how those that amalgamated her in the first place both colonial and local master never saw from all the evidence on the ground that it was bound to fail from the very beginning. Tribalism is so, rooted in the fabric of the all the tribes that even fake prophets saw clearly from their prayers that the entity will never work. Yet, the colonial and local leaders some refers to as visional leader failed to visualize the unworkability of the entity. Religion is one devilish canop...

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“"I wonder at times"” by Philip Ebuluofor

Submitted to Contest #58

He went abroad to make ends meet. The economic environment here in Nigeria is nothing to write home about. There is no more any group referred to as middle class. I wonder seriously what our so called leaders are doing to allow the situation to deteriorate to this pitiable level. The result of course is always mass immigrations to other countries. That was exactly what led Jerry to Asia, China to be precise. He went to China with plan of returning back in two years time no matter his economic status. It turned out to be the case of man propo...

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