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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...
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...
Submitted to Contest #57
She is like every last born of that family from this part of the country. In biafran land, indeed our culture. most last borns in a family were usually not grounded in spheres of life, simply because of over pampering, over- indigence. That was exactly the fate of this lady from my village. Her name is Nkechi. She was from relatively poor family. They were seven in that family four, girls and three boys. Their parents were famers like most families of forties. Her father worked in logging business till he had an accident that ended that care...
Submitted to Contest #56
His elder Sister was a teacher in the secondary school in Aba, Abia State. She was even posted new there from the private school where She started her career. It has became a trend that most teachers in Nigeria start their teaching career from private schools that litter every nook and crany of the Country. Another noticeable trend is how the teachers try seriously to cross over to government Institutions after five years in private sector. They garner five years experience for their CV th...
Submitted to Contest #55
He was in year three secondary school when his father died. Not long after the civil war started, his mother took them from Enugu city back to their village to escape House bullet like they usually refer to Nigeria soldiers. They were four in that family. Two boys and two girls. Jude was the elderst of his siblings. After the war just like other Biafrans, many were struggling to make ends meet. To find who to apprentice for was not easy thing then. Many business collapsed and may ceased to exist. Jude was lucky when a friend of his dad that ...
Submitted to Contest #54
They were family of nine. Four boys and three girls. Their parents were farmers. Typical igbo family of colonial era. Their father died in late fifties and Abel their eldest brother typically become their father. Luckily for Abels male siblings, none of them felt the impact of their father’s death much for before his death, Abel has finished serving his master for seven years and has started his own business before their father’s death.None of the Abel’s brother served anyone as apprentice. whenever any becomes mature en...
Submitted to Contest #53
MANMADE TRIBULATION Weather report in television is what most people don’t toil with in prison in China. It is part of everyday life of most of us. not that we are in control of lives there, but because we are in charge of our clothes and so on. The decision to tak...
Submitted to Contest #52
I heard his name is chidi that he was an apprentice to a man from our neigbouring village. They said that in February of 1981 that he had a very serious problem with his master. Money matters I heard. I never hear anyone in my village that is of my generation mentioned his name even in passing. I am not even sure that his blood brother of my age group knew him. I never heard from their mouth a name that sound like that even for one day. The story had it that in early 1979 that his parents went to one relatively rich fellow in our neighbour...
“NO QUALMS” I have no qualms with the incident in the story you are about to hear. I will try my maturely best to tell it as it happened. I am not all that outsider in the story because it happened in my immediate family. The incident happened in Onitsha the commercial city of Anambra state, just three years ago. My family is the type that people refer to as ideal family. The cogs that the family rotates on were well engaged and were rotating perfectly well. When and where the cog began to have problem that, I and my siblings did not notice,...
Submitted to Contest #51
PASTOR EDWARD” He was born a Roman Catholic in early sixties in Enugu State. His parents were well known Catholics in his home town. When he was in primary school, he was very intelligent both in academics and sports, especially in the game of football. He was a member of mass servants in his village church during his primary and secondary days and represented his church in sport competitions that churches organized for their youths annually. Edward was known figure in his town from his primary school days. When he finished his secondary edu...
Submitted to Contest #50
THE MANAGER Emenike lived with his family in the village of okpu. they were family of six ,father ,mother, two sisters and two brothers. The parents were relatively educated to compare with other families around them. When Emenike was in primary three, he was sent to Port Harcourt to live with a wealthy family from their village to complete his education for his parents could no longer afford his school fees. PORT HARCOURT CITY Emenike entered into the services of the wealthy man at the age of eight and his duties includes help...
Submitted to Contest #49
In the beginning Mr and mrs fred Iloegbu was born in Enugu state in eastern part of Nigeria known as Biafran region. when they got married in the middle seventies ,heaven blessed them with six beautiful babies ,three boys and two girls.mr Iloegbu just as all the Biafrans from that state were namely farmers. Who live off their lands. Eventhough their stomach were usually full of starch and carbonhydrate, their pocket were usually empty. Because Mr Fred Ilogbu was ignorant of the importance of education in the life of his children,...
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