Number 225

THE STRANGE MAN

Ndifreke remained outside long after everyone had left to go to bed. For once, his lieutenants were sensible enough to not bother him. Who was the man with[...]
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WASIU’S PLOT

Ndifreke walked into the room and found Mkpoikanna packing his things into a Ghana-must-go bag. “Bro, what is this?” “I dey go. You no dey treat me well.”[...]
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FIRST DAY AT WORK

Ndifreke woke up the following morning and got ready and went and opened the office before Irikefe and Castro even woke up. He sat in meditation for fifteen[...]
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THE BREAKUP

Ndifreke plopped up on one elbow and gazed into the inebriated eyes of the naked Elizabeth beside him. If there was anyone most deserving to share a bottle[...]
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COMPOUND PANDEMIC

Chisco wore his Combat shorts and Tshirt and a fez cap and slipped his feet into a pair of pam slippers and headed out of the compound. The[...]
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A NARROW ESCAPE

Irikefe sat on a stool in the small lobby near the bathroom. Compound members queuing to have their bath noticed him in the unusual position and began to[...]
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IRIKEFE RETURNS

Jide Falomo decided to go to the police station to file a complaint. He could tell that the men that came to remove Inspector Akpan’s things were not[...]
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JIDE’S PRAYER

Jide Falomo, soaked in a river of tears, climbed down from his bed and went on his knees.  “Dear God, I haven’t done this in a long time.[...]
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THE NIGHT VISIT

The COVID-19 infections in Nigeria neared ten thousand with a record 553 in one day with 378 in Lagos only. People still believed the figures were bogus. More[...]
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