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THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (11)

CHAPTER  11

The Nkpani warriors were swimming vigorously across the river towards the Nko-rians. They had left their guns behind – no point carrying guns with empty cartridges. Their machetes were tucked in their waist straps so as not to slow their pace.

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Love In Gamawa (1)

‘Knock, knock’… That was the sound that woke me up that morning. It was so gentle and soft yet loud enough to being me back from dreamland. At first I thought is was part of my dream but after a few more gentle knocks that sounded like the sound of a foam being hit on the mouth of a pot, a common musical instrument from the eastern part of Nigeria, I realised I had returned to the real world… [...]

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Ravagers II – The Drinker

Chapter Two

The road to the stream was a long, winding one. There was a shorter path, but it went through the thick, forbidding Ukwe forest. Noni thought to herself that it was not yet so dark, though the sun was fast retreating. Besides, [...]

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Love in Gamawa (3)

…1PM.
In a nutshell, the plan was to find a way of convincing her to come to my room later on that day without telling anyone. The early morning visits to fetch water didn’t sound like a good time to me as her [...]

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The love of the masquerader (9)

9

The Okigbo sat by the steps of his home, a look of worry on his face.  He rapped his left foot intermittently on the ground in a patient wait for his only child and daughter.  [...]

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THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (9 & 10)

CHAPTER 9

It was getting close to thirty minutes since the Nko warriors left the village. They took the Nkpawen root into the forest. At the moment, they were close to ‘Epogho.’

Epogho was a small river in the forest of Nko. It used [...]

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THE BATTLE OF TIMKPO (8)

CHAPTER 8

The Nkpani police department is a very small unit with a dozen officers. The most superior officer was Inspector Gabon.

Inspector Gabon was a short, fat man, with a slight on the shoulder. He was posted to Nkpani a few years back [...]

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The love of the masquerader (8)

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: You know, it is never ever good for a writer to go against what he or she has written. And that is what I am doing right now [refer to FAVOURITE-BOOK DILEMMA (and then some), the very first phrase [...]

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