Take Me To Naija

CHAPTER 4 I was anxious throughout the journey home. I wished the driver could run faster, I felt like taking over the steering from him but I had not known how to drive then, I looked at the speedometer and saw that the man was on 120 km/h already. I had butterflies in my stomach; I would laugh out of excitement at intervals when I think of the reaction I would get from my kinsmen upon reaching the Village. I know some passengers in the bus were nervous whenever I gave out my intermittent chuckles, they might be thinking I am not sane. The Bus stopped at Ilesha at past two o’clock and I joined a taxi to Ijebu jesha from where I joined another taxi to my village Esa Odo, I dropped at the Market junction in the Village which is along the road to Ilare. I was fully cladded in my military uniform, my Boots were sparkling in the Sun, my green khaki stood still as if it was carved out of wood, I re positioned my beret perfectly on my head as I began to march towards my house like a robot ...

 CHAPTER 3 We ran the race in batches of fifty persons, male and female. I came back the fifth position in my batch. Running had never been an issue for me, I grew up in the Village so hunting games in the forest had prepared me for the race, the only difference was that here I was running on plane and smooth terrain as we ran round the circumference of the Barracks. Upon arrival, our names and details were recorded in a hard cover note book, the names of the first ten persons were recorded while others were declared disqualified instantly and were advised to leave the barracks immediately. We were then taken inside the Gymnasium for push-ups and sit-up exercises. I did well in all the physical exercises while more Persons were disqualified. At the end of the day, forty of us qualified from all the batches and were eligible for medical test the next day. I could not go home that day because we had to report at the military hospital early in the morning with our early morning ur...

CHAPTER 2 We lived in a two room mud house with wooden doors and windows. Rusted and leaking Zinc as roofing sheets. The roof is supported with old and worn out Motor tyres and heavy stones to hold it down during rain storms, there is electricity in some parts of the Village but we were not that privileged to own a meter let alone tap electricity from the nearest neighbor that has electricity, this is because we could not spare the stipend to be paid monthly as NEPA bill. Rumour also had it that my Mother could not remarry due to the curse placed on her by her late Father. My father’s tragic death was also ascribed to be as a result of her ill luck and bad omen. I was her only hope to tell the world that she was not under any curse since I am still alive. Thus she became a staunch member of the Christ Apostolic Church and that automatically makes me a member too. I was the drummer Boy of the Church’s Choir and I could sing and dance well too but my mother did not encourage me singing...

Chapter 1 I am Ojo Makanjuola Stephens, a native of Esa- Odo in Obokun Local Government area of Osun state Nigeria. I am an only child of my Mother; I did not know my Father. He died when I was two years old. He fell from the palm tree they said. He was a palm wine tapper as well as a drinker. Stories has it that he usually drank half of his wine before getting to the market place, consequently he was always indebted those from whose hands he had collected money in advance. They say he was a good dancer and singer too, especially when he has had his fill of his produce. Mama refused to remarry, she could not withstand another man that could turn out to be like Papa, and so she buried herself in her petty trading and hair braiding. She sells anything, most especially seasonal farm produce and domestic Animals, if you want to sell your domestic animals, contact my Mum; she knows who wants to buy as long as she gets a commission out of the deal. I was her life; she lived for me even thoug...

Episode 3 IBK got out of the small sedan he was driving and walked slowly towards the bank without stopping to look at either side. He passed through the crowd of eager on lookers who were trying to get a glimpse of what was happening inside the bank while the policemade the crowd stand some distance away from the bank so they would be able to gather whatever information they could gather which might help to catch the robbers. IBK walked towards the bank and when he got to the front of the crowd, he was stopped by a young policeman clutching an automatic rifle; “You cannot go beyond this point” IBK smiled at him and said; “I just want another look at what happened here, nothing else” The officer now getting impatient said; “The orders here are that no one should cross this line so move back or you would be looking for more trouble than you can handle” IBK knew within himself that the police officer was acting a script but he just enjoys playing with people and ...

Episode 2 Almost as he was saying that, about two policemen ran out of the backdoor and were shot down without a moment’s hesitation while the two men outside continued shoot sporadically. Three of the men ran through the back door and followed it down until they reached the door where the money enters. The first person to get there looked up and saw a particularly fat man jumping over the fence through the security wire and paid no attention to him. “He is probably a customer scared out of his mind” he thought to himself as his two companions left him there to keep watch and walked back. “How is the back door?” one of those left asked “All clear” and two men went over to the bank’s security door. There were people lying down all around the door as they were those trying to get inside before the armed men came. One man had a bag beside him and was clutching hard to it sweating profusely like he was on heat. He was notice by one of the remaining two walking arou...

Episode 1 The story below is an exclusive work of the author, Mynd_44. All forms of reproduction in parts or full without prior written permission of the author is un-allowed. No part of this story may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form orby any means (electronic, mechanical or otherwise) This is a work of fiction. A result of my boredom and crazy imagination. Names, characters, Places and incidents are the results of said imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead,business organization, events or locales is entirely coincidental. Bullcrap aside, this is a result of my thinking, it does not have any truth in it. I know how a lot of people roll so please don’t think any part of this actually happened or will happen Mynd_44 April, 2013 Chapter 1: Matters Arising It was a hot morning in Ketu; the type of morning which makes everyone wish it would rain or better still that a massive cloud ...

Tears of a soldier ,episode 1 It was the last day in the blood thirsty academy. Yea, our passing out parade, presidential commissioning and pipping. Five good years we've been here serving job, buying job, crossing obstacle, learning to shoot and above all learning to be gentlemen. Sorry I mean real men. Anyway its the final day 5 bars finally turning to one star and like the proverb do say, a star on the shoulder is better than millions in the sky. More than 400 cadets started the journey 5 years ago now just 222 of us are passing out. Many have got wasted, many hv dashed (I guess they are not man enough), many hv been relegated and many hv been withdrawn. Still, we pulled thru. We saw our parents smiling with head gears of different shape, we saw friends @ family happy and glad with many souvenirs in our name. Finally the D-day z here the dream of every cadet in the prestigious academy. Anyway that passed on and we found our formations. Now let me take u ...

Episode 10 Thessy was relaxing in her father’s compound, chatting with one of her siblings. Her phone rang, she checked the caller’s ID, it was her boyfriend Tony. “ Hi sweetheart” she said smiling “Hi, how’s your day going?” “Fine, I’m just here enjoying my free time” “How’s work?” “Work is fine?” “How’s Port Harcourt?” “Cool” “Thessy please I want you to come to Lagos, I kind of need you here” “Tony what exactly do you need me for, I was in Lagos last month nau, do you miss me that much?” “Please……. “Ok I will come, but I can’t come this week, I just left Ibadan last week, so you can’t expect me to embark on this impromtu journey" “Ok, let’s make it next week then” “That’s better” “Thanks, I’ll talk to you later in the day. I love you” “Love you too, bye” Relationship can be stressful sometimes, what’s the meaning of this now, it’s not in my plan to embark on any long journey for now, but do I have a choice. It would have been much easier if ...

...Thessy went to Wemmy’s lodge to check on her and see how she’s holding up. She was not surprised when she met Feranmi there. “Good morning” “Good morning Thessy” “I don’t need to ask how was your night because it’s sure not fine, see your eyes all swollen. You even switch off your phone, I was really worried last night" “Sorry about that, but I needed to be alone” “All will be well sweetheart” Thessy said pretending as if Feranmi did not exist. “I'll be on my way now” he said calmy. He already sensed Thessy's attitude towards him, and he wasn’t comfortable around her either. “You don’t have to leave because of me” Thessy said. She looked deeply into his eyes “this guy is head over heels in love with my friend, it is just too obvious ” she said to her self. “Theresa!” Wemmy called out “Feranmi ! if you want to be here for a long time, I mean in her life, then it’s better we start getting along because you will always see this face around” The...

I got a text message from Emmanuel on my way back to my lodge and it reads: WE ARE NOT OVER I’M NEVER GOING TO BE OVER YOU I WILL FIGHT FOR OUR LOVE I WON’T GIVE UP WITHOUT A FIGHT I got to my room and crash on my bed crying, I read his message again. "I finally did it, I threw his love back at his face, love made me do all these, does my love for Feranmi worth all this, I can’t believe this is happening to me" I said to myself amidst tears. I never imagined it in my wildest dream that I’ll jilt a guy, where’s the good girl my mother raised. I wept until I no longer have the strength to cry, I turned off my phone and cried myself to sleep. **** Thessy tried Wemmy’s line severally, she still got the number not available response, she later decided to let her be, maybe she needed to be alone. Feranmi was worried sick, he tried reaching her but to no avail, Sophia has traveled after her exams, so he couldn’t call her to ask after Wemmy. He decided to...

I FELL IN LOVE - Episode 7 She entered Emmanuel’s room and sat down quietly. “Baby what is it, you don’t look OK” “Nothing, I’m fine” “You are not fine, what’s going on with you, you refuse to attend all the final year dinner parties, giving me excuses that you don’t feel like going for any outing. You are getting me worried, I’ve been trying to make you talk to me, but you refuse to talk, you’ve stop coming here too, I hardly see you this days. Please talk to me, did I do something wrong” “Emmanuel! I’m here to discuss some things I’m not proud of with you. First I’d like to thank you for your love and care ever since we started dating, I know your love for me is genuine and ….. “You don’t need to thank me, that’s my duty, you know I’ll go to any length to please you and make you happy” That sentence hit me like a blow. “Emmanuel, I’m in love with someone else” I eventually spill it out “I don’t get you” “I want us to end this relationship” “Wemmy are you o...

Episode 6 Wemmy got to her room tired, feeling sleepy and hungry at the same time, while she was still contemplating on what to do, she heard someone knocking on her door, it was her baby, Sophia. “Anty Wemmy, I’m so sorry I couldn’t make it to your defense, I had lectures from 9am to 5pm, I’m just coming now, I haven’t step foot in my room.” “No problem, I understand” “So how was it?” “It was good, all thanks to God” “Congrats ma, did Uncle Feranmi come?” “Did he tell you he'll be coming? “ “No, I just asked” “Yes, he came” “That’s thoughtful of him, I’m hungry and tired” “That makes the two of us, you know what go and shower and relax while I fix us something to eat” “Thank you” she said gleefully, you are a life saver, I’ll really miss you when you leave” “Don’t worry, you’ll be fine my dear, now go and change” **** Wemmy started packing her things, willed out some while most of them goes to her precious Sophia. Then all the dinner parties started...