…Stirring up the divine.
Chapter One. Hadizat sat still as her father talked. She knew he was pleased but as usual, he had a hard time showing it. A week ago, she had been offered admission to study law at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti. She informed her father who was away on a business trip then. He had promptly …
Read the previous Chapter HERE 7th July, 2011_ Dave strolled out of the hotel’s lobby dressed casually in a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers. He arrived Benin City that day. He came for his friend’s wedding. Lekan. The young man he had met last year in the police cell. The traditional wedding was scheduled to hold …
Read Chapter 23& 24 HERE _16th August, 2010_ Dave and Lekan turned the police cell to a ‘Paul and Silas phase 2′ location. At night, they prayed and sang praises to God aloud. Surprisingly, the police officers didn’t stop them. In fact, they behaved better towards the duo. Two others joined them in the cell …
Chapter Twenty-Three 14th August, 2010 Noma looked up at her mother as she talked. She had calmly explained what happened to her that night when her mother started complaining that she had been in the house for a week after travelling down to Benin with all her belongings.“Iyemwen, I’m not going back to Abuja.”“Osarenoma, laho. …
Read the previous episodes HERE 1st July, 2005 Chapter Twenty One Dave burst into tears as he recalled what had transpired that day, five years ago. The first day of July, 2005.His rebellion had reached an all-time high. He had been struggling with God for almost seven years then and it was weird being a …
Chapter Nineteen Slowly, the man’s words came back to him like a lightning strike. “You called me to help you so, here I am.” Dave moved his eyes from the TV to the man sitted on the couch. The man was smiling at him broadly. Dave swallowed.“Who did you say you are again?” He asked …
Chapter Seventeen 11th August, 2010 Dave didn’t know when he had been more confused. He had tried to fathom how a corpse ended up in his office but each time, he had come up blank. The boxes were another mystery. He was gone for barely three hours and everything had gone haywire!“What is going on?” …
Read Chapter 13&14 HERE Chapter Fifteen 8th August, 2010 5 am Dave drove through the busy Abuja roads, enjoying the serenity and the cool music from the car radio. He leaned back on the seat and breathed deeply. “I’m exhausted”, he thought as he manoeuvred another turn. If he wasn’t on the road driving, he …
Chapter Thirteen Read Chapter 11 & 12 here 8th July, 2010 3 am Dave took the young lady to his car and got her settled in the passenger seat. He walked round and got into the driver’s seat. He closed the car doors and put on the air conditioner. Dave watched the young lady as …
Chapter Ten Read Chapter 9&10 HERE 8th July, 2010 3 am Dave looked at the clock in his office. It was 3 am. It was time for his morning rounds. The party had begun to wind down around 2 am. It was the same on every club night, even during the annual Touchdown party. He …
Chapter Nine Read 7&8 here 9 pm “Osheyyyy!” Ada screamed happily as Noma stepped out of the cab.Jackie smiled at Noma. “You look beautiful”, she said as she gave Noma a side hug.“Thank you”, Noma replied. Clad in a short black dress and red stiletto heels, Noma was feeling very uncomfortable. This was the only …
Read Chapter 5&6 here 7th August, 2010 02.14 am “Noma, pray!” Noma heard the Voice and woke up. She had grown accustomed to the Voice of the Holy Spirit since she was baptized in the Holy Ghost at 15. She got up and glanced at the clock. It was 2.00 am. “Ah, Holy Spirit, thank …
Read Chapter 3&4 here 3rd August, 2010 She saw him.He had been trying to find his way in the middle of a thick forest. “What is he doing here?” She wondered. “This forest is so dense”. She tried to call out to him and warn him of the coming danger but no words came out …