LIFE IN ALL SPHERES
My first blog post, dropped on this day by this time of the day. Wow! by 4:19am, when I am supposed to be sleeping but have somehow managed to stay awake through out the night. Thoughts of the day ahead makes me wish I had slept earlier. Oops! Wishes, I guess were never meant to …
Hushpuppi About a week ago, the news of a celebrity fraudster emerged in the media constituting nuisance. I think any issue that outshines COVID-19 in the media must be one with large impact, but the case of a fraudster and its media attention is worrisome. A Nigerian and worldwide fraudster who has wined and dined …
EJIMOFOR HANNAH CHIAMAKA Photo credit: May Okoh "Beauty, truly lies in the eyes of the beholder"The people murmured amongst themselves as they watched the bride walk down the aisle, arm in arm with her father, face glued to the alter and her gown as blinding as the rays of the sun. If not that it …
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YUBEDEE PYAMENE ANOKARI Aunty you no go marry? You don dey old oo Most women are pressured by the society into marriage, like marriage is the apex of the feminine life. This is fundamentally wrong and has pushed countless women into wrong marriages and even worse, limited their mindset to never wanting more of out …
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IBINABO SEKIBO The issue of trust cannot be overemphasized, everyone is a suspect to someone, and no one trusts anyone, so you see it is just a vicious cycle that we keep going through, it happens to keep things happening. Seeing how trust is something you earn, why should it always be a thing of …
MATILDA DIKIBO Some decades ago, the virginity of a woman was her worth and a determinant of her value. She was seen as a precious jewel by her rightfully wedded husband. The virginity of a woman is her pride and dignity. It's something that a woman should treasure and shouldn't let go just to anyone. …
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It is a common tradition and popular culture amongst various climes across the world for people to date, court or be in a relationship first for a certain length of time before getting married – not so certain now, but surely, there is a period between when they meet and when they actually get married, …
Photo Credit: Port Harcourt Jagaban Port Harcourt, the capital city of Rivers State, Nigeria; is a city along the Bonny River in the Southern (also known as Niger Delta) region of Nigeria. With the sudden spate of the nouvelle corona virus in the world, Africa has not been left out. Most specially, the highly populated …
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Yubedee Pyamene Anokari Getting into the university, I fell in love with Dami at my first year. For the first time in as long as I can remember, a girl actually loved me and cared - true love was here, or so I thought. I didn’t want to rush things, so I took it slow. …
Ejimofor Hannah Chiamaka If keyboards could speak, I believe that it's first sentence would be directed to the typists who stares at the monitor as they blindly punch in every key without minding if it's the heart of the keys or even the eyes. If keyboards could speak, I'd advice them to speak to their …
Comfort Eke 'When a lady gets to at least 25 years, she should be married'. In Nigeria, getting married seems to be an issue of concern in many families. Some want the grand wedding, exquisite clothes for aso-ebi. 'Our family no dey carry last oh' in their own words. Some mothers go to the extent …
