Are you showing kindness?

I’ve often heard people say – be kind. Because… In a relationship, the one thing that will keep it going when all else fails is…kindness; in life, the one thing that may determine how far up the ladder of success…

When the devil gets on your case, only God can help you

I’ve heard people deride others about the existence of the devil. Yes, I mean the red being with horns and a dragon’s tail. Old folks will tell you not to eat with this two faced liar and if you must,…

Ending domestic abuse should start with women

The issue of domestic violence is wide but what concerns me today is battery. Weeks back, someone sent me a short video clip of a street interview conducted by a local tv station. It was more of a vox pop.…

Come o, what do you know about your neighbour?

The day Eleanor’s husband, Obatunde, moved out of their matrimonial home, virtually everyone in our estate knew and for almost one year after, Eleanor did not breathe a word about it, she kept mum, carried on as if all was…

One day, the police will be your friend

Did you get to see that video clip of Nigeria’s paramilitary officers singing a special rendition of that popular Christmas song, Feliz Navidad? Yeah? Were you impressed with the pretty fair-skinned Civil Defence female officer in the opening scene and…

Fine woman, dirty undies

Women generally are familiar with body heat, it’s in our genetic makeup-hormones and the like, I guess. And when we get pregnant that heat intensifies; it’s almost as if there’ll be an implosion. I remember when I was pregnant, years…

Dear Naija man, what do you really want?

Did I hear you say sex? But is that not for guys in their twenties and thirties…ermm and their forties and fifties…add the sixties…ok, while you are at it, let’s just add seventies… but really, is that what sums up…

From one chance to fart chance

I’ve been told by a couple of my silly Ibo friends that the Yorubas fart a lot. Haba! See why I called them silly? I mean, is farting a cultural thing? Without trying to task my Biology knowledge or putting…

If your spouse is a kidnapper, will you report him?

The arrest of Chukwudi Onuamadike, the most high-profile kidnap kingpin in Nigerian crime history a few years ago, got us all talking. Several social and news platforms had images, even videos of Evans; his gang and of course, his luxurious…

A toast to my publisher Toni Kan @ 52 — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

The first time I set eyes on Toni Kanayo Onwordi, famously known as Toni Kan, I found fun oozing from his every pore.  He blazed into the Lagos writing circle with uncommon confidence that was at once assured and very…

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