My people have a popular saying: ko si ireje ni nu foto, meaning, there’s no cheating in a photograph. They are wrong. There’s always plenty of cheating going on in all of those photographs of huge models on billboards, who…
Cougars on the loose – Peju Akande
I stopped at a restaurant at GRA Ikeja to buy Nsala and poundo yam. As I took a seat one of the male waiters approached. He came in measured steps holding a tablet to take my order. He couldn’t be…
Have you ever been stood up? – Peju Akande
I don’t mean the altar kind of “stood up” o. Those who go that far are the meanest of the lot. I am talking about the I-have-taken-a- bath-powdered- my- face- donned- on- my- best- dress- and waiting- for- you- at-…
I can’t keep her and her pregnancy, I’m also pregnant – Peju Akande
It is no longer news that rape cases are on the increase. Neither is it news that fathers and caregivers and many times, close family members or friends have often been fingered as culprits in these rape cases. Many times…
It no longer takes a village to train a child o-Peju Akande
Growing up, I often heard people say, “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” What this simply means is that every adult within the circumference of a growing child is duty bound to teach the child the acceptable…
Why we no longer give alms to street beggars in Lagos – Peju Akande
If you’ve ever been in one of those long traffic jams in Lagos, you must have seen these women who carry twin babies while begging for alms. It seems they are forever having babies. They are mostly at the Maryland…
How do we save our kids from evil men and women?– Peju Akande
I met a pretty little girl of about six years old over the weekend and in the space of 30 minutes, she had told me everything I needed to know about her. She told me, without being queried, what her…
Do you know the difference between a maid and a house girl? – Peju Akande
This last Easter celebration when friends and family gathered over food and old gists, I came across a set of presentable young women. No, they didn’t have weaves or false lashes or loud make-up. They were well groomed, spoke good…
If he is cheating, do you want to know? – Peju Akande
Human nature is complex. What is food for one, is poison to another and yet for another, it might be a means of clothing. Take pomo for instance, animal skin, abi? We Nigerians celebrate it; shred it into egusi or…
Future daughter-in-law, beware! – Peju Akande
That won’t be anytime soon. I had a serious relationship talk with my young son this last holiday and the notion of me being a mother-in-law struck me forcefully. I felt odd. The subject of mothers- in- law and their…
