We met at a re-union after 30 years. But let me back track a bit to give you context. We finished secondary school in 1988 and after that I went to the UK to continue my studies. When I finished,…
The ‘me-me’ generation and the parents breeding them-Tara Martins Aisida
“No one owes you anything” was a refrain I heard severally when I was growing up and l in reply would often snicker in my mind “I didn’t beg to be born, so you owe me plenty.” The true meaning…
Some dreams are not ordinary dreams o. Hear my story first
I want to start my story by saying that some people are just bad for business; they are the reason a lot of people who are in business go into all forms of fetish things. I am not in support…
The day I met Kobe Bryant – Yemisi Lara
It was 2001 and I had just moved to Philadelphia. It was taking a minute to adjust because apart from me being a little introverted, Philly people, or Philippians as I ironically called them, were not friendly people. I didn’t…
My father cursed me and I suffered for 14 years
I was in my early-thirties and newly married when my father married a 19-year-old girl. Yes, I am telling you the truth. My father was an Imam. He was popular in his area and he was also not poor, you…
Dear LASG, an okada ban is not the answer – Feyintiba Egbehemi
When people cannot find an easy solution to a problem, they throw their hands up in the air and walk away. Parents who get tired of telling their children how to do certain chores, and do not have the patience…
She said the pregnancy was mine then she asked for an abortion because…
You know, women say men are scum; but my sister, women are not the salt of the earth themselves. They find it easy to call us names but some women can bring out the worst in you. I met Ada…
Dear Boo, I am not my mother o – Tara Martins Aisida
I was speaking with a friend the other day and we got talking about how the family structure has changed and the fact that things are not as they were when we were growing up. We talked about the traditional…
I don’t know the father of my 19-year-old daughter and I don’t care
When I got into the university I was practically fending for myself. You see, I had no sponsor. My parents were aged; they didn’t have money to support me in school; my elder siblings also had their own families to…
They wanted to buy phones so I sent my boy to deliver. Biggest mistake ever!
If I swear for some people, that curse will rule their lives forever; but I will not curse them, I will not bless them either, I will leave them in the hands of the Living God! My sister, people…