Men fascinate me. I consider them a mystery. My grounds for fascination are obvious. I am a woman, so a man’s world is alien to me. Many times, I do not understand the way they think, reason, behave or even…
How did that even happen? My name is Halima and I am 18 years old. I did a bit of schooling before I was abducted and married off about four years ago. I know who abducted me and my parents…
Nigeria is the playboy of the western world. Back in time, Nigeria followed Britain like a zombie to practise the parliamentary system of democracy that crashed like Humpty-Dumpty. Then the country turned full circle to ape the presidential system of…
In Nigeria, it is easy to blame the wife for anything that goes wrong with her husband; but let’s be honest here, my brother’s wife is a terrible woman. We generally don’t like her in the family, even to date.…
I came into Lagos last week and when I told my cousin that I was going to Alausa to see someone, he said “Be careful o. Mind how you drive o. Lagos state government now has CCTV cameras that they…
Last week I wrote about women; the frustrations we feel and our right to be happy. From the comments I got, a lot of women identified with the writing and like me, feel strongly about this issue. I have decided…
My wife’s name is Rose; she is my third wife but unlike my first two wives, Rose is not from my place. I am from Auchi by the way. So because Rose is not from my place – she is…
In the annals of dating, there is BC and AD. This way, many football gurus in Nigeria denote the march of Nigerian football thusly: BW (Before Westerhof) and AW (After Westehof)! I don’t dabble in controversies. Anybody who knows…
People always say Lagos landlords are bad and I agree but just as there are some decent Nigerians we still have decent landlords out there. My landlord was one of them. I met my landlord when I was at the…
Some people have told me that I do not have a forgiving spirit, I said, ok, no problem. But you can only tell me that if you’ve walked ten years in my shoes, otherwise, keep your opinion to yourself. I…
