so we became like sisters. At that time too, she needed a flat mate to pay the other half of the two bedroom she rented in Palmgrove, her former flat mate had got married and moved out. So who better…
Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerians are the real victims — Tara Aisida
Like most of us I have been following the travails of the Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his Wife Beatrice. As we are all aware, the Senator and his wife were arrested in the United Kingdom on their…
My son was born to like men, please leave him alone
As a mother, my heart is truly heavy over the things people say about my son. I was looking for a son because having a boy child was the only condition the father gave for me to remain in the…
Handling transitions and change-Tara Aisida
I really don’t like change even when it is for my good and will make me happy. On second thoughts, I think that it’s the process of getting to that state of change that I desire that I dread the…
Before Burna Boy burns himself
Burna Boy is a bad boy. Bad boys thrive on being consistently bad. Like when he walked off a show hosted by Zenith bank some three years back. He’d showed up late and for some reasons told the organisers he…
The harlot who was killed for owning a Quran
I’ve never seen a people who know God better than the rest of us, the way some of our nameless, faceless northern brothers do; and I mean the ones who insist on lynching perceived violators of the Quran. I have…
Addiction: How do we beat this growing menace? — Tara Aisida
I wonder how many people watched the video that made the rounds this week about a naked couple that were found wandering around the Victoria Garden City ( VGC) Estate in Lagos. As the story goes, the security operatives in…
They said I raped her to death but she was my wife!
I don’t like going outside to mess around when I have a wife; I loved my wife and I would do anything for her. This was a woman who married me against all advice by her family not to marry…
Bishop Daniels; a pastor who’s “rod” is an instrument of “punishment”
There’s the story of a Bishop Daniels, founder of a certain church in Lagos, accused of not sparing the rod to spoil his erring female congregation! He is said to be a man whos member is often used to hold…
This old age hehn! Tara Aisida
“Lawyer this old age ehenh! Hmmmm…” were my client’s response to my enquiries about his health and well being during a pre-trial meeting we had shortly before his 80th birthday. He continued “I was praying to grow old but I…