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…
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…
Husband suing wife for cash spent on son who’s not his (Metro)
A man who has sued his unfaithful estranged wife after discovering that her eight-year-old son is not his has been barred from publicising the name of the father. The man wants the woman to return ‘every penny’ he spent on…
Drunk dad rapes intoxicated daughter, thinking she’s his new wife (Punch)
A drunk man, 50, who raped his own daughter on his wedding night “because he thought she was his wife” has been sentenced to two years and six months in jail. The man, from Denmark, was hosting his wedding reception at…
I’m torn between father and son, having slept with the two of them
“My phone is ringing, please get it,” Tunde hollered from the bathroom. I was lying in his bed, tingling from our after shag glow. We had just had mind blowing sex that morning for the first time in about a…
Father held for infecting two-year-old daughter with STD (Punch)
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Peter Adida for allegedly defiling his two-year-old daughter in the Badore area of Ajah. The Lagos State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said in a statement on…
Father raped 17-year-old daughter for six years – Doctor (Punch)
A doctor, Elizabeth Olatunji, on Thursday, narrated to the Lagos State Special Offences Court how a 51-year-old electrician, Folorunsho Oluwaseun, sexually assaulted his 17-year-old daughter for over six years. Oluwaseun is standing trial before Justice Sybil Nwaka on charges of…
Father of two deceased kids found in freezer transferred to CID (Punch)
Mr Micheal Edeh, father of the two children and their dog found dead in a freezer at Igbogbo-Baiyeku area of Ikorodu has been transferred to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP…
20-year-old remanded in prison for attempting to kill father (Punch)
A 20-year-old man, Abubakar Haruna, has been remanded in Katsina prison for allegedly attempting to kill his father over a misunderstanding. The accused allegedly attacked his father, Haruna Ilele, with a stick “with the intent to kill him”. Also remanded…
Adult-ing is not easy at all – Abiodun Kuforiji Nkwocha
When my friend’s father died almost 2 years ago, I wrote a poem in his memory called ‘The Landscape is changing’. The clear picture of my childhood that included my parents, her parents, my aunts and uncles and our homes…