6 children, mother killed by Israeli airstrike as Blinken arrives for truce efforts

An Israeli airstrike on Gaza has killed seven members of the same family as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel to call for a truce in the war between Israel and Hamas, officials announced Sunday. The blast…

Mother of popular Hausa musician, Rarara, regains freedom

The mother of the famous Hausa political singer, Dauda Adamu Kahutu, popularly known as Rarara, has been freed by bandits. The news of her release was confirmed by Rarara, on his verified Instagram handle on Wednesday morning. Details about the…

Missing mother of 2 took her life -Father

A mother of two, Margaret Atayi, who was reported to have been found dead late on Monday, after going missing last Thursday night from her parents’ home in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, is alleged to have taken her own life following…

My two sons are fighting over one woman and her child. Who do I support?

‘I will kill you,” he shouted at his brother.  ‘I swear I will kill you!’ Then he turned to me, his eyes red with anger and tears. It broke my heart as he kept repeating himself.   ‘Tell your son,…

Son ‘stabbed mum to death thinking she was a vampire biting him at night’

A man allegedly drove a stake through his mother’s throat believing she was a vampire and was biting him at night. Robert Bruce Poe, 56, was found standing in a driveway covered with blood on his hands and clothing and…

I pushed my wife away, now all I have is regrets

Grace was my second wife and “mother” to my two sons. I say mother even though she did not give birth to them. When I met her, she was well into her forties. She was desperate, no let me not…

Dark truths about motherhood — Tara Aisida

It’s International Mother’s Day on the 14th of May and having been a mother for a whole 27 years, the following are some of the things I have garnered over the years.   1.There is nothing like a perfect mother. I…

Let me tell you how I became a chef – Gbubemi Atimomo

…reminiscences of my early culinary experiences My love for food started from the womb. I am sure of this because in all of my baby pictures, I am rotund and cherubic. In some of these pictures, I am holding either…

My 70 year old father impregnated a 19 year old. Oya, guess what happened next?

Small girls these days are trying, o. They are smarter than their elders, I swear! All the news I have heard about the Super TV boss that was murdered has left me wondering especially with many people saying the man…

Biko, so you think your mother is a witch – Peju Akande

“Who sat and watched my infant head, When sleeping on my cradle bed, And tears of sweet affection shed? My mother” So goes the first stanza in the popular poem for mothers by Anne Taylor. I used to weep profusely…

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