I often catch this reality TV show on TLC, I didn’t know I was pregnant or something like that. It sounds silly, abi, to be pregnant and have no clue. When you get pregnant, you know your body has been…
Photo me bad – Peju Akande
My people have a popular saying: ko si ireje ni nu foto, meaning, there’s no cheating in a photograph. They are wrong. There’s always plenty of cheating going on in all of those photographs of huge models on billboards, who…
Cougars on the loose – Peju Akande
I stopped at a restaurant at GRA Ikeja to buy Nsala and poundo yam. As I took a seat one of the male waiters approached. He came in measured steps holding a tablet to take my order. He couldn’t be…
Have you ever been stood up? – Peju Akande
I don’t mean the altar kind of “stood up” o. Those who go that far are the meanest of the lot. I am talking about the I-have-taken-a- bath-powdered- my- face- donned- on- my- best- dress- and waiting- for- you- at-…
Death is a part of life – Peju Akande
Death, the very taboo subject we all want to avoid is, sadly, a part of our daily life. The concept of death affects our perception of life and informs the way we view life in general. For instance, to a…
We are just mothers, not God – Peju Akande
Despite my best intentions, I’ll never be able to protect my kids from certain things in life. When I took in, I had no idea what to expect, nothing in my life prepared me for the amazing human being that…
I can’t keep her and her pregnancy, I’m also pregnant – Peju Akande
It is no longer news that rape cases are on the increase. Neither is it news that fathers and caregivers and many times, close family members or friends have often been fingered as culprits in these rape cases. Many times…
It no longer takes a village to train a child o-Peju Akande
Growing up, I often heard people say, “It takes a whole village to raise a child.” What this simply means is that every adult within the circumference of a growing child is duty bound to teach the child the acceptable…
Why we no longer give alms to street beggars in Lagos – Peju Akande
If you’ve ever been in one of those long traffic jams in Lagos, you must have seen these women who carry twin babies while begging for alms. It seems they are forever having babies. They are mostly at the Maryland…
Can you imagine, my wife left me for another woman!
I was once married; married to a beautiful woman. She is an architect and she comes from a well-to-do home. We met in London some twenty- five years back but did not start dating until we ran into each other…
