We have a nasty culture around here; the kind that stifles the truth; the kind that stops you from voicing any ill just because a few feathers will be ruffled or simply because of shame. Growing up, I attended an…
Can men truly forgive anything but cheating?
So I came across this post on X, diary of a naijagirl. Poster narrated a childless marriage of seven years and while he was out of town one day, his wife called to say she was pregnant. The elated husband…
I regret the day I slept with my wife!
I don’t want to go and begin to blame anyone because once people read my story, they will begin to judge me. As you are looking at me right now, you will not believe I am just 32 years old…
Kizz Daniel didn’t hear about Jimmy Cliff
When Kizz Daniel got arrested last week in Tanzania, I was bitter about it; I wondered why the Tanzanian authorities would embarrass a fellow brother (we being Africans and all ) But my partner scolded me saying, “Why won’t they…
Divorce-The Christian’s dilemma- Tara Aisida
The death of Osinachi Nwachukwu this past week has again brought to the fore, the issue of domestic violence. Her death seems to be more painful because a lot of people connected with the emotions wrought by her sonorous and…
He’s lying, I did not moan while being raped!
You know, since the incident that happened to me 6 years ago…yes, it’s been that long, it didn’t happen yesterday…though it often feels like yesterday. Since then, people have been telling me to come out and tell my own…
My boyfriend found out I bedwet and that was the end
I have been a bed wetter for as long as I can remember. I remember vividly being beaten by my dad, almost every morning, for wetting my bed…I must have been about four or five years old then. He would…
Come o, should women be ashamed of their menses? – Peju Akande
It was one of those days. After a heavy lunch at work, I realised I couldn’t keep my eyes open, so I decided to take a walk down the street. It also happened to be the time school kids were…
Does Biodun Fatoyinbo know the meaning of shame? – NFNF
The dictionary defines shame as – noun “a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour.” Often seen as a word it can also refer to a sense of being, a cognition as…
I was mistaken for a mistress and then something horrible happened
See, eh, what I am about to tell you, I pray never happens even to my worst enemy. I was a banker in one of the first generation banks some 25 years ago. Yes, long time ago. My bank was…