“Iyawo ole!” “Oleeee! Teefu! Barawo!” Me, the wife of a thief! My legs were shaking as their insults hit me like missiles the day I went to the General hospital at Gbagada to visit my boyfriend, Obele. I had been…
They say my husband is dead but where is the body?
I’ve not even enjoyed my husband for nine months and now I hear he is dead. But how can they say he is dead when there’s no body? My husband’s name is Bolaji Owolabi. He was born 38 years ago…
Confessions of a prostitute – Ashawo no be better work!
My name is Blessing Matthias but call me Ibukun, because that is what my name means in Yoruba language, although, I’m not a Yoruba person. My occupation? As in job? I am sex worker; at Sharp Corner Hotel, for this…
He said he was my boyfriend, but he was really the devil
Till today, I still cannot imagine how I fell for a con like Musibau at my age. By the way, I’m 32 years and I almost lost my life because I fell for a ritualist, who wanted to use me…
Sisi, this child you threw away could be President tomorrow
What kind of world is this? Where a woman will abandon her own flesh and blood? I can’t believe it no matter how hard I try to understand her reasons for doing it. I can’t accept that abandoning a baby…
I waited to train my siblings, now I have a deformed baby
‘Congratulations on your new born,’ the doctor said to me. I smiled in response. I patted the new born I was holding, a baby girl. She smelled of baby oil and talcum. Her long lashes were shut in the kind…
True to God, I don’t want my father to go to jail
True to God, I don’t want my father to go to jail. But he has been doing some bad things to me for some time now. So I decided to report him to my grandmother, Iya onisu. That’s what we…
I can’t make love to my wife except our prophet is present
I’m not an illiterate. I’m a Masters’ degree holder. So, don’t begin to judge me as someone who has been brain-washed. I met my wife while I was serving in Gombe State, that’s way before Boko Haram became a problem.…
One loud ex-lover and now my marriage is in tatters
My husband steps out naked from the en-suite bathroom. The lights are off but I can see him thanks to the light filtering in from outside. His body glistens wet from his shower and shave. He has always preferred to…
One night and she says its over but I can’t get over that one night (2)
If you missed the Part 1, play catch up here Her house looked like I had imagined it. As lovely as she did and done up in pastel colours. Her furniture was out of this world and her dining set…