“Women cry too much. Real men don’t cry” This narrative we live by. It has indeed made so many suppress their emotions. Man wey better cry dey hungry no go gree cry. He’d keep looking up like Jesus is giving him signs from... Read More
Does Living Alone Make A Lady Indecent?
When I hear people say ‘decent single ladies do not live alone’, I just call them idiots in my head and keep walking or remain unlooking. How can a person just say stuffs like that without thinking? We talk faster than we think and... Read More
Be encouraged, Be motivated, Be inspired: Achieve Your Resolutions
I write this inspiring charge to you my friends especially the youths who seem to have lost faith in the Nigerian nation, in people and most importantly in themselves. I know it’s so hard to have faith in a system that dealt you so much fate. It is... Read More
How Do You “Return” A Wife?
By Nkechi Bianze I started “working” and doing my little businesses immediately after secondary school. I still couldn’t foot all my bills with the few hundreds of naira that I was making, but at least, I didn’t have to ask my parents for... Read More
Irresponsible caretakers : The bane of our predicament
By Jagunmade O. Rilycks In my father’s house, we live in perpetual penury. In short, we are richly poor and sadly happy. We are greatly cursed (blessed?) with vast resources. Human resources, arable land, water bodies etc, are all in massive... Read More
Cloudy Question Marks
By Babatomiwa Seriki Questions: Do I want to bring a poor soul to this “new world” turned plastic? Male or female as we categorize Female: Do I want to teach her not to have the luxury of seeing things beyond black or white? Would she... Read More
Renewed Biafra Agitation and the Bloody Protests: A Case of Misplaced Priority
By Jagunmade O. Rilycks It is pertinent to state that this write-up is just my personal opinion on the recent Biafra jingoism which you might agree or disagree with. However, I will strive to be as objective as possible. The clamour for the republic of... Read More
Nigeria’s Dairy: The travails of a Crippled giant at 56
Written by DAMILARE RILYCKS I am Nigeria and here goes my pathetic story… *clears throat* Early years I was born on the 1st of January 1914 and named Nigeria due to the closeness of my parents to the River... Read More
Much a do about Ethnocentrism in our Religions
Written by DAMILARE RILYCKS “God has no religion” – MAHATMA GANDHI I was passing through a street in the ancient city of Ibadan some days ago and something quite unusual caught my attention. I was attracted to a scene where a large... Read More