I’d never heard of Walter Sisulu until I stumbled on his obituary in 2003. The more I read about him, the more I discovered his role...
“Money has wings, and can fly,” is a popular statement all over the world depicting how recklessly we can spend, when we do not take steps...
The holiday is over! Well, at least for most of us. And now the hysteria to set new year resolutions, lay claim to audacious goals, and...
Whatsapp, a.k.a Wasop or Wazzap or Wosap, is a lovely platform that heightens interactivity. Don’t you just love how people you gave your number start texting...
A few days ago BellaNaija received a disturbing email about a man, Alhaji Adebayo, in Ilorin offering a bonanza to parents, to cut the genitals of...
Imagine, for a moment, that you had ten sure years ahead of you – no death, no sickness, and no mishaps. And you also had a...
Do you know how the word “moron” got into the dictionary? It was introduced by the Director of the Training School for Backward and Feeble-Minded Children,...
I lay flat on my bed. My arms stretched out, almost touching the edges. I noticed for the first time how white the ceiling boards in...
“This is Lagos,” She says to you as you meet her for the first time. You are surprised at her blunt statement. You expected a very...
Why are victims of sexual assault so often not believed? A high percentage of the disbelief may be linked to the behavioural patterns of victims themselves,...
Two of the riskiest moves a young Nigerian will make will be: one, quitting his/her job to start a business (especially a disruptive one or one...
{Click here to read the first part of this topic} *** When my daughter Nimmy was just a little over a year old, her paediatrician recommended...
With the rise of podcasts, satellite and Internet radio services, there is the fear that terrestrial radio might be losing ground. However, while the state of...
‘Meet my colleague, the one who wears white shirt everyday’ ‘Hey. Why are you always wearing the same brown shorts everywhere?’ ‘Osisiye, why do you have...
Man is essentially a social animal and from six to eight weeks of age, even before babies have learnt to support their heads by themselves, they...
‘Perhaps down in his heart Okonkwo was not a cruel man. But his whole life was dominated by fear, the fear of failure and of weakness....
So it’s a new year – that time of the year when people begin to swear to have new identities – ladies write out goals and...
I remember the day I earned NGN182, 600.00 (or $550) in a single writing project on Upwork. For many online writers from this country, that’s an...
CHAPTER 1: THE MCCAULEY’S FIRST OF ALL… GO DOWN LOW!!! GO DOWN LOW!!! The sound speakers throbbed and thumped from every angle of the ballroom as...
Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, One fateful day I received numerous calls from home: “A u Fulani! A u fulani!! E ku pewa eh,” meaning, “The Fulanis!...
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