We love reading Nollywood actress Dakore Akande’s experiences with motherhood (click here and here to read past posts) which she shares on her blog here. In...
So! He popped the question, you said “Yes!” Congratulations! You are engaged. What’s next? It usually goes something like this: First, your status changes on all...
Facebook Chief of Operations Sheryl Sandberg lost her husband, Dave Goldberg, CEO of Survey Monkey, in a gym accident on holiday, a month ago. The 47...
I was going to write about another matter for this post, when an ominous situation recurred yet again to a close relative recently. Married for about...
I remember sitting at the back seat of our car as a little girl with my siblings while we drove past a crowd of people on...
Growing up, kids my age feared different things –gbomo gbomo or ojuju catching you for frolicking about in the streets after dark. It was those things,...
Call her “Ashawo!!!” [ɑ:ʃɑ:wəʊ], “Ashee” for short. Call her Ashawo as she slaves through her nightshift trying to make ends meet. Call her Ashawo still when...
Negative feedback isn’t really a bad thing. Of course, it usually hurts, especially when it is invective, but it can be a good thing for you....
The video below contains graphic scenes of violence. If you’ve got a squeamish belly… please do not proceed. Thank you. Amnesty International, today, 3rd of June...
No matter who you are…no matter how the relationship ended, whether they were bad for you or good for you…doesn’t matter. Your Ex getting married before...
I have just turned 25, and for everyone familiar with Nigerians, you know that this is the age everyone begins to talk to you about marriage....
I have always been rather wary of my relative inexperience with relationships considering my age; and this has made me wonder just how qualified I am...
Globally, breast cancer is the leading cancer in women with over 1.3 million cases reported annually, in contrast, ovarian cancer affects over 250,000 women, and is...
When you loved someone who died young, you never really forget. It changes you. I am reminded of this as I go through my old journal....
“Losing weight” is a common predicament nowadays for people who are overweight. From diet plan to diet plan to attempted workout routine to dance classes to...
Don’t you just hate people who can’t kiss? It’s a hot mess really! Okay, let’s dial this back a few rounds. You meet this super delicious...
I recently watched a reality program about a woman who had lost a lot of weight following gastric bypass. She lost enough weight to take her...
Last week, award winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gave a rousing speech to the 2015 graduating set of Wellesley College, Massachusetts. As usual, Adichie encourages women...
I am a fan of action movies (the more the fight scenes, the better) but I can see why the movie “The Notebook” and so many...
Several years ago I had an experience when I was a student in a secondary school. It was a phase in my life that I will...
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