I have always marveled at how pretentious and hypocritical our society is but the recent survey carried out by the Pew Research Center which revealed that the most homophobic countries ranked highest in the search for gay porn on Google just reaffirmed my belief. According to Google trends, Nigeria ranks 4th in the world after…
It’s my birthday today! Yippee!!! …ok, that’s trying to drum up some excitement for my special day which coincidentally is blog day! Birthdays are one of those days that get the average person excited and it is understandably so because it comes just once in 365 days! However, for me it is slightly different…
It is one of the most used slangs in the social media world! And a prerequisite for being perceived as cool in this interesting generation. In the virtual communities and networks you are nobody if you ain’t got swag. Swag which is an abbreviation of the word swagger is all about style, coolness and…
I am one of those people who rank loyalty as perhaps the most important factor in friendship. An unwavering allegiance is to me the bedrock of any meaningful relationship, but when does loyalty become blind loyalty? Even though I believe that family and friends should stand resolutely behind one another in times of trouble, I…
Sometime ago, my girlfriends and I were chit-chatting over lunch when our conversation drifted to the topic of husband snatching, then I dropped what I didn’t know before then was a bombshell….”I don’t believe in husband or wife snatching as the case maybe” I said. They all practically stopped what they were doing and gawked…
For someone who considers herself a bit of a rebel at heart, I have always been one for speaking up against any wrong against my person or others. For a long time, it was all about saying things as they were and not mincing words regardless of the circumstances involved or irrespective of whose Ox…
The customer’s perception is your reality- Kate Zabriskie You walk into an office to do business and the first welcome you get is a chewing-gum-smacking or nail-filing receptionist who’s more interested in the Nollywood movie showing on African Magic or the…
At the end of the day, the magic isn’t in getting married, but in staying married – Baggage Claim (The Movie) I try to push my boundaries and challenge myself to face my fears each day, which is why I have chosen to write about something I would normally shy away from. I also figured…
I first got the information about the purported plan of the Federal Government of Nigeria to ban the sale and widespread consumption of cowskin, popularly called Kpomo in local parlance via Twitter. I read a couple of reactions to the news but none stated the reason(s) for the proposed ban. I honestly thought its consumption…
It is more blessed to give than to receive -Acts 20:35 (The Holy Bible) I know friends are not supposed to feel bad about putting each other at some level of inconvenience, I mean what are friends for…right? But when a friend becomes a…
