Author: Uché

With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Temitope recounts that she went to Lagos married and came back as a widow a week later. After their first session together as a couple, her husband was thrown into a fit. Minutes later he died.

We spend money buying blood tonic or medicine that will upbuild our blood level, but this natural leaf builds blood more than any medicine you can think of. A regular dose of it keeps the hospital very far away from you.

Most employers in Lagos, are slave drivers! They take their workers for granted no matter their qualifications. All an employee needs to do to be laid off, is to fall sick.

She told them she was going to be away for a year, and everyone got curious. In fact, they were confused. They expected her to be happy, but she wasn’t. If something had gone wrong, they couldn’t tell what it was. The gloom oozing from her was just too strong.

Whenever you are tempted
To describe yourself as the “King of Queens”,
Remember that you are leaving a vacuum.

The notion that social media has a negative impact on mental well-being is widespread. There are talks that the reason for the unproductivity of young people is their increased use of social media. What we forget is that as the days go by, trends change; and everyone who does not change with, either ‘dies’ or becomes ‘extinct’. As a matter of fact, to be off social media these days is to commit a career or business suicide.

From where she stood, she could make out her twins girls, but something didn’t seem right. Sharply, she turned to look at the scoreboard. Shoot! The scoreline was a tie.

…for most young men from the East, formal education will always be secondary to Imu-ahia. No matter the career path chosen, there will always be the need to do Imu-ahia first before venturing out or pursuing any passion.

Aisha nodded and even feigned a smile. She looked at her mother’s swollen face and tears well up in her eyes.

The majority of the women whose children are sold are young unmarried girls from very poor homes, and who are scared of social stigmatization associated with unwanted teenage pregnancies. Some of these young women go to the baby factory after searching for abortion clinics, but the others are often kidnapped and brainwashed.

Grace turned, collected what he was offering and started to walk away. She was everywhere, and her shrill voice was dishing out commands. The Army General, Grace, was going to set up a base, and she needed her foot soldiers to get going.

Sharo, tests the bravery of the young initiates as they lash each other to the peak of endurance.
The challenger is of the same age group with the contestant and provokes by wielding a big thick cane at him with the sole purpose of inflicting pain.

To begin the process of helping, you need to confirm your suspicions. This is important because one wrong assumption is capable of destroying the good intentions you have. To do this…

After two hours and twenty-seven minutes of actively trying in hunger and tiredness; weak limbs and banging head, my generator is finally on.

When I came to, Strange Boy was talking to one mai magani bera – an otapiapia vendor. The vendor didn’t have sniper, so the boy settled for traditional rat poison commonly known as otapiapia. He picked up his wheelbarrow, dumped his shovel in it and bid me farewell.

The history of South Africa, as we know it today, recounts the selfless sacrifices made by Nelson Mandela, but does it mention the effort of the Nigerian who believed in him and fought for him? Hardly.

She smiled. I frowned. Deep pain. “Do they know who they are to you?” She shook her head.

Mr. Olumide, our neighbor, is involved in some next level shit. Word reaching us is that his dearest wife, (eight years childless), went into labor at the same time his sweet Sade did.

Since you declared your emigraton from my heart,the world has suddenly gone quiet.I no longer see the stars,and the dark nights are now my worst enemies;as the bogeyman has taken up permanent residenceoutside my window. In place of all the sunshine, the laughter, and the high hopes,a very uncomfortable silence now sits in my heart.And eventhough I still wake up at midnightto lock the door I keep open for you,I’m left wondering if we once were.

For a while now, everyone has been waiting on the series of movies that will grace the cinema in 2019. Especially for us here in Nigeria…

We received word, around the middle of the month, that The Batman’s writer/director Matt Reeves and Warner Bros had narrowed their choice for a possible Bruce Wayne down to two candidates