Some Nigerian lovers, who tied the knot on October 1 and 1960, talk about their dreams for Nigeria and why they chose the historic day for their weddings with TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN October 1 is our Independence Day too — Oyebanjo How did you meet your spouse? I am Iyiola Oyebanjo. We met at a church […] …
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Ogun abandoned channelisation turns to gully of deaths, swallows houses, farms
TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes about the pains of families of landlords in communities in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, who died after losing houses to erosion The gully that sliced the Owa Kurudu, Mayo Mayo and Logun communities in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, is akin to a smelly sore that festers by the second. Sadly, the erosion ravaging the […] …
Overtaken by depression, undergraduates find solace in ropes, poison
Taking an extreme measure like committing suicide has become a common practice among Nigerian undergraduates in recent times. Eric Dumo, who interacted with family members and close friends of victims, writes on why urgent steps must be taken to arrest the situation If not for sheer providence, Mr. Eyinnaya Ariwodo would have been put six […] …
We won’t be bothered if after death we discover God exists –Atheists
Some atheists in Nigeria talk about their conviction and the resentment they suffer from people who believe in God or gods with GBENGA ADENIJI and WILLIAMS BABALOLA An engineer, Alfred Ayodele, is one of the atheists in Nigeria. He said he started doubting the existence of God when he was in senior secondary school at […] …
Our precious kids’ dreams wasted, our hopes dashed –Parents of corpers who died during service
TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes about the miseries of parents whose children died while undergoing the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme It’s close to two years that Mr. Wale Oladepo lost his doting corps member daughter but it seemed like it was an event of yesterday. The anguish is fresh like a new wound. He […] …
For 11 years, Lagos High Court has withheld my N225,000 rent, retiree cries out
Tunde Ajaja For the last 11 years, Mrs. Okome Olanike has been constrained to keep parading the Lagos State High Court to retrieve her money, which the court admittedly received on her behalf from one of her tenants. Till date, the court, which is deemed, ordinarily, as the last hope of the common man, has […] …
We may be in pain but this won’t stop us from worshipping God –Victims of Delta church building collapse
On Sunday, September 1, 2018, over 80 parishioners were observing the morning Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church, Adagbrasa-Ugolo, Delta State, when the church building collapsed. Some of them share the horrific moment with THEOPHILUS ONOJEGHEN The anguish and sorrow that greeted Adagbrasa-Ugolo, an agrarian community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, last […] …
Eight reasons you should still change your child’s school
Tunde Ajaja The decision to change a child’s school is sometimes a hard one to make, and that could be due to many reasons. Sometimes, it could be that the child has been used to the school or whether there are no suitable alternatives, among many other reasons. So it was for Mrs. Ayomide Jegede, […] …
Two sides of a coin: Contrasting stories of efforts big, slim ladies make to change shapes
Toluwalope Kareem The popular idiom – ‘one man’s meat, is another man’s poison’ – would perhaps be the best way to describe the preference in body sizes by many Nigerian ladies. Described by many as fashionable, Nigerian women are known to pay ample attention to their bodies and general looks. While in the Eastern part […] …
When a woman earns more than her husband
TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes about the pros and cons of when a wife earns more money than her husband When a lawyer, Mrs Morenike Adeyemi, who worked in a multinational, married her accountant husband five years ago, she was earning more than him. The mother of two said her husband’s understanding helped her to submit to […] …