by Pius Adesanmi What’s in a name? Nothing, says Western culture, for a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. Everything, say the cultures of Africa, for every name is a messenger, running errands of family history and circumstances of birth for its bearer. That is why an African seldom jokes with... Read More

bastard, culture, Doyin Okupe, opinion, Pius Adesanmi, ynaija, Yoruba

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I killed my 3-month-old son because he’s a bastard – Mother confesses

by ‘Jola Sotubo A teenager has been arrested by the police in Taraba after it was alleged that she poisoned her own child and caused his death. 18-year-old Aisha Abdullahi, is said to have taken the life of her three-month-old son, Ibrahim Ubale. Aisha is said to have killed the baby with ‘otapiapia’, a local... Read More

3 month old, Aisha Abdullahi, bastard, dead, killed, mother, Otapiapia, poisoned, Taraba

September 18, 2013

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Opinion: Help! My mother is denying me (Part 2)

by Yetunde Arebi To cut the long story short, I was told that my father was a bastard like me and had died in the forest like I also would. That day, I got the beating of my life and my mother did not only renounce me as her daughter but warned me not to... Read More

‘evil forest’, bastard, beating, denying, father, mother, Yetunde Arebi

May 17, 2013

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Opinion: How our legal system in Nigeria become the bastard child

by Ayo Sogunro Don’t get fooled by the litigious nature of today’s topic. Frankly, we don’t like lawyers much. They tend to be an overbearing, cagey, self-infatuated, narrow-minded, briefcase slinging lot with an overblown estimation of their own relevance. Today’s post is not a free advert for lawyers, so don’t punch a hole through your... Read More

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