Tag: Love

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Op-ed EditorDecember 1, 2016

Frances Ogamba: Sister, sister

by Frances Ogamba You have a sister, an elder one, the one with skin like chocolate cream. The one with ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 23, 2016

The Thread: Why play hard to get?

Still on relationships, @Knightofdelta shares his experience with a gal who played hard to get. It makes one wonder: why ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 23, 2016

The Thread: “Know when to fight for love, and when to let it go”, @julietkego advises

Juliet Kego, poet and international speaker, has some relationship advice for you. In a series of tweets, she draws a ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 23, 2016

Edwin Okolo: Speak of dragons [NEW VOICES]

Yesterday Toye asked me why I seem like I ‘gave up on the world’ and I told him I didn’t, ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 20, 2016

Eketi Edima Ette: Are you Jesus?

by Eketi Edima Ette All my life, whenever someone has made this statement to me, it’s always been in the ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 16, 2016

Tochukwu Okwuanya: Married in thirty days

by Tochukwu Okwuanya “He will make a good husband; won’t he?” I questioned rhetorically for it will take a high ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 5, 2016

The Thread: When that penguin leaves you for another

If you haven’t seen the penguin video, here’s where to go. If you have, these memes will leave you in ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 5, 2016

The Thread: This Penguin horror movie will teach you a thing or two about relationships

Since the release of this clip by National Geographic, narrating a bloody fight for supremacy between two penguins- one the ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 4, 2016

The points system | How to make women happy

by Okang Ashiwel Ochui So, I was doing some digital housekeeping when I found this old article from somewhere. With ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 4, 2016

The Thread: Why did God love David so?

In scripture, David is referred to as a man after God’s heart. This declaration about David was made by God ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 2, 2016

Frances Ogamba: The tribute [Nigerian Voices]

by Frances Ogamba Obum, Every day, I wonder what I was doing the very moment you leapt into the waves ...

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Op-ed EditorNovember 2, 2016

Ferdinand Mozie: My first kiss [Nigerian Voices]

by Ferdinand Mozie   Eighteen years back, when I was twelve, then I was in JSS2 in my school. I ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 31, 2016

Abraham Isaac Oluwatimilehin: Poetic justice [Nigerian Voices]

by Abraham Isaac Oluwatimilehin *Click* This is me staring at you, wide-eyed, the first time we met. I find this photograph ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 27, 2016

The Thread: These bants had us rolling

Husband and wife, @I_pissVodka and @HeartOfGold_, traded these memes between each other. See below: My Dear Angel, I pick my ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 27, 2016

Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto: The ties that bind

by Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto “Frank, that’s not the right way to put on your sandals,” I said to my younger brother ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 24, 2016

Ifeoluwa Nihinlola: I hope someone calls them beloved

by Ifeoluwa Nihinlola There is something about Lagos, about this human chaos, about entering danfos and crawling into kekes and jumping ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 18, 2016

Blessing Iyamadiken: Love was… [Nigerian Voices]

by Blessing Iyamadiken Love was… Growing up, I wanted a certain degree of love and affection, one that wasn’t just about ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 13, 2016

Bolade Ogunfuye: What life has taught me thus far [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye Pointers on a few insights I’ve learnt in my not-so-short life. Our education system was built on ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 12, 2016

Charity Okorie: Finding love across the sea [Nigerian Voices]

by Charity Okorie “I think I’ll send him a friend request just for laughs.” I took my phone and immediately ...

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Isime EseneOctober 11, 2016

The Sexuality Blog: Genitals means gender… or does it?

We are not really good at calling things out in Nigeria, and if we do venture at it, we are ...

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Op-ed EditorOctober 6, 2016

Opinion: I questioned God

by Eketi Ette “A man who asks questions will not miss his way.” – A Nigerian proverb. “If you’re a Christian, ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 10, 2016

Opinion: Think of all your problems then eat, love and breathe

It’s best to keep things as simple as possible. But like many other things, it’s easier said than done. In ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 8, 2016

Opinion: The reality of the ‘stockholm syndrome’ and Boko Haram lovers

by Anthony Ogunlowo Right now more and more people, hostages, are being rescued from the clutches of the Boko Haram sect. ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 6, 2016

Opinion: What has Mikel Obi done to assist his Olympic teammates?

by Simon Utsu There’s something called patriotism- it’s not every time we must allow our country to be ridiculed on ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoAugust 1, 2016

Meet the Nigerian man who match-makes HIV patients looking for love

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, August 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sitting in his dimly-lit office in the Nigerian capital ...

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Op-Ed EditorJune 20, 2016

Opinion: A letter to my ex-lover

By Grace Festus Jude is a promising young guy; he is a first class graduate of Mass communications and he ...

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Isime EseneJune 9, 2016

Opinion: The role of the Church in nation-building (Part 2)

by Bobby Udoh In Part 1 of this series, I first addressed why the church has to play a leading ...

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Isime EseneJune 7, 2016

Opinion: The role of the Church in nation-building

by Bobby Udoh In my book, ‘Nation-building: How to build and sustain a developed Nigeria’, I stated that there are ...

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Isime EseneJune 7, 2016

Opinion: The fantasy of love and the reality of marriage

From a young age, I have always known I would marry for love and nothing else. I have grown to ...

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Ada IgboanugoMay 26, 2016

These photos of Nyesom Wike kissing his wife and everything, are everything

When last did you hear news about the Rivers governor that didn’t involve fire, brimstone and political enemies? Yeah. So ...

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