Peer pressure is a major contributor to Nigeria’s mental health crisis

The notion of peer pressure being bad for business is not new to anyone raised by Nigerian parents. In every ethnic language in Nigeria there is a phrase to admonish against ‘bad friends’ or ‘bad influence.’ Yet, the irony remains that often parents do this under the influence of pressure rather than pure altruistic concern.... Read More

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anxiety, depression and anxiety, mental health, peer pressure

July 1, 2015

When will you “marrrray”?

Are Weddings now pop-culture? How is it that people are just able to say “yes” to someone ‘popping the question’ after just a few weeks? How can they comfortably say they want to spend the rest of their lives with another person after such a short period of time? Can they truly know what kind... Read More

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marriage pressure, nigerian weddings, peer pressure, Weddings

April 22, 2015

Opinion: On Nigeria’s thieving elite and their brats‎

by Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú The Nigerian wants to be rich just to show and to oppress those around him. They steal more and covet more, long after the money has become a burden rather than a comfort, because the pleasures of consumption wear off easily with time. As I made my way into the cabin, I... Read More

Nigerian youths, peer pressure

June 24, 2013

10 types of sex that may be unhealthy for you

by Brooke Dean While it may seem to some that sex is sex and getting it can never be a bad thing, there can be a such thing as the wrong kind of sex. My new favorite show on ABC is called Mistresses. I know…sounds scandalous – and it is – and like most guilty pleasures, it involves... Read More

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