Celebrated actor, Jim Iyke in his usual candor and bravado fired the first salvo in a recent podcast. His assertion has expectedly elicited fiery opposition from single moms across the land.According to Jim, single mothers cannot effectively raise sons as strong men because women are largely nurturers. He posited that only with the inclusion of…
You didn’t waste it. You wore it with pepper, joy, and your belly out. There’s a kind of silence that settles in August. The sun is still shining, but the light has started to linger like it knows its time is nearly up. The wind changes key. The laughter gets a little slower. And somehow,…
Last week, the President of the United States met with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.The meeting in Alaska was anything but a summit. As is his habit, Trump had made so much noise about the meeting and what he hoped to achieve. Expectations were high, and then, empty words—-“there’s no deal until…
Just this week, a mature female celebrity announced with glee her advanced pregnancy. She posted demure pictures of her baby bump on Instagram. Expectedly, her colleagues celebrated with her. She’s in her 40s, divorced and single for a long period. Not everyone is lucky to get pregnant at that age without medical complications. I recently…
I recall with nostalgia, my younger years in active journalism in the 80s. This was before Facebook, Instagram and other social media stuff taken for granted by the Gen Z generation. There were also no smartphones to facilitate instant communication between people.Neither were there desktop computers, LinkedIn, Zoom, WhatsApp Apps or remote jobs. Yet, you…
Because even now, something good can begin. We’re a week in already.And if you’re honest, August didn’t quite start with trumpets. No new vision board. No dramatic declaration. Just you, trying to respond to emails without sighing too loud, and staring at your to-do list like it’s a scam. The energy feels… unfinished.Not quite chaotic,…
It was supposed to be a concert for music lovers. Summertime in Europe and the Americas are reserved for such blockbuster concerts, movies and sundry entertainment.Also sporting events such as French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and football leagues are staged during the period. So it was another routine music concert for diehard fans of a…
When the year is running, but you’re just… there. Somehow, it’s July.Like play, like joke, we’re deep in second half.And if you’re honest? You don’t know if you’re moving forward or just floating like Agege bread in hot tea. You check your calendar and panic small wasn’t it just New Year? Didn’t you write vision…
Some women are known to restrict their husbands’ access to their children after separation.Some like to totally alienate their partners by relocating to distant places. Others tend to demonize their exes in front of their kids. Others use divorce as a means of settling past scores with their former spouses. Unbeknownst to these ladies, these…
The news started to filter in, in whispers towards Sunday evening. Once it was confirmed, it was as if everyone had been waiting to offload their thoughts on the departed. Platforms lit up with expletives that cannot be printed here. Since the end of the First Republic on January 15th 1966, Nigerians have had a…
