In the family I come from, continuing to senior high school after junior high wasn’t automatic. It was rare in our day. So when I completed JSS in the year …
I Was Seven When I Became His Playground
My parents’ marriage ended before it even truly began. By the time everything fell apart, I was just three years old, and my brother was eleven months. My mother took …
He Was Too Fine to Be Single Then I Found Out Why
The first day I set my eyes on him, I was flattened. I thought to myself, “See, fine boy, see e lips.” He was tall, dark-skinned, with braided cornrows: handsome …
My Husband Lost His Job After Being Caught with a Service Personnel
My husband lost his job when our second child was only three months old. His job was everything to us because it was his salary that breathed the breath of …
My Jobless Husband Told Me He Wants A Second Wife
Ishmael and I first had our oldest daughter and moved in together before we got married. At the time, I had a job, but he didn’t. His unemployment made life …
I Met the Man From My Prophecy and Lost My Way
Some time ago, I received a prophecy that I would meet a man abroad, someone who matched a very specific description, and that I would marry him. When I finally …
He Wants Me To Marry Him While I Don’t Have A Job
My man proposed marriage to me right from the talking stage. Although I wasn’t ready at the time, I agreed to give him a chance. I figured we would spend …
I Offered Forgiveness After My Wife Cheated But She Told Me She Didn’t Need It
I started life from the top: a good job, beautiful women, a great car. I had it all, and I was only twenty-five. I even had a side business within …
Should I Tell My Husband’s Family The Children Are Not His?
My husband and I share a secret no one else knows. It was a promise I made to keep quiet over something sensitive about him. I don’t want to break …
My Marriage Is Falling Apart Because of a Viral Video
About a week ago, a video broke the internet and was making rounds. I was doom-scrolling when I came across it. It showed an unpaid nurse crying, lamenting how her …
I Want To Pay My Mother My Own Bride Price
I am the last born of six siblings. Growing up, I watched my mother shoulder almost every financial responsibility for our family, from Christmas gifts to daily meals and everything …
I Wanted to Quit School Because They Said My Head Was Too Big
I was a tiny girl with a noticeably big head. That combination became their favourite joke. They called me names like ‘etiri’ and ‘ti kelenkele’, laughing as if it were all …