I met Korku when I came back home from school on vacation. I was in my first year in SHS by then. He was very gentle, calm, romantic, and everything else I wanted in a man. At the time I met him I was already with someone. It was a long-distance relationship. The guy had travelled abroad and promised to give me heaven and earth if I wait for his return. And I loved him enough to want to wait for him, but Korku hit me like a train and swept me off my feet. The other guy was miles…
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When we started dating, Kwaw would hold my hand and take me to his friends and introduce me to them as his wife. Every new person we met had that introduction; “Hey, meet Barbara. That’s my wife.” They’ll shake my hand and say something like, “Our wife, you’re welcome to the family.” I didn’t know how to feel about it. We were brand new but everyone knew me as his wife so those who saw me in town called me Mrs Kwaw. Four years later they still call me that name. I love Kwaw. He’s that guy who’ll put you…
A street busker performs a rendition of Silent Night, as two police officers observe the high street from a van across the road. The song is a fitting choice on this cold morning.It is the beginning of December and many are looking forward to Christmas. But the city centre is eerily quiet for what should be a busy shopping period. Amid the onset of Christmas, Wolverhampton has been revealed as the unhappiest place in the West Midlands. And it ranks among the five unhappiest places across England and Wales.The findings have come from an Office for National Statistics (ONS) survey,…
After my heart got broken by my ex, I vowed not to fall in love with anyone again. My plan was going well until my friend invited me to the poolside. There were lots of men there so I was quite uncomfortable showing off my body when it was time to swim. My discomfort increased when some of the men started talking to me. I did my best to ignore them but this particular guy approached me when I was in the water. He asked, “Do you need help swimming?” I took one look at him and thought, “This short…
It happened once and the lady got pregnant. I was married with two kids but she wasn’t. She had a man she told me was getting married to very soon so when the pregnancy came I gave her the power to decide what happens. I told her, “I’m married. If my wife gets to know this my marriage is ruined. I don’t want to ruin my marriage but I won’t also push you to do what you might not want to do. The ball is in your court. Decide on something and tell me about it.” I was hoping she…
A Nigerian lady identified as Josephine has narrated what a married woman did in a bid to collect money from her ex, that raised questions.She revealed that the woman took her baby to a salon and dropped the child there with the intention of coming back later. Her ex-boyfriend apparently promised her N100,000 but he did not know she was married, so she had to present herself as a single woman.According to Josephine, the married lady removed her wedding ring in the salon because she did not want her ex to know she has a husband… The narrator works as…
When we got married, we moved into one of my parent’s houses. We were both working and could have rented a place for ourselves but it was my dad who thought renting would be a waste of money. “You’re both going to start life,” He said. “This is Accra. If you don’t take care you’ll use all your earnings on accommodation. Don’t waste money, if he’s comfortable about it, you both can move into the house in Achimota.” It’s a three-bedroom house that he rented out to a company. Because of us, when their rent expired, he didn’t renew. We…
All my life I had known only one man as my father, Ken. I believed everything my mother told me about Ken even though the man never contributed a pesewa to my upbringing. According to the stories I was told, he left for London when I was two years old. My mother was sure he would come back for her, so she waited for him. It took fourteen years for her to find out that Ken remarried in London and had two kids. That was when my mother realized that their marriage was over. She was hurt, but she never…
He came into my life when I was still healing from a broken relationship. We met at a party organized for students who had just completed their final exams. I am a teacher so I was there as a chaperone. One of my colleagues brought him to me and said, “Tina, meet Ernest, my best friend. He would like to get to know you.” I gave them both a warm smile. Ernest looked good and I liked him instantly. Even though we had just been introduced, my mind strayed to Ernest and me doing couple things. Then I shook my…
It was gathered that after losing everything, he returned to his former life in the trenches and has been struggling to make it again. The young man shared a video of him crying bitterly online, while singing along to Seyi Vibez’s song, which captured his feelings at the moment. Ex-Big Boy Cries like A Baby over Being Abandoned by Everyone after Going BrokeA former Nigerian big boy has cried out after losing all the wealth he used to display on social media.He reportedly claimed that everyone who used to flock around him when he was still big have all abandoned…