I had a difficult childhood. There were times things got so bad that my only way of coping was to block my emotions. While this behavior was helpful, it messed with my emotions. It turned me into someone who is easily detached from people. This means that I find it very difficult to feel any form of affection toward others. I didn’t see a problem with it when I was growing up until I got to an age where everyone around me was having crushes and falling in love. That was when I realized that I didn’t have any romantic…
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I’m a twenty-four-year-old lady who is currently unemployed. I lost my job around this time last year in Kumasi. So I decided to move to Accra in search of greener pastures. Just as I planned to move, one of my Facebook friends who lives in Accra started chatting with me. So I told him, “I just lost my job, and I believe I will find a better job when I move to Accra. Can you help me find a place?” He agreed to help me, and in no time he got a place for me. I came from Kumasi to…
A Nigerian lady dropped her car with the gateman for him to wash but he decided to drive it and ended up crashing.In a video making the rounds online, she lashed out at him for damaging the entire front bumper and tyre of the ride as the ball joint came off. The incident took place in Owerri, Imo state, and the young woman vowed that she would not allow the gateman to go scot free. Lamenting about how she left the car in his care, she said; ”Can you imagine? my gateman just spoilt my car, I dropped this car…
Nigerians have taken to social media to call out the federal government after a video of children in a northern school being served food on a sheet of paper surfaced online.In a Voice of America report on the government’s school feeding programme, the pupils were filmed eating food from a sheet of paper. In April 2022, the Federal Government had revealed that it spends about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD).Dr Umar Bindir, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) disclosed this at…
Nigerian Hip Hop artiste, Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike, popularly known as Phyno has made a special wish from his friends as his birthday gift. The award-winning musician clocked 36 years on October 9, 2022 and he organised a party with a close friends in attendance.One of the attendees who was spotted in a video which Phyno shared on his Instagram story is billionaire oil mogul, Jowizaza. When time reached to cut the cake, Phyno stood up and wished that all the money his rich friends have would enter his bank account. They all burst out laughing and some noted that it…
Chidi Mokeme appeared emotional as he expressed how hurt he was when presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar deleted a post he shared condemning the killing of Deborah Samuel. Deborah was lynched and set ablaze by her colleagues at Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, over alleged blasphemyAfter her death, a post from Atiku Abubakar’s official accounts condemned the lynching. After some of his followers threatened not to vote for him because he condemned the lynching, Atiku deleted the post and said he did not approve for it to be posted.Chidi Mokeme said this act hurt him. As he recalled the incident…
There is this silent battle going on in my house as I write this. My husband is trying to bully me to accept a lie as the truth because he’s the man but I’m not having it. It’s like he has farted and blaming the odour in my mouth. He doesn’t talk to me. He has given me one week to confess or he would complain to whoever has ears. I don’t care. I know I’m innocent and I believe he’s the one guilty. I didn’t care if I lose the marriage today but I will like to clear my…
A Nigerian man based in the United kingdom has taken to social media to give premium advice to those aspiring to relocate to the UK. While walking in a street in the UK, the young man who spoke in pidgin accent, talked about the difficulty he’s facing in satisfying his urge. According to him, he has been unable to get in bed with a woman abroad because they believe that if you’re trying to get attached to them, must be for paper. In his words,“See me now, I don dey here for good…going to two years now and I never…
Four days after moving to Delta State, peacemaker stabbed to death while separating fight.A peacemaker, identified as Peter Spencer Nwabuaze, has been st@bbed to de@th while trying to separate two boys who were fighting in Asaba, Delta State. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Sunday morning, October 10, just four days after he relocated from Lagos State to Asaba with his pregnant wife and son. According to a source, “His wife sent him to buy soap at a shop close to their house. On his way, he saw two boys fighting and he tried to separate them,…
A video which surfaced online shows a Nigerian woman vowing not to cook any food for her husband because he refused to assist her with preparing dinner.She said that he declined joining her in the kitchen and gave the excuse that he was tired as he just returned from the gym and he also wanted to watch football. The wife became annoyed as a result of his response, but she playfully vowed not to give him any food, saying that he would watch the football he so craves.To defend her decision to deprive him of food, she noted how she…