Most woman have their go to male friend that gives them advice on the opposite sex. They tell us when we’ve gone a little too far and when we need to tell that dude to come correct or get stepping! For the last few years, Steve Harvey has filled that role for many women. With the raging success of his…
Being a single woman in Nigeria is a tough business. If you are career driven, you are accused of driving men away with your ambition, if you require high standards from your suitors, they say you are picky and if you expect excellent work ethics from colleagues they say you are bossy. Alas! Who can set us free from the…
Sekpe sekpe figure 8! Figure 8! Its the dream of most African women. A skinny midriff, backed up with wholesome hips and well proportioned derrière. We spend hours sucking belle to make shirt fine, so if Kim K and Jessica Alba tell us there’s a magic garment that can achieve this in quick time, who wan carry last? Personally, i…
By Lexi Herrick I can remember when I first started wearing makeup. My mom, aunt and grandma were always very nicely put together with flattering makeup and accessories, and I remember that giddy feeling in my stomach when I looked in the mirror and felt like I was starting to look like them when I added a little mascara. My…
By Glory Edozien I had an amazing weekend! My friends and I had a major cook out, just for the sake of it! Peppered chicken, jollof and fried rice, cat fish pepper soup, honeyed barbequed ribs and all the ‘medemedes’ you can think of! So much for my diet! After, we had eaten till we were bursting out of our…
By Wendelyn Okemini Anne and I have a running commentary on the meaning of purpose. There are no conclusions just yet; every time the subject slinks into our gabfests, we sort of twirl about the topic, we hot-potato ideas from palm to palm and resignedly conclude, “…when it comes, we will know it.” Today I asked a colleague for her…
By Karen Ehman Then they believed his promises and sang his praise. But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold.” Psalm 106:12-13 (NIV) My son Mitchell was a curious child. When he first learned to talk he often repeated the same three phrases to his dad and me: “Why?” “How?” and…
We’ve heard of money doublers but this is crazy! She has never taken a business class, failed her law school exams, twice, and got laughed at! Yet she is amongst the world’s youngest billionaires. Sara Blakely is the CEO of Spanx, the ‘invisible’ under garment worn by women all over the world. What many people don’t know is how by…
Its been two days since Beyonce’s iconic and flawless performance at the MTV Video Music Awards and yet the world is still transfixed by the phenomenon that is Queen Bey. Let’s face it Beyonce is one of the most talked about celebrities of all time whether it’s her marriage to Jay Z, how many times she combs her daughter’s hair…
A noun is the name of person, animal, place or thing. That’s probably one of the first definitions I learnt at school. Today, it has become the foundation of my English language progression. More than two decades later and the exact wording of the definition is still etched in my memory, framing the phrasing of various sentences and my use…
