I hate pain. Any kind of pain, physical and/or emotional. I hate pain so much that I can’t stand to see anyone else in pain. This is why I avoided tweezing my eyebrows for so long. The thought of someone plucking hair from my eyebrows literally caused my forehead to tense up and form unpleasant wrinkles at the corner of…
We love to watch them. We copy their makeup, style and even dance moves. Women in the entertainment industry have become staple role models for millions of women around the world. But what does it take to be a female entertainer? What gender specific challenges and barriers do they overcome to be in the coveted spotlight? To get a glimpse…
I loved the group Salt and Pepa when I was growing up. I remember how I would record their songs from the radio and then have all the lyrics memorised in barely a day. (If only I had paid as much attention to my Math and Physics homework, perhaps I would be a Shell Engineer by now. Oh well!). Just…
For the last 2 weeks, Nigerian’s have remained united on one thing. #Bringbackourgirls. Our loud voices have gathered international attention and woken up our government from their slumber. Although, I have added my voice to the cause, I have been unsure how best to effectively contribute to the discussion. In my opinion, the abduction of over 200 girls, 2 weeks…
We’ve all heard it happen a million times. You’re dating a guy, weaving your life around his, day dreaming about the life, home and children you’ll both share, when suddenly from nowhere, he pulls the rug from underneath your feet, leaving you and your dreams a tumbled mess on the floor. How many times have I had to console friends…
As a little girl I loved to play. I would play in the garden for hours, running around with make believe friends and concocting all sorts of shapes with heaps of sand. When the sun hid its light, I played in the full glare of our hall way lights, sometimes running up and down the stairs for reasons I do…
I love my girlfriends! I love hanging with them! There are very few problems on this earth, that a quick drink or dinner date with the girls cannot solve. My girls have laughed with me, they have cried with me and they have fought my enemies with me! I will say it anywhere, anytime, I love my girls! So you…
You’re deceiving yourself Glory. There’s no step by step with guys like this, it has to be surgical. You cut him off, like a bad appendix. Pull him out, like a rotten tooth. Turn away and don’t look back.”- Omo It started during the Occupy Nigeria movement. While the whole country was embroiled in a bitter struggle over fuel subsidy…
Men are hard to find, a good man…even harder. At least that’s what we women have been made to believe . As soon as you find that man who ticks most or all of your boxes, you got to keep that dude on lock down or risk him being snatched from under your finely manicured finger nails. Plus we women…
The allure of youth is a fabulous thing. High energy, zest for life and the unconquerable feeling that you can walk through a brick wall all by your sheer will and determination! Till this day my mother calls me ‘Miss Independent’. I earned that nick name because of my can do attitude. There is hardly a thing I set my…
