Nkechi Bianze – Viva Naija https://viva-naija.com Never far from home Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:38:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1 https://viva-naija.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-Viva_Logo__Pink_Green-e1494830651288.jpg Nkechi Bianze – Viva Naija https://viva-naija.com 32 32 Humans are equal as humans https://viva-naija.com/humans-equal-humans/ https://viva-naija.com/humans-equal-humans/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:06:40 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=24761 There’s this elderly man that worked temporarily as a driver for my mum. I met him when I went home in 2013. We got into a conversation one day, one talk led to the other, and he told me that he has TWELVE children. I mean 12. He said it with all pride and joy, […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/humans-equal-humans/feed/ 1 Marriage scares the hell out of me https://viva-naija.com/marriage-scares-hell/ https://viva-naija.com/marriage-scares-hell/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:32:23 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=24380 The thought of marriage scares the hell out of me. This is worse because of the fact that I’m a compulsive loner. The thought of having another person invade my space for the rest of my life scares the shit out of me. The thought of the fact that someone is going to feel entitled […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/marriage-scares-hell/feed/ 0 Poverty is not a virtue https://viva-naija.com/poverty-is-not-a-virtue/ https://viva-naija.com/poverty-is-not-a-virtue/#comments Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:27:31 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=23487 Each time I say “I will NOT marry a poor man”, there are always these sets of people who either come at me with their sermons, or attack me straight up. And quite a lot of people also derive pleasure in putting up posts like this: “Ladies, would you rather marry a rich man who […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/poverty-is-not-a-virtue/feed/ 1 Testing his Husband Material https://viva-naija.com/testing-husband-material/ https://viva-naija.com/testing-husband-material/#respond Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:20:54 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=23391 Husband Material So, I met this guy in my final year at Uni. He was cute, intelligent and he managed to tick all the boxes. After dating him for a while, I realized that he has good husband material in terms of his other room activities. But then, I had to put him through the […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/testing-husband-material/feed/ 0 Equality begins at home https://viva-naija.com/equality-begins-home/ https://viva-naija.com/equality-begins-home/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:38:15 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=21837 My Dad always sounds it in my ears “Nkechi, you must be tough. Being girlish and being ladylike is not an excuse for weakness”. This he still says to my sisters and I till this very day. All the children were raised to do the “masculine” as well as the “feminine” tasks. My sisters and I […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/equality-begins-home/feed/ 0 We need to stop protecting the fragile male ego https://viva-naija.com/need-stop-protecting-fragile-male-ego/ https://viva-naija.com/need-stop-protecting-fragile-male-ego/#comments Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:32:14 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=20518 Story 1 Couple: A man earns N100k and a woman earns N500k. One has to give up the job to look after the children. Advice from a typical Nigerian: The man is the provider, he should be the one working. If he gives up the job, the wife may become pompous and rub it on […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/need-stop-protecting-fragile-male-ego/feed/ 4 The Sad State Of The Nigerian Domestic Violence Victim https://viva-naija.com/sad-state-nigerian-domestic-violence-victim/ https://viva-naija.com/sad-state-nigerian-domestic-violence-victim/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2017 20:14:32 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=19049 In the UK, as soon as a victim reports a case of domestic violence, the first thing they do is take the victim and all dependants to a safe place. From lodging in hotels to shelter homes, and then to council flats or rented apartment….depending on the financial capacity of the victim. While at this, […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/sad-state-nigerian-domestic-violence-victim/feed/ 4 Life Is Not That Serious: Why You Should Learn To Chill https://viva-naija.com/life-not-serious-learn-chill/ https://viva-naija.com/life-not-serious-learn-chill/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:04:20 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=18951 I worked my ass off at school, I spent half of my life in the library facing the computers. I wanted just one thing: A FIRST CLASS. When I saw my results and realized that I failed to make a first class, I was very disappointed in myself. So many questions kept crawling in my […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/life-not-serious-learn-chill/feed/ 1 Marriage On The Decline: Do We Still Need A Licence To Be Happy? https://viva-naija.com/marriage-decline-still-need-licence-happy/ https://viva-naija.com/marriage-decline-still-need-licence-happy/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:15:08 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=18485 Do we still need a marriage license to be happy? In 2011, I was in my final year at my University. I met this Nigerian doctor who was working in a hospital in Manchester at the time. This guy was beautiful, picture tall, chocolate, and handsome. We were friends for a while till he took […]

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]]> https://viva-naija.com/marriage-decline-still-need-licence-happy/feed/ 1 Family or Career? I choose both https://viva-naija.com/family-or-career-i-choose-both/ https://viva-naija.com/family-or-career-i-choose-both/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2016 18:02:12 +0000 https://viva-naija.com/?p=18174 One thing I will NOT do is to give up career to focus on family. Neither will I neglect family for career. I can’t remember my mum ever holding less than two careers/jobs till this very moment, my Dad worked all through our growing up years till he retired in 2012, and they both raised […]

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