Living – Viva Naija

Let us raise bold and daring girls

Natalie Ewaen A. Usen — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 14:30:31 +0000

Bold and daring girls We usually say we raise our daughters better than we do our sons. I beg to differ. I know in Nigeria we put too much emphasis on “respect” when its all timidity and subjugation in a different light. Children cannot confront their parents, wives cannot confront their husbands, church goers cannot […]

Read The Entire Story Here > Let us raise bold and daring girls

A Lesson From The Nigerian Bobsled Team – Who said our women or You cannot do the “impossible”!?

Sayo — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:00:14 +0000

On Friday, the 9th February at 12 noon (Nigeria time) up to 1bn people around the world watched the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. A record number of African athletes will compete, and for the first time ever. The good news does not stop there: Eight African countries will […]

Read The Entire Story Here > A Lesson From The Nigerian Bobsled Team – Who said our women or You cannot do the “impossible”!?

Tales from my plot: How to deal with acts of theft

Wanja — Sat, 10 Feb 2018 18:29:08 +0000

Dealing with theft The rate of crime in my plot is always floating at an all-time high (someone once stole the communal tap), with the theft of pegs, dusters, and brooms the most reported crimes. To file a report or complaint in my plot, you don’t even need to talk to the caretaker. You only […]

Read The Entire Story Here > Tales from my plot: How to deal with acts of theft

Nigerians and mystification

Natalie Ewaen A. Usen — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:08:18 +0000

At the mention of death and divorce, Nigerians turn to Pastors/Prophets. Everything else is a waste of our Christianity. On the story of the young couple who died together last weekend, all you see human beings who should have a head on their shoulder typing is “it’s not my portion”. Including the Yahoo boy whose […]

Read The Entire Story Here > Nigerians and mystification

The many trials of sharing a bed

Wanja — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:26:41 +0000

Sharing a bed I like having the entire bed to myself, sharing it with someone is hellish. You stir uncomfortably and realise it’s because their legs have crossed over to your side and their feet are cold. Then you shift uncomfortably and find out it’s because they have assumed a strange position that occupies three-quarters […]

Read The Entire Story Here > The many trials of sharing a bed

JJ. Omojuwa sets twitter alight with some of the reasons Nigerians have left a church

Rachel — Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:31:58 +0000

You may well have heard of JJ. Omojuwa – sometime political pundit, sometimes server of savagery, full time Twitter don. He has raised many topics on Twitter – some encouraging, some hilarious, and some downright controversial. But it is this Omojuwa tweet that gave us us life today! Quoting a cab driver, he tweeted: I […]

Read The Entire Story Here > JJ. Omojuwa sets twitter alight with some of the reasons Nigerians have left a church

First fruit giving: should it deprive or multiply you?

Akin VoGg — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 23:27:39 +0000

– My guy, abeg I need a little help from you. – Wetin hapun? – Abeg I need you to quick borrow me 150k make I use settle my house rent. – Shuo! Na dat one you call little epp? Wetin hapun no be yesterday dem pay us salary…you lost your own? – Guy, I […]

Read The Entire Story Here > First fruit giving: should it deprive or multiply you?

Keep running!

Natalie Ewaen A. Usen — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:57:32 +0000

Motivation Some of us haven’t been able to meet up with our peers emotionally and mentally, not to talk of physically or financially. For some of us, life stole our second leg and made us run the same race on one leg. If you’re one of such people, keep running; Don’t give up yet. One […]

Read The Entire Story Here > Keep running!

A Lion in the North Sea: The Battle for Chevron Netherlands-Paddy Adenuga

Terry — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:52:34 +0000

It was October 2013, two years had passed since I had left the family business in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to London, England to start my own oil trading company. My time in the family business, as a director in the telecoms division and upstream oil & gas company was challenging to say the least […]

Read The Entire Story Here > A Lion in the North Sea: The Battle for Chevron Netherlands-Paddy Adenuga

Stop Victim blaming!

Wanja — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:20:59 +0000

“But if you didn’t want him to force himself on you, what were you doing in that house? Did you have to go to that party?” “Hmm, intelligent question. I hadn’t looked at it through that refreshing, thought-provoking angle. “I recently watched a footage of a man getting mugged during daytime in Nairobi city. The […]

Read The Entire Story Here > Stop Victim blaming!