A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape Pt. 4
Is there an age limit for people charged with rape? What is the difference between rape and sexual assault legally? All these questions and more are answered in today’s part of A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape In case you missed it, A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape Pt. 3 From the editor: Please note that […]
Wellness Tourism: 4 Tips For Your Next Holiday Spa Treatment
Your once in a lifetime wellness retreat is booked and you are counting down the days! A wellness retreat takes you away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and grants the opportunity to bask in the elegance of stimulating scented oils and soothing massages. Wellness tourism is quickly gaining momentum in Africa evident […]
A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape Pt. 3
Can a man be a victim of rape in Nigeria? Can a woman be accused of manslaughter for killing her rapist in the act? Can a woman be charged for raping another woman? All these questions and more are answered in today’s segment of A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape In case you missed it: […]
A Lawyer’s Perspective: 50 Answered Questions on Rape Pt. 1
Rape is one of the oldest crimes in human history. It is a crime in all countries of the world but definition and punishment differ from place to place. It has also been noticed that rape cases are reported more in the Western world than many other parts of the globe. For example, in Africa […]
Revitalise Your Relationship With a Serenade This Season
At a time when the concept of dating and relationships stray through stereotypes, Nino Charmaine, a serenade service provider, made her formal outing on the 5th of December 2015 at Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos in conjunction with Happenings Magazine. The event was attended by an audience whose views on love and the nuances of relationships […]
The Anti-Social Media Bill and the Senate
The Nigerian society is one with a set of political leaders who by all means speed up legislations on issues that affect them but will ignore the masses and push no bill to help them come out of poverty. The most pressing issues of life that affect the ordinary man like education, security, shelter, food […]
Motivational Monday: Your Only Competition is You
Can you believe it’s December already! I mean, when did 2015 start? It’s really true that time waits for no man. How did you spend 2015? Did you spend it chasing your God-given purpose or were you stuck keeping up with the Joneses? It’s amusing how with each year that comes, our society gets […]
The Death of Good English
I really miss those days when it was cool to speak and write good English. Remember those days? Those were the pre-mobile phone and social media days. Communication was more straightforward back then. It was easy to understand what the other person was trying to say mainly because they said it the way it was; […]
How to Survive Black Friday 2015
It’s that time of the year that buyers like you and I have been waiting for with bated breath. Our wishlists have continuously lengthened and fingers have nervously twirled credit cards in anticipation to buy, buy and buy! Indeed Black Friday is here again! Black Friday is an annual affair held after the American Thanksgiving. […]
3 Interesting Book Festivals in Nigeria to Attend Every Year
“If you want to hide something from a black man, put it in a book.” Although this statement may be a bit exaggerated, it rings true for many Africans. Which is why in a bid to promote the reading culture amongst Nigerians as well as encourage them to tell their stories, history and preserve their […]
5 Things to Look Out for When Using a Taxi
Using a taxi requires some level of consciousness, especially when you need to move around at night during this end of year season. It’s “Safety first!” With accidents and kidnappings on the road being on the uprise lately, this motto is something you and your loved ones should certainly live by. That’s why Nigeria’s foremost taxi […]
How to Determine Your Skin Type
Knowing your skin type is the first step in caring for it. There are all kinds of skin care products from cleansers to moisturisers and so on. If you do not know your skin type, you will keep changing from one brand to the other with no results but further damage to your skin. If a […]
Poem: Ode to my Better Half
There goes my friend, Who winds round my heart like a thread. With smiles so beautiful to rule, Bounding both hearts without glue. Though I own no clock to prowl, Nor a cock to crow, The whispers of thy breath, serves a wake up call. But in thy absence, the day shines so dull. If […]
Poem: An Ode to Time
Time…Time…Time What a privilege to note your existence, Your performance is never unequal. One time, you seem like a ‘slow and steady’ wins the race Another time, it’s like you build up enormous speed like a jet in the runway…O Precious time, Why art thou insatiable, No matter how big or small thy size is, […]
Poem: If Only I Must Sing
If only I must sing as poets have, Where shall my inspiration cometh from, Would nature be my nurture? Oh! If only I must sing… If only I must sing as poets have, Would my words be a key for Pandora’s box, Or create a clearer reasoning in flux. When I desire to pen my […]
5 Tips to Curtail Sleeping at Business Meetings
It happens to everyone! You fly thousands of miles from Lagos, for instance, to a faraway city such as Melbourne for an important meeting, and midway into the meeting, you find your eyelids fighting a fierce battle to stay wide open. While it is not uncommon to experience this struggle, it can be utterly mortifying; […]