The Issue with Relationship Counseling
For humans, relationships are unavoidable. Whether we like it or not, we will find ourselves in romantic relationship of some kind, latest by adulthood. For this reason, relationships have thus evolved and become an entire industry on its own. If perchance sex gets added to the relationship, we might have sex and relationships consuming roughly […]
Three Date Ideas This Valentine
So it’s that auspicious time of the year again when singles want to be booed up, and couples can’t wait to prove the extent of their love to their partners. Everywhere you go there’s this delightful scent in the air, and it’s not just because of the beautiful red roses that are a favorite norm […]
Song of the Week: Promise – Simi & Adekunle Gold
Simi and Adekunle Gold, whose wedding two weeks ago was widely publicized and was among the top trends online, released what seemed like a musical version of their marriage vows. The music video for their brand new single, “Promise”, is currently trending at number 1 on YouTube and already has over 700,000 views since it […]
The Soulmate Myth
Sometimes, we find ourselves in awkward relationships with partners having the belief that we are inseparable or that we may die if we break up with them. Oftentimes, this dependence on inseparability is an offshoot of the set notion that we can never do without a particular lover or partner. A soulmate is largely and […]
Cheating and its Dangerous Minions
When some romantics heard the news of the breakup of the 25-year-old marriage of the world’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Mackenzie, their trust in love was shaken to its foundation. Admirers of the ex-couple wondered what their own fate in the journey of romance would turn out to be. Even then, a […]
Adekunle Gold Weds Simi; How They Met
In December 2018 singers Simi and Adekunle Gold made news when Simi posted, on Instagram, a photo of a kiss they shared on the stage of “Simi Live in Lagos” concert which held in December 2018. A post which she quickly removed. This was coming after prolonged speculation about their relationship, and now the two […]
Medun & Aliu Officially Launch Their Book, ’40 Lessons On Our Journeys To 40′
Everyone has a story to tell. Your story has the potency to help someone somewhere find their way out of a challenge or a phase in their life. Two successful women, Funke Medun and Olujoke Aliu, met in a pastry shop in Abuja for some cupcakes, and decided to write an autobiography on their journeys […]
Marriage: Taking Nothing For Granted
Is Marriage Overrated? Responses always vary to this question. I believe this is largely because a great marriage is one of the BEST things that can happen to a person, and a bad marriage is one of the WORST things that can happen to a person. It makes sense, then, that some decide not to […]
From Love to Hate Within a Twinkle
It is always an intriguing phenomenon seeing how one-time star-crossed lovers go from a place of deep love to that of hate whenever there is a rift. Everything that could go bad could go quite bad, they say. But what if real love was not even present in the first place? What if our modality […]
High Celebrity Divorces Rates and the Underlying Elements
We find ourselves lighting up when we hear gists of our favourite celebrity hooking up with and eventually marrying another favourite celebrity, without having doubts if they truly examined their compatibility going into the future. And before we know it, we are torn on hearing news that those lovely couples we see all romantic on […]
Personal Hygiene beyond a Time of Ebola
The Ebola outbreak in 2014 took Nigerians by surprise. Not only did it result in panic, but it also impacted vastly on our attitude to cleanliness and human contact – at least in the time of the epidemic. Being a highly communicable disease, mere contact with an Ebola victim’s personal belongings could very well mean […]
Why the Love for Your Partner May Dwindle Over Time
Much has been said about how the intensity of romance and love dwindles with time between a couple, but not many have sat down to consider the way the human mind interprets love over time. Some, still in a frantic struggle to maintain a 1-year relationship, are amazed by couples who have remained married for […]
For Better for Worse vs. For Better for Better
A short video clip was trending recently where a beautiful bride, teary eyed, took matrimonial vows with her handsome groom. It was a lovely scene as expected, but something stood out as she recited the words of the vow in a manner not often heard of. “…For better for worse, for richer for richer…”, she […]
Three Questions to Ask When You’re Bored in Your Marriage
As annoying as this truth is, being with one person forever will get boring at some point. At several points, in fact. The excitement you experienced when your love was brand new and you couldn’t get enough of each other, will not sustain itself. Nobody remains on that high forever, unless they fan the flame. […]
Na Who Snatch Your Bobo?
E get one word wey I no like at all, and dat word na “snatch” especially when na full human being dem dey talk about. Even when I dey small pikin, I dey wonder how man wey get wife go waka follow anoda woman, den di wife go dey fight that woman. Even for boyfriend […]
20 Wedding Superstitions You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Nigerians are no strangers to superstition; we have tons of them, as do our other African relatives. However, few are aware that the “white wedding” many have come to cherish even more than our own traditional weddings, comes with its own superstitions as well. Here are a few you may never have heard of, from […]