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In the course of our daily movement from place to place, we encounter different kinds of people. Our focus today is on the kind of people we meet in public transport. If you’ve never taken public transport, this is not for you because you might not be able to relate. If you fall into any of these categories *lipsaresealed*, if you’re not, I got you covered.  My fellow public transport-ers, kindly read on. The Preachers ; if you’ve never encountered any preacher in a bus or keke, it means you’ve not been taking public transport or maybe you’ve just been uber-ing. There are different kinds of public transport preachers. We have the aggressive preachers who say something like “give your life to Christ now or you’ll die” “if you use earring or makeup, you’re from the devil”, oga calm down na, they are the ones who command you to surrender to God like it’s a do or die (it actually is when looked at closely). We have the horror movie preachers who tell you about how someone was pre

Breast ironing is a procedure of getting a girl's breast's "pressed or flattened" by her mom in a bid to prevent them from developing with the goal that they won't attract male attention. It is the brutal flattening of a young girl’s developing chest to ‘protect her from rape and sexual harassment. The individuals who actualize the practice have a tendency to trust it will prevent a girl from being assaulted and that it is for her 'safety'. It is the process using objects like large stones, hammers or spatulas that has been heated over hot coals to compress or mutilate the breast tissue and make the adolescent look less ‘womanly’. 1. Breast ironing is practiced throughout Cameroon and has also been reported across West and Central Africa, in Benin, Chad, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Togo, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, a similar practice is known as “breast sweeping”. 2. It has also been alleged that the

Having challenges is not unexpected to everyone who wants to truly get to where they want to be. Our challenges vary just the way our personalities vary. In spite of it all, life has to go on and even if we decided to leave life, life will still go on without us. 'There's always light at the end of the tunnel' is not just a saying if you think about it closely. No pain, no gain, remember? Instead of letting these challenges weigh you down, why not man up (or woman up) and face them. These challenges were made to strengthen us not overcome us so rather than drown ourselves in it, let us draw strength from it. Nothing good comes without some sort of challenge and sometimes, the weight of the challenge can almost tell the weight of our greatness. It is very easy to wish for all the good things our heart desires but remember that if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. It only takes determination, discipline, hard work and perseverance to last through the tough times

At the start of any relationship, body count of either partner doesn't seem to matter but unless you're married to your boyfriend or girlfriend (first love), then it's most certain you'll end up dating someone who's had sexual relationship with a few people(depending on your definition of few).  You'll agree with me in this current generation, teenagers have sex at quite an early age and with different partners (reason is a topic for another day). You'll most likely expect your partner to have body count but not on the high side. So it raises a few eyebrows when you find yourself in such circumstance especially when the high count belongs to the woman (not saying men don't have). Some desire to know their partner's body count for moral reasons and to some it's to know their partner's past. So I'm going to share some opinions and I hope it helps when we eventually have this talk in our relationships Women Count, Men (Not Alwa

Little things count, it’s the little things that matter the most. Relationships require these little things to survive through emotional hard times and has a man, you have to do some of these little things every once in a while to spice of the relationship, to make bae remain bae and think about you all the time. Here are twelve things you need to do; 1) Tell her she's 'BEAUTIFUL' Not hot or Sexy. Most guys tend to make this mistake, you compliment her by saying she is hot and sexy, yeah she might be but beautiful sounds deeper. 2) Send her cute good morning texts. It’s very romantic to wake up to a text from you saying “good morning beautiful, hope your night was as beautiful as you…” that’s just a hint but you get it yeah? And if your girlfriend is not physically beautiful, just find a way around it, she probably has a beautiful mind. 3) Have pillow fights; pillow fights are very romantic. You might just throw a pillow at her when she’s reading a book, she might

If you have a best-friend or someone you consider one, you might understand this lady’s dilemma. I have a best-friend that I share everything with and vice versa but there’s always a line yeah? Everything has its boundaries. This is an instagram inspired post and it's  quite complicated. If her best-friend  her fiancée just for her to have her papers, what if something happens and they get deeper than the contract it’s meant to be?  She might not be his type or he might not be her type but when you see so much of a person, you might begin to like them beyond natural and I’m sure someone reading this can relate to that. That is proof that your type might change when you begin to spend a lot of time with someone, even an unattractive person becomes attractive to you and you might start having second thoughts. I’m just saying though because she seemed so sure about them not being each other’s type. Back to the question of the day, should she for the sake of the bond between th

This is a naira land inspired post and I’m sure you don’t even need my introduction right now. Kindly enjoy! I guess a lot of people are wondering why such a comically aberrant headline? (he's a guy) What's our business with your sister's breast? Wetin even carry your eye go your sister breast? Well, today is not the Sabbath day so whether I keep it holy or not depends on your definition of holiness. To set records straight, I have four sisters and in reality they have breasts but the breasts I’m talking about represents the strength and strong will of women... God blessed me with this scripture "Songs of Solomon 8:8". Reviewing the entire chapter, this particular lady had been exchanging love letters with Solomon till her brothers got wind of it. They came together and discussed their "little sister" who had no breasts. They decided that if she was like a wall, they would build her a palace of silver but if she was like a door, they will cover her

These days, everybody be shouting 'economy economy' 'recession recession' without actually taking conscious steps to figure out how to actually economise inspite of the economic recession going on. Difficult times require difficult measures and this articles talks about some of the measures. Kindly enjoy and learn from this naira-land inspired post . Nigerians face several conditions today that are sending many to food banks and soup kitchens for the first time in their lives, simply because they can't afford both food for their families and the costs of living in the modern world. Obviously, if you can't change the economy, you must learn to change your economy. To survive today, do the following. 1. Start Living Frugally There are some things that are necessary but not important. Some are so important, but not necessary... If you say yes, sometimes your bank account must learn to say NO... For example, if the super-stores are getting tougher, switch

So yesterday, I was going through twitter because I was bored and Nigerians have a way of being sarcastic about everything including death and other terrible happenings and twitter is the best place to find those kind of people especially when you have my kind of followers. On my journey to quench boredom, I found something hilarious that I felt the need to share. In Nollywood movies (for people that have watched a bit or still watch), when someone like Kanayo O. Kanayo for instance indulges in money rituals or better still ‘blood money’ and the time comes for him to renew the contract by getting a virgin maybe and he’s unable to get it, he then gets tormented by spirits and runs to the church where he confesses and gives his life to Christ. The aftermath of not being able to renew his contract is going back to square one. He becomes poor again and starts his hustle from the scratch. That was what came to my mind when I read the letter below, though not the same context but you get my