Good things happen to those who wait. The kingdom of God also suffers violence, and the violent takes it by force. Which of the categories do you belong to? Don’t answer till I share my ‘good news’ with you. My man came to visit me this weekend. That wasn’t the plan. He was to attend a team-bonding event. Hey babe, guess what? I shifted my gaze from the movie I was watching on TV to my man who just walked …
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Hey Nelly Diarians! It’s been a minute. Let’s all agree that it’s OK for me to take a long break and slide back into your lives like nothing happened – Very Demure, Very Mindful, Very Cutesy. Wahala they say, no dey finish. NK (not real name) is in a dilemma and needs our advice. I am in my mid-thirties and engaged to an amazing man. I am an account manager in one of the pharmaceutical companies in Lagos. My fiancé …
Last week Saturday, I got up from my bed with a resolve to get an alternative source of power – a generator. I would have preferred a solar panel or inverter but these options are costly! These days, the Nigerian maths of saving towards a need is no longer mathing. The exchange rate – Dollars/Pounds has decided to hold the Naira by the balls. As a rule, I check e-commerce platforms like Konga or Jumia to compare the prices of …
Phew February is in a haste to hand over to March. Tell me how we’re in the middle of the month already! It feels like yesterday that we were ushered into 2024 –– and a lot has happened already. I don’t want to talk about how we lost at the AFCON finals (the only match I watched during the tournament) I stopped watching Nigeria play a long time ago. I wasn’t willing to deal with getting my hopes high and …
It’s been a long but intentional break from writing. At some point, in the hiatus, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue on this path. Let’s enjoy this while it lasts. Last Thursday while I was wrapping up for the day, a colleague asked a very interesting and controversial question- As a lady, assuming you earn two million Naira a month, can you marry a guy who earns two hundred and fifty thousand Naira? See Hot Topic!!! I quickly …