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Category: Society & Culture
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Life of a Tired Nigerian: My experience getting the new naira note.
I woke up this morning feeling very refreshed giving myself kudos on how I had come up with a beautiful plan to get the new naira notes. Although, the initial plan was to wake up at 5am but I quickly removed that from my head. “Haba! E never reach like that na” I thought…
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Feminism: Common Misconceptions & How to Abolish Them.
Feminism is a social, political, and philosophical movement that seeks to advance the rights and status of women. The main goals of feminism are to achieve gender equality and to end the oppression of women. Many people believe that feminism is about hating men or about trying to make women more superior to men, but…
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The Use of Stock Photography in the New Decade.
The use of stock photography in today’s world can not be overemphasised. It has continued to be of immense help for professionals & non-professionals across the world. Since its popularity in the 1920s, it has been embraced by photographers, creatives, journalists and various organisations. It is no surprise that many stock photo agencies have begun…
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The Prevailing Issue of Child Abuse in Nigeria.
There is a prevailing crisis of child abuse going on in Nigeria and by extension, the whole of Africa. It is a crisis that began as a way of upholding the morals and culture in the society. However, this supposed protection and upholding of imminent good has in turn turned out to be dangerous itself.…
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Why Men Should Have Empathy.
Dear men, you are allowed to have empathy for people. I was having a conversation with a guy yesterday and I was telling him about some of the struggles I have been experiencing lately. As I began to speak, it dawned on me that I was only wasting my time. I honestly do not know…
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Female Serial Killers.
There is a certain stereotypical order to how serial killers are regarded. The widespread assumption is that men serial killers are more ruthless than their female counterparts. There isn’t as much information and data on female serial killers as it is with male serial killers. This is perhaps because the statistics of male serial killers…
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End Sars, Our New National Anthem.
The Oppressed must not, cannot be neutral in the struggle of the oppressed against the oppressor. -Kwame Nkrumah The last couple of days has been characterized by an uproar in the Nigerian society. Many Nigerians including celebrities have now taken their demands from just the social media platforms available to them to the streets demanding…
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I Wanted a Voice and I Found One by Writing.
My Journey So Far. “Your voice is the mantle that illuminates your path”- Oluwapelumi Okeh. I wanted a voice and I found one. Here I am, looking back a year and thinking of how far I have come. Its been officially a year that I began writing professionally. I remember making the decision, telling my…
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Unravelling life as a 20-something.
Being a 20-something can be very challenging. Having to deal with various challenges and situations in life is no child’s play. The pressure is enough to overwhelm or cripple anyone. As a 20-something myself, I have sometimes looked at life and questioned a lot of things. I have asked questions such as do I have…
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A fragranced life 2.
A Fragranced life (The First Part). In the first part of this article, we established that there are different fragrances we as humans have on and that it is the particular type of fragrance we have that determines several happenings in our life. I also categorised the fragrances into 2 but for the purpose of…