30th of March I just can’t do this, I think It Is time I tell you what is going on, Omolola I am so sorry I have been lying to you all these while, your parents died Instantly In the car accident, you and Kunle are the only ones who survived the accident that afternoon, I just could not bring myself to tell you am so sorry dear. These words I found so difficult to believe while standing at the grave side of my parents watching the under takers lower their bodies Into the ground , I searched for tears...
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Tales of Abused Teenager: The Omolola’s Experience-The Accident
02 January 3:00pm It was a long and quiet drive from Zone B Okota police station where Chief Williams had filed a report on the account of rape against Uncle Kunle. Uncle Kunle was beaten and tortured for one week at the police station, his face was swollen, his body was bruised all over, he was so much dealt with that even my father’s connection could not save him this time around. Immediately he stepped out of the holding cell with my father I felt guilt inside me ,If I had not gone Into the kitchen that day he would...
8 Basic Female Body Types to Note
The female body is extravagant and beautifully crafted. It occurs in a range of shapes or types. They are typically narrower at the waist than at the bust and hips. The bust, waist, and hips are used to define basic female body types/shapes. There are 8 major female body types according to a study of over 6000 women. They include: Straight Body Type Pear Body Type Spoon Body Type Hourglass Body Type Top Hourglass Body Type Inverted Triangle Body Type Oval Body Type Diamond Body Type 1. Straight Body Type This is sometimes called rectangle or ruler body. Here the hips and bust are balanced, waist...
Celebrating The Feminine Strength…
Who can do many things at a time without getting tired? Who can be a nanny to both adult and children? Who can combine home responsibilities with a career? Who has the capability to sacrifice a whole lot just for the happiness of those she loves? A deity deserving of worship yet worships those she loves wholly. She is quite sacrificial; if she so desires and can go all out to give satisfaction and happiness. She can be all encompassing: a wife, a mother, a teacher, a mentor, a counsellor, a cook, a cleaner, a prayer warrior, a protector, a...
5 Top Jobs No Woman Has Done in Nigeria
Women have come a long way since the start of the gender equality campaign, since then there have been many historic “firsts” in the different areas. Still in the light of the International Women’s Day, we would be sharing with you the tops 5 jobs or professional level a woman is yet to attain in Nigeria. 1. NSCDC Commandant General – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was established in 2003 by the act of the national assembly. Ever since its establishment, no woman has attained the highest hierarchy in this corps. Logically, with a Master’s Degree, anybody...
Top 5 Women Trailblazers in Nigeria
To celebrate the International Women’s Day, we have brought you a list of women who have challenged the status quo and imprinted their footstep into the sands of time in Nigeria. I bet the list would inspire you as a woman. Captain Chinyere Kalu She is the first Nigerian Female Pilot. Her decision to take being a pilot as a career was motivated by her aunt; who was the first woman from her hometown to travel overseas. Captain Chinyere is a part of the few female who is a member of the order of the Federal Republic (MFR). In 2011,...
Tale of a teenager: The Omolola’s experience-The Party
25th of December 12:00 pm Walking down the stairs,I could hear a familiar voice calling out my name screaming‘Omolola! ‘Omolola! Help me check the kitchen cabinet for a new pack of magi seasoning and I need it right no’that was my mother Chief Mrs Tade herself AKA Mama Show, always representing at any family event. She can like to party for Africa. As I hurriedly turn back I heard my name again ‘Omolola! ‘Omolola! ‘Get me cold water from the fridge andalso come with my food ’.I sheaved a sigh as I listened to the voice other me around- that...
Tale of a teenager: The Omolola’s experience- Prologue…
Pictures flashing through my mind. Flashes of how my clothes were ripped off my body. I could still feel his strong arms hooking me down, covering my mouth in a choke, holding me down all at the same time, keeping my voice from screaming out the cries of my heart. In all this horror, he kept whispering into my ears “Omolola, I Love you”, “be mine, all mine”…. These words fell like an egg, they dropped on me like a bomb; never in my wildest imagination did I ever imagine my Uncle Kunle say this to me. Every now and...
EKO
It was all emotional that Sunday evening on the 3rd of January, 2016 when the luxurious bus of Bonny Ways Travels honked its horn and started the engine preparing its passengers for departure from Jos to Lagos. Tochukwu who was one of the passengers set to travel with the number 12 bus to Lagos for her National Youth Service Corp Program waved at her family from the window and as they waved back, drops of tears rolled down her chin then she realised she had to suck it up because it was inevitable. She waved some more and this time...
Creating your home…
After moving around to make ends meet, there is nothing that can be compared to you coming back from those plenty walks to your home of comfort. How annoying can it be when you go out only to return to an unattractive and unpleasant atmosphere in your home? We might see some things as unimportant when we are arranging the house but really they go a long way in affecting our thoughts and mood when we are in there. There is absolutely nothing like a comfortable home, where you have the right set of sofas, lights, curtains, tables, and carpet....