Press For Progress: What is stopping me?
By BIMBOLA AMAO Since 1914, the 8th of March has been declared as the International Women’s Day. A century has since passed and the womenfolk are still fighting gender disparity. There are bits of progress here and there, Saudi Arabian ladies can now drive and my sisters from the south east can inherit their fathers’ […]
MAKE THAT MOVE RIGHT NOW
My beloved daughter, Most of us are prone to put off for tomorrow what we should be doing right now. However, if we go on doing this, we will end up not achieving much in our life. The hard truth my darling is that: If we do not go after what we want, we will […]
ADVICE PAPA GAVE ME: DON’T BE A HARDENED BABE
My dear daughter, Love is a many-splendored thing, and finding the one you love and who loves you in return may be a tall order but it happens all the time to most of us as it did between your mum and me. We have had 33 years of our ups and downs, but we […]
HEARTS AS ONE AWARDS – NOMINATION DEADLINE EXTENSION
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE
My dear daughter, How do you manage to balance your profession and your life? Work-life balance is something we should all pay very close attention to. I have witnessed many people who in their youth did not realise that we must all strive to strike a reasoned balance between our work and our lives. So […]
HOW DO WE SHARE DOMESTIC CHORES EQUITABLY?
Dear Dorothy, My husband and I have been married for about ten years and we have three lovely kids. Both of us are professionals. I am a lawyer and a partner in a law firm. My husband is a banker. I think we have a good relationship but an area of friction over the years […]
DEATH SHOWS THE DEPTH OF LOVE
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Songs of Solomon 2:16. The Biblical verse from the Songs of Solomon captures the entirety of complete giving which is what comes to mind when we think of love. This “complete giving” is the total giving of oneself to love in confidence […]
VALENTINE’S DAY AND THE SINGLE GIRL: HOW TO COPE WHEN SINGLE AND SEARCHING.
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us with just about three days to go. For the single girl, the thought that Valentine’s Day is around the corner and that she will be all alone on that day may fill her with so much trepidation. But should this be the case? As each Valentine season approaches, there […]
WISEN UP GIRL – THAT MAN IS JUST PLAYING YOU FOR A FOOL
This is the fourth part of a 5-part series of articles written in a male column addressed to the sisters. The author sees it as a reverse way of talking to the brothers to mend their ways in matters concerning the heart where the sisters are concerned My dear sisters, why do some girls seem […]
SEX IS NOT THE GLUE FOR A RELATIONSHIP
When a guy is pressuring you on the first date or just after a few dates to have sex with him. This my dear girl, is a red flag. He is just after your body period. Love or a relationship is far from his mind. Most girls complain that guys stop seeing them after a […]