The first country I visited outside Nigeria was the United States. We were a group and it was a business vacation. Interestingly, we eat a lot of foreign cuisines in Nigeria thanks to fast food joints and also intercontinental restaurants. But trying these foods on foreign soil is a whole new experience. On the first Read More…
Urban Living
It’s back-to-school season!
Schools will be resuming in a few weeks after the long holidays, and if this isn’t properly managed, you and even the kids can end up disorganised and exhausted even before the session commences. On one hand, parents are happy their kids will go back to school so they can rest while on the other Read More…
Of Moms and Daughters
This would be my second article on parenting, and I’ll be drawing inspiration from my relationship with my mom, and daughter and from what I have observed around me. Raising boys and girls can be both similar and different at the same time. With girls, aside from teaching us to be proper and conform to Read More…
Building Bridges to Empowerment: UpYou! Women’s Conference
Ezinne Kufre-Ekanem is the host of the UpYou! Women’s Conference with the theme, ‘Building Bridges from Within’, which aims to address the pervasive sense of unfulfillment among women as a result of unfulfilled aspirations and dreams. The interview with Ezinne Kufre-Ekanem, the visionary CEO of Rosemary’s Furnishings and the driving force behind the UpYou! movement Read More…
Self Care 101
Self-care is the intentional act of protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, especially during times of stress. This begins with being kind to yourself. Society and family place a very huge expectation on women, and so we tend to be hard on ourselves and always blame ourselves when things don’t go as planned or as Read More…
Living with an unbelieving spouse
(1 Corinthians 7:12–16; 1 Peter 3:1–7) One situation that many believers in Jesus Christ need the light of the word of God to deal with is how an unbeliever may live successfully with an unbeliever within marriage. The marital condition in which a born-again Christian is involved with an unbeliever is quite prevalent today. Such Read More…
10 Frugal Shopping Tips You’ve Probably Never Heard of Before
I really cannot explain why but the first thing we did when we heard the news of the removal of fuel subsidy was to rush to the market to buy a bag of rice for starters. As the value of the naira keeps depreciating, the exchange rates are nothing but a nightmare. If ever there Read More…
Are You Always Cash Trapped?
This topic is one that practically everyone can relate to. As a businessperson, it’s even worse because you can have a million naira in your account one day and the next day, your account is in red. For salary earners, well, salary barely takes anyone home these days and it’s easy to understand why, if Read More…
How to Prosper in a Hostile Business/Work Environment
(Daniel 6: 13-28) Many workers and owners of businesses today testify that the environment in which they work or do business is hostile. It is hostile to their health, to their family life, to their faith in God, and to their material and spiritual well-being. Nigeria is reputed to be one of the most corrupt Read More…
Never Too Late to Make Your Dreams Come True
I just got back from a slumber party, and it was all shades of fun. Every woman was present. Young, younger and youngest cos I don’t want to use the word ‘old.’ We had single women, married, divorced and widowed. About 40 women under one roof. I haven’t laughed and giggled as hard as I Read More…