Dear Dorothy, I am a lawyer by profession, in my mid-twenties, and have been dating this man for five years and in my mind we were happy together and I was looking forward to our tying the knot. You can imagine my surprise and disappointment when he left me without any notice and married someone else who I later discovered he had been dating behind my back for about eighteen months. You can imagine how badly I feel after this breakup. I feel very sad about this; I feel depressed about being used, deceived and dumped. I am very bitter…
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With long trips come back pain or neck pain. The seats in cars, aeroplanes, buses, and trains, sometimes are not the most comfortable. Besides sitting still for an extended time can in itself aggravate painful areas in the back and neck. Seats in cars, trains, planes etc. often don’t provide the right type of support for the lower back and/or neck. A support pillow can be used to make your seat more comfortable and support your lower back. If you don’t have one or forget to bring it, a jacket, sweater or blanket rolled up can also provide support for…
A tower of loneliness stands still in front of his heart & only a cold quart of black label remembers his plight at hideout bar & its hungry ear ate all his secrets on a Thursday night drunk & upset until he found himself sunk & burnt between the glory thighs of a german tourist her lips dripping mulberry juices deeply dipping a poet in her poolside after an extensive pata pata to end a poet’s kalahari times Zama Madinana is a South African poet based in Johannesburg. His work has appeared in Stanzas, Botsotso, Carapace, Poetry Potion, The…
Readings: Acts 20:28-38; Psalm 68; John 17:11-19 Paul was in Miletus, on his way to Jerusalem, not knowing what would happen to him in Jerusalem. He decided to call the elders of the Church in Ephesus together. He reminded them of his sacrificial labour amongst them and he admonished them to imitate his example as they shepherded the flock. I am particularly thrilled by the admonition of Paul that the elders should watch over the flock that God had entrusted to them because fierce wolves would come from within and without and would try to devour the sheep. Dear friends,…
Every woman has a story but our Woman Crush Wednesday, Ifeoma Uddoh’s story leaves an indelible mark teaching us lessons on how to dream big and take our place as game changers. She is a social entrepreneur and the founder of the first fintech for women in Nigeria – Shecluded. Ifeoma was raised by a single mother after her father died. Despite the loss so early in her life, Ifeoma moved forward undettered. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in industrial mathematics and a master’s degree in management science and operations research, and went on to amass over a decade of career…
Readings: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; Romans 8:8-17; John 14:15-16, 23-26. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Today is the day we have been preparing for through a series of prayers, novena and programs – it is the feast of Pentecost. Today, we recall the day that the early disciples and followers of the Lord received in a significant, powerful and decisive way, the Holy Spirit which Jesus promised them. This year, I am sorry, I chose not to go into the history of the…
She descended from the sixth floor with a rucksack of shattered dreams in her heart to meet death with her spirit pointing South she crumbled like an ostrich bones crashing blood spilling fears scattered and braam screaming a beautiful flower wilting. She could no longer read through the pages of depression the candles of her dreams burnt out she just left everything behind all the terrors of this life heavy family hopes & the lecture halls that refused to embrace her name. Zama Madinana is a South African poet based in Johannesburg. His work has appeared in Stanzas,…
Dear Dorothy, I have been married for five years now and my husband and I work. However, I earn more than him and this has become a problem because he leaves me to run all the household expenses, even the payment of school fees for our kids. He does not do anything for us although he fully supports his siblings and his extended family. Dorothy, I don’t think his attitude is fair and I am starting to feel very resentful towards him. I do love him but I don’t want to feel that I am being used. In my books,…
Singer, Brymo is facing serious lashing for declaring his support for All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Real name Olawale Ibrahim Ashimi, Brymo had tweeted his support for Tinubu, noting that while he had never met the aspirant, he believed he was the one with a plan for the country. A tweeter user @ambrosia_ijebu had written, “This Jagaban (as Tinubu is also called) candidacy has truly helped me see that so many Nigerians actually don’t care about purposeful or diligent leadership.” And responding, Brymo said “Yet he’s the one with a plan, we all know that. Let a…
Nollywood actor, Kalu Ikeagwu and his estranged wife are in the news. The actor recently told an Ikeja High Court that his separated wife, Ijeoma, had reportedly fled their marital home and prohibited him from seeing their two children. Mr Ikeagwu is seeking to dissolve his six-year marriage to Ijeoma, a makeup artist, in the case LD/8939HD/2021. In addition, the British-Nigerian actor wants full custody of his three-year-old son and ten-year-old stepdaughter. The pair married in 2016 after dating for three months and have two children. In 2005, the estranged couple met on the set of a movie in Port…