Oh, Baby!!! It’s quite interesting my heart no longer beats furiously like the drums of an over-excited masquerade festival drummer, whenever I think of you. I no longer get scared and mentally worked up thinking about where you could be or what you could be doing when you don’t pick my calls. And to think that I no longer fret when you disconnect the call without saying the usual “I love you to the square of infinity”. I used to love hearing it so much that my heart drops whenever you forget to say it. How could you have forgotten? Do…
Author: Pride Team
They say the internet never forgets, such is the case with Kevin Hart’s recent online travail, which has forced him to step down from being next year’s Oscars host. The LGBTQ community came after Hart for being homophobic after he was announced as the host of the Oscars. The tweet, from a decade ago, which caused a firestorm in Hart’s camp was tagged hate speech by the community. In one of the tweets from 2011, that has now been deleted, the comedian-actor said, “Yo if my son comes home & try’s 2 play with my daughter’s dollhouse I’m going 2 break…
Florence looked at her wristwatch. It was 6.30p.m. Thank God she was home. She had this ominous feeling all day. She hoped everyone at home was fine; her mother, father, brothers and sisters. She decided she would call them that night. In any case, it had been two weeks since they called. She hoped that Uncle Dave and Dapo were okay. Her world would crumble if anything happened to any of her loved ones. Well, she and Dapo would go and visit Uncle later; just to be sure he was alright. At the entrance to the flat, she paused for…
…Continued from Chapter Nine. On my way home, I thought about my session with doctor Obi and caught myself smiling. My phone began to ring, it was an unknown number and I usually don’t pick up calls from numbers I don’t have saved. I hesitated but eventually answered, it was Tola. I hadn’t heard from her in a while, so this was a welcome surprise. “Hello, good afternoon. Who is this, please?” “Hello, this is Tola speaking,” it was a lady’s voice and she sounded familiar. “Wait a second, which Tola am I speaking with?” I asked in anticipation. “It’s…
Although Harmattan is characterised mainly as dry – in its extreme form, it is also accompanied by cold. When the weather forces us to cover up more, we believe we are left with limited choices, but it isn’t entirely the case especially when you know what you’re doing. Granted, looking sexy and freezing can’t be accommodated in the same sentence during Harmattan, but this doesn’t mean you can’t successfully pull off a sexy look all the while being warm. It isn’t rocket science; fashion blogger Mariam Musa is proof. With her regular visual style tips, she constantly gives us style…
Our new column, Traditional and Contemporary, focuses on the Ankara fabric spliced with contemporary designs. African fashion has taken a spike in creative designing over the years and we are ultra-excited to be documenting its progress one stylish picture at a time. Every Fashion Friday, we’ll be surfing through social media streets to find design inspirations for our Pride Woman (which is you, by the way). See week one, week two, week three, week four, week five, week six, week seven, week eight, week nine, week ten, week eleven, week twelve and week thirteen. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon ooja Egwurube??? (@sharonooja) on Dec 2, 2018 at…
Laugh Quote Life is too short for chess. – Henry James Byron Wise Guys Answer To Stupid Question Question: Seems like you don’t know how to have fun. Do you? Wise Guy: I didn’t know “fun” was a synonym for “loud.” Corny Chat Up Line You look so familiar … didn’t we take a class together? I could have sworn we had chemistry. Business Joke A very successful businessman went to visit his new son-in-law. He said to him, “I love my daughter, and now I welcome you into the family. To show you how much we care for you,…
The below article is published in the Man to Man column asking the question, would you want this to happen to your Sister? A girl had a relationship with a nice looking young man that was everything she wanted her man to be. They got on well for 3 years but of course, like every relationship, they have their ups and downs, most of which was caused by other women in the guy’s life. She complained, quarrelled, and stayed away but they still got back together. So, it seemed that the two would finally go far. The girl called her…
You know how to find happiness: Just meet Prince Charming (or Cinderella), overcome all obstacles, get married. The end. Sure, we kind of know real life doesn’t work like that. And yet this “romantic” story remains right up there on its cultural pedestal. We measure ourselves against it when we “fail.” I know how that feels. I’m polyamorous — in two simultaneous loving relationships — which is a “failure” condition because if you really love someone, you aren’t supposed to want anybody else. But, I’m also a philosophy professor, and I say this blinkered focus on a single story arc…
“Attending the seminar was a real eye-opener to me. I wasn’t so sure of my expectations when I was first invited but in no time, I realised it was a good investment which was worth every penny! I was greatly inspired by all of the speakers and I especially enjoyed the fact that it provided me with the opportunity to network and mingle with other women from diverse fields and background. Well done to the Thrive Team! I definitely will attend subsequent conferences! “ – Oyinpreye Aigbogun The inaugural Thrive Women Conference, which held on Thursday 15th of November 2018…