Unsurprisingly in the last month, I’ve gotten wind of at least 8 wedding hitches by friends of friends. In our country, marriage is a cultural mainstay woven into the fabric of its existence. Let me undress this: the extinction of marriage will pose an immediate threat to the existence of our culture which springboards from the ideology of family. Though for the religious populace (which is most of us, if I may add), marriage is and has always been a spiritual construct ordained by God. This in itself is enough reason to willingly participate, right? And, nothing God creates can…
Author: Pride Team
I remember a stanza from the old Nigerian National anthem: “Though tribe and tongue may differ, in brotherhood we stand” This, for want of a better statement to describe the state of the relationships between the various tongues and tribes in our country, is still a big work in progress. Despite this, we find that a good number of our youths are marrying each other across the cultural and tribal divide. How are these intertribal marriages faring? Marriage is no walk in a park even when the people involved are from the same town and culture. There is no gainsaying…
My dear Daughter, The human emotion is a tricky and equally powerful force. It propels us to cling to things we should otherwise discard. Sometimes these things manifest in the form of material objects that we bestow sentimental values on when in reality, all they do is clutter our lives. Other times it’s unseen and intangible, yet our emotions are voluntarily warped up as a result of its existence. We carry around emotional baggage that we should have let go of aeons ago. Of a truth, my dear, there is so much you can and should let go of without…
The number of women entrepreneurs paving the way within fast-growing sectors in the country is increasing at a considerably impressive rate. Women are fearlessly plying routes that were once deemed a men-only path. This isn’t to say the global female goal is to snatch the helm from their male counterparts in diverse facets (although this isn’t entirely a bad idea) rather, it is to create and compete under equal circumstances. Our Woman Crush Wednesday Ndidi Nwuneli is a force to reckon with in the youth development sector. As the founder of LEAP Africa, a leading nonprofit organization that provides social…
Tomas Matthews, Concordia University When Stevie Wonder’s 1972 hit “Superstition” comes on, you might find yourself bobbing your head, tapping your feet and maybe even dancing along. This phenomenon is widespread and seemingly automatic, but why humans consistently react this way to certain music is still unclear. The questions of why and how music can make us want to move has led many musicologists, psychologists and neuroscientists to the study of groove. Superstition – Stevie Wonder, from the 1972 album, Talking Book. Groove has been defined by researchers as the pleasurable desire to move to music. That is, why we…
How well connected are you in your work sphere? By this I mean the industry that you’re engaged in and not just your workplace. If you are in the media world is it just your colleagues that are within your network or are you connected to a whole bunch of people across the spectrum? Being well networked can go a long way to advance your career and your social life. Opportunities seldom come knocking at your door. In reality, you have to leave your comfort zone to go knocking on the door of opportunities. Merriam-Webster defines the word network as,…
Holy Humour Thou Shall Not Kill A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her young charges. After explaining the commandment to “Honor thy father and thy mother,” she asked, “Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?” Without missing a beat, one little boy answered, “Thou shall not kill!” Sunday Quote “See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time”. – Robin Williams The Sunday Joke How to Get to Heaven? A teacher asked the children in…
He is the word spread across the papers loosely spread with all the inks and stains With all the flowers and thorns He still lives. No one could describe him For all descriptions are fatal But, his unwavering innocence, so pure and contagious you can inhale He is our bread and he butters it We feed on him – like moths sip flower nectar. He is our anchor, so strong and tall He is the pillar we use for support And I am scared how much he would last But I know even pillars could break For the burden seems…
On the threshold of the new year 2019, we publish today a Sermon preached by Rev. Fr. Okanmi on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 to remind us that it is important for us to go into the new year with the sure and certain confidence that God is able and that if we put our confidence, trust and hope in him he will bless us in 2019 and always. FOR indeed – “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and…
The popular On Air and TV Personality cum businesswoman who has been dubbed controversial in the past for several reasons has achieved measurable success despite the ton of hate and negativity hurled her way. However, early this year, she sparked more controversy when her body was noticeably different. The socialite who was known to have an athletic build suddenly appeared to be fuller with an hourglass figure. Many opined that she got plastic surgery, despite her continuous silence on the matter. She’s finally broken her silence to reveal that she underwent plastic surgery to try and change her body because…