Tag: by Funke Egbemode

You Must Marry Me And My Children, By Funke Egbemode

Abibat Babalola

‘I will not be with a man who will not marry me along with my children.’     ‘It is either he loves me and my children or there is no deal.’ How many times have you heard these statements from a single mum, or even something more threatening? Some single mums, they are daring and then also unwise. How does a man’s love or attraction to you become what you measure by the degree of his love for your children? How? Those are your children. They have a father.…

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Food For The gods, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

If a young man decides in his exuberant, nothing-go-do-me wisdom to eat food cooked, reserved and already served for the elders, he may lose his teeth or may not live to tell the story of the taste of the dish.   Kudi, fine-girl-no-pimples, was one of those undergraduates who lived their lives on their own terms on campus. Kay-girl, as she was fondly called, was an ‘aristo’ girl. Small small boys were not her thing. She liked them known and rich, politicians and business tycoons. The age or size of…

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Don’t Kill Yourself Because He’s Cheating, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men, lying sons of Adam. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid.   Women, we do all kinds of things, for love, for men. Some of those things are smart, many are stupid. One of the stupidest ones, or should I call it strangest, is women killing themselves because their men are mean, cheating, lying sons of Adam. Why should a woman die because she is in a bad relationship? Why will a woman commit suicide because her…

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Why Don’t Men Like Men’s World Again?, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

Mean men and their pumping skills that they crown with shameless irresponsibility, isn’t that how they filled the world with single mothers? Which one of you started this new campaign of ‘women enslaving men’ again? I have been seeing the articles on different platforms about how women have a playbook on how they will make men become their slaves. And their text is taken from a book called The Manipulated Man written by Esther Vilar in 1971. Yes 1971. Originally written in German and later translated to English. Guys, are…

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Lagos: Mr Governor, This Sacrifice Must Get To Olodumare, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

I bet, at this point, many will tell Mr. Governor to ignore Mr. President. After all what can the President do to Sanwo-Olu as a second term Governor. He won’t be needing a fresh ticket. That may be true but a river that forgets its source will dry up.   As a young reporter in the early 90s, I grew up in the newsroom hearing the phrase ‘IBB Boys’. These were young soldiers loyal to the former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and…

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Accidental Second Wives, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

Finding Mr Right simply ended up being too hard a nut to crack than juggling two MBAs in the same academic year. So, they settle for Mr Available, in the absence of Mr Right. Are there really women whose main and original ambition was to become second wives? I mean, are there women who never once had a goal of meeting a fine young man whose first wife they want to be? Do some women consciously set out to be second or third wives? Take a look at your young…

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Before You Go Beat Up His Side Chic, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

How many times do I have to warn wives to desist from going to the territory of their husband’s side chic or mistress to fight, physically fight? It is dangerous, demeaning, disgraceful. Babe, you can gossip about her, report her to her friends or even call her out on social media (which is also dangerous). You can even report her to God in any way you know, but you must not, should never go to her territory to roll up your sleeves or get into the gutter to do combat.…

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Women Who Shared Their Men, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

I don’t think those who do not believe in the long haul should bother us with the wedding invitation cards and the fanfare. Weddings do not make marriages.   One man, three, four wives, and a strong home, a marriage that lasted till the end of their lives. How did our grandmothers and great-grandmothers do it? How did they cope with the sleep roasters, sharing their men’s affection, attention and bodies? Didn’t they ever get jealous, feel betrayed when the men they love bring in new women? Wait, did they…

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Women Are Free To Be Gold Diggers, By Funke Egbemode

Ganiyu Amodu

Do you still remember the story of my friend who said he loves women with big breasts? Each time a woman with full frontal endowment passed, he smacked his lips. He will not date a woman with less than 34DD specification. He can ‘manage’ if her southern region is not rich or even outright flat. As long as there is something full to cushion his stress after a long hard day. But his wife, yes, the Madam of the house, is almost flat-chested. Yet my friend is married, happily married.…

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Men, Stop Joining Your Ancestors, By Funke Egbemode

ADEOLA YUSUF

For many years, women were held responsible for men not living to ripe old ages. Grieving women were subjected to the most inhuman cultural or traditional widowhood rites which I insist point to the backwardness and wickedness of those who inflict them. I mean, what kind of woman forces a fellow woman who had just lost her husband to drink the water used to bathe a corpse? My friends, if your mother had ever participated in doing this evil to another woman, go and pray, so that God will not…

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