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Actor Emeka Ike says love and marriage are not scams, blaming failed relationships on people who use partners as "meal tickets." He urged Nigerian women to ignore advice from those whose marriages collapsed, saying, "no dey listen to those women wey their marriage don scatter o, na dem full online."
When Kagiso’s career dream collided with Boitumelo’s deepest fears, their home nearly broke. These are 25 real solutions for couples and families navigating career choices that threaten to divide a home, without pretending perfection exists, and without losing each other along the way.
Every family absorbs pressure from outside - in-laws, money, culture, social media, careers. This story follows Tunde and Folasade as they learn that what they let into their home shapes who their children become. Practical, honest, and judgment-free guidance for parents navigating a noisy world.
Tolani got a promotion. Ayodele got quiet. This is the story of what happens when one partner grows faster than the other and the honest, practical steps that stop silent resentment from turning into something heavier. No perfect endings, just real ones.
An Ogoni family has sued Nigeria’s Federal and Rivers State Governments after their son, Gospel Kinanee, spent 18 years in prison without trial from age 14. He was found during a routine prison visit and freed in a jail delivery exercise. The family seeks damages for his lost youth.
President Tinubu playfully called First Lady Remi Tinubu “Iya Alakara” during the Presidential Press Corps Dinner in Abuja, referencing the backlash she received after advising low-income Nigerians to sell akara or roast corn. His remark, “my dear wife, the First Lady, Iya Alakara,” drew laughter from the audience.
Youth Minister Ayodele Olawande has clarified that Adire has not replaced NYSC’s khaki uniform, saying his earlier TV remarks were misreported. He explained that he had cited only Adire and Ankara as examples under consideration, adding, “No final decision has been taken on the fabric or design” of the new uniform.
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Kagiso and Boitumelo had a love Gaborone talked about until small, everyday habits quietly wore it down. This is their story, and yours too. A warm, honest look at the 23 ordinary things that kill relationships slowly, and how to protect your love before it becomes another cautionary tale whispered at family gatherings.
Tunde thought his silence was harmless. Kemi thought her ambitions were her own business. Neither of them realised that inside a relationship, there is no such thing as a private decision. Every choice you make, however small, however personal, lands somewhere on your partner. This is the conversation most couples are not having, and it is quietly costing them everything.
Hamza had built a business, managed a team, and sat in rooms with powerful men, yet nothing sharpened him quite like the conversation with his wife, Fatima, at the kitchen table on a rainy Tuesday evening. Marriage, when entered into with intention, is not just a union of two hearts; it is the most strategic, transformative, and life-defining partnership a man will ever choose. And most men don’t even know it yet.
Cross River security operatives rescued a newborn and arrested four suspects in a child trafficking ring accused of running a fake pregnancy scheme called “implanting.” Three women and a delivery home operator were handed to NAPTIP for prosecution as investigators work to identify the baby’s biological mother.
Russian urban explorers Ivan Kuznetsov and Angelina Nikolau scaled the Empire State Building’s antenna, unfurled a flag reading “When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace,” then got engaged 443 metres up. Police arrested the pair, who face burglary and trespassing charges.
Toyin had a checklist of what she wanted in a husband. What she never had was a list of what to watch out for. Two years into a marriage that left her “permanently exhausted,” she finally sat with her cousin Adiza and started naming things. This is for every person still searching, and every married partner already in the thick of it. Know the patterns before they cost you everything.
A Botswanan couple's journey from engagement jitters to a lived-in marriage reveals twenty honest truths no one tells singles before the wedding. Told through Thabo and Kagiso's story, this piece unpacks the physical, mental, and goal-driven habits that quietly build, or slowly destroy, a happy home. Practical, warm, and judgment-free guidance for anyone hoping to love well and for parents raising the next generation of spouses.
Zainab almost married the most attractive man in the room. She married a secondary school teacher instead, and it saved her. This warm, and deeply practical story of why the mind you marry will shape every corner of your life, and why physical attraction, as real as it is, was never meant to carry a marriage alone is for you.
Zainab had everything that looked like readiness for marriage, but what she didn’t have was equipment. There’s a difference, and it matters more than most singles realise. Read this is the honest, warm, and practical guide to the internal tools every single person needs to build before they walk down the aisle, because love is the reason you marry, never the only thing that keeps you there.
President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s sweeping NYSC reforms, saying young Nigerians, who make up nearly 70% of the population, are “the engine” of national development, not a burden to be managed. The reforms, approved by the Federal Executive Council on Monday, include risk-based deployment and skills-focused training across eleven career streams.
Media personality Toke Makinwa has advised women to choose partners who display emotional maturity, particularly during conflict. In an Instagram Story post, Makinwa urged women to go for the man who calls after an argument to check on them, stays through difficulty, and apologises because the relationship matters more than his ego.
Nigeria’s Acting High Commissioner to South Africa, Alexander Ajayi, says the Federal Government will pursue compensation for Nigerians who abandoned businesses and properties amid anti-immigrant protests. Ajayi revealed he has already held talks with South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Finance, with returnees now being asked to accurately document everything left behind.
Nigeria has vowed not to accept the humiliation of its citizens amid escalating xenophobic attacks in South Africa, as another batch of Nigerians was repatriated on Tuesday. Presidential Adviser Demola Oshodi said hundreds of vulnerable Nigerians have been evacuated, while Acting High Commissioner Alexander Ajayi confirmed the government is pursuing possible compensation for abandoned businesses and properties.
Most people pay attention to washing their hands after using the toilet, but very few people think about what happens when they flush. In many homes, offices, hotels, schools, churches, and public restrooms, people flush the toilet with the lid left open. It has become such a common habit that many people never question it.
Zainab kept guessing what her boyfriend’s silence meant, exhausting herself decoding a relationship that should have felt simple. Her best friend’s honest words changed everything. This is a candid, supportive look at why love shouldn’t feel like a riddle, why partners go quiet, and how genuine love speaks plainly instead.