I have tried to stay calm in the midst of every event that had unfolded in the past weeks, beginning from the Abule Ado explosion that happened so close to where I live with my family, to the Coronavirus spread, to the lock down of churches, the panic buying, the shutting down of schools and
I am generation equality: realizing women’s rights – This was the theme of the International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March 2020. What are these rights? The United Nations women explain, “The emerging global consensus is that despite some progress, real change has been agonizingly slow for the majority of women and girls in the world.
If you think I write well, late Dr. Ife Ogbonna (AKA Ala Bingo) of the University of Nigeria Secondary School Enugu, Nigeria, was responsible for it. He passed two weekends ago in Enugu. He and our English literature teacher made the English Language and creative writing feel like the highest art to learn. They were
I read through the story of the creation of the world today again. I needed to be sure at which stage God created the woman. It was after creating everything and putting the man in charge of all. God then looked around and saw that man needed a helper, so He made the woman from
There are certain nomenclatures that are common in the consulting work environment. Expressions like ‘yo-yo’, ‘obote’, ‘PURE’, ‘greenhorn’ ‘lacks presence’ and the likes. They all describe how ‘management’ perceive certain employees. Many organizations appraise employees based on set ‘targets’ or sales levels or certain key performance indices associated with the particular role of the employee,
So, that was Anthonia. I understand she is settled now, with a relatively good family. About Gladys (not sure this is her exact name as I have been in this house help hustle for long), it is actually a scary story. I am telling it so that we all can be extra careful about whom
I wanted to start my business year with a bang, and so I started early to arrange for a strong supportive house help to aid me – make no mistakes, good house helps are a blessing to every career woman, businesswoman or even stay-at-home moms. My cousin was trying to convince me late last year
This episode is focused on single ladies, and how their choice of life partners can affect their careers. I was watching a new TV reality show- ‘Date my family Nigeria’ and the subject for that particular episode was a male, looking for a suitable working-class lady to date. One of his requirements was that the lady
There is no mention of the woman- the African woman or telling the stories of her success without recognising the ‘God Factor’. Neither can I dare to do so. For only God can give a woman the sanity, the love, the willpower to accomplish the tasks to which she has been called. We all know that
*Continued from last week* So, I kept working, changed jobs twice and had a thousand and one episodes at work and at home. I felt guilty when a 9-year old girl in the compound violated my daughter at 3 years. I felt guilty each time I had to drop off my children at the creche