by Teakisi | May 22, 2020 | Entertainment, Short Story
By Felly Oyuga Mummy, I’m feeling cold” Ava rushed to cover her child. It had been raining all afternoon and the pink blanket was not enough. She then tried to pull the plastic sheet over the cot. Her room had a leak in the ceiling. Ava lived in an old building that...
by Teakisi | May 8, 2020 | Entertainment, Short Story
By Felly Oyuga Life had become unbearable. It was not always this way though. 16 months ago, Cherie thought she was blissfully married. They lived in a decent three bedroom house with her three children and her husband, Saul. Their three children, Anna 13, Anita 9 and...
by Ayandola Ayanleke | Apr 13, 2020 | Empowerment, Lifestyle, Thoughts & Reflections
Towards the end of last year or was it the year before, a particular lady trended on Twitter in Nigeria because she made a thread talking about how she wished she knew early on not to get married and give birth. According to her, she had a problem settling into her...
by Teakisi | Aug 9, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Poem, Religion, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga Lately, the whiskey hits different. Before, I would dance in my seat, laugh from my throat, while hoping no one would see the sadness in my eyes, feigning happiness and interest in life and lovers, when all I wanted to do was stagger home and cry the...
by Teakisi | Jun 17, 2019 | Culture, Education, Empowerment, Entertainment, Family, Feature, Lifestyle, Love & Sex, Thoughts & Reflections
By Felly Oyuga I am forty. They said this would be my sexual peak. I kind of thought they meant that I would have a lot of great sex. I was looking forward to that. I think they meant I would just look forward to great sex and not necessarily have it. I spent my...