Ephraim and Magdalene were five and six in the unversity. Everyone thought their’s was a union made in heaven. Ephraim graduated before Magdalene did, so he went for service leaving Magdalene behind in school, but their relationship was still intact.

Johnson grew up in a family where culture and tradition is held in high esteem. He was only a little child when his mother taught him about the norms, values and traditions of his people; so before his age mates heard about these things he knew them already. He lost his father at a very tender age and his mother did not remarry.

Men’s fear of commitment goes beyond the ordinary l must say. Why don’t they want to settle down or ‘tie the knot’? Sometimes, it takes years with a particular woman and children in between to make a man tie the knot. In other cases, you will see a man having a live-in lover and they have children between them, yet they are not legally married and every time the woman reminds the man of it, he panics.

ast week, we talked about Samson who left his job as a bank manager because he was about to get married to Nnnena, a Nigerian who is also an American citizen, and because both of them had planned to relocate to the States, he resigned and joined her only to meet the biggest shock of his life.

Samson has always loved the good things of life. When he was a boy, one could tell that he was on his way to becoming the master of his game. He graduated when his mates did and immediately got a job in a reputable bank. Not too long, he went back to school for his masters and doctorate. These degrees gave him added advantage over his peers, so he got promoted and headed a branch of the bank in a short time.

Last two week’s, we were told by our celebrities that they cannot kill for love. Let’s know the worth of love to different people in the first place.

Mary was obviously going to be the star in her family, even when she was just a baby; her parents knew that she was special. Her growth was no different; she was so fast that at age thirteen she was all grown up with all the features. She was beautiful, an exact opposite of her parents plainness with intelligence beyond her age. Truly she was meant to make her family proud.

Lanre loves Janet and could walk to the end of the earth to prove it, but his greatest weakness which over the years threatened his love affairs with Janet is his anger. On several occasions his jealousy has resulted in bloody fights with Janet. And such times, Janet has threatened to walk away from the relationship rather than lose her life.

Our topic for beyond pardon is the case of a woman who has been married for twenty years, she has never been pregnant. She has been everywhere and finally found out that she is not to be blamed. Out of frustration, she is asking if she could sleep with another to get pregnant…

We are re- running the topic of last week’s edition on ‘beyond pardon’. It is a case of a girl who was kidnapped, gang raped at 18. She did not tell her family about the ugly incident because of the stigma, but she found out that she is pregnant. What do you think she can do about it? Hear what a renowned actress has to say on this heart- rendering issue.