ONE of the biggest mistakes you can make is to put your friend up in your flat on a temporary basis, especially when your place is a bit crammed.” Bilikis was desperate for a place to stay and Ann, her childhood friend put her up. But now Ann’s ‘guest’ had been with her for nine months—instead of the three months she said she would spend. Her boyfriend of a couple of years had not only found someone else—he was getting married and Bilikis had to go. She was very weepy and desperate to find a place, that Ann grudgingly agreed to put her up long enough for her to find a decent place of her own.

I am in my 50s and have been married for over 25 years. I recently met one of my only son’s girlfriends and my life has never been the same again. Her body is simply wonderful; well-stacked boobs and glowing skin and she wears all the revealing clothes that are the rage these days. For months I fantasised about having sex with her.

Some few months back, at one of these private A-list parties, Dora was having the time of her life. So were a few of us that shared a table.

SOME months back, Britain’s first red light district was created in Leeds – an industrial city populated by working class blacks with a high rate of prostitution. From 7pm to 7 am, sex workers can operate without fear of arrest, as long as they stay in the designated area. The scheme hopes to protect sex workers who’d been plagued with arrests by the law enforcement agents and physical abuse by their ‘clients’. “I live in Leeds,” observed Susie Burge,” and prostitution on the street has been going on around here for years. So why not legalise a red light area?

Determined to re-orientate the girl-child and youths generally in Delta State, Mrs. Tosan Ororo-Oghoshe, a renowned author, columnist and gender crusader, in this interview, calls on the state government to partner her NGO, Rochcare Foundation, on empowerment of youths and the girl-child. Excerpts: