“Madam I am sorry to tell you this, but you are HIV positive” said Dr Samuel. ”Doctor, it can’t be, tell me it’s not true, I thought it was just one of those sicknesses that come and go after child birth” said Lucy whilst in tears. “You can’t be serious; this has to be a joke, right? Her husband shouted in a harsh tone.

“Aren’t our women a bit over the top in the way they dress these days?” That was Kay as he breezed into my office looking a bit worn around the edges. He’s currently heavily involved with Bomma, an older friend years younger than he is, but had also met Rose, one of the participants at a course we ran on Information Technology a couple of months back.

Sandra is a tomboy. Everyone who knew her saw her as so. When she eventually brought home a guy, her siblings and Parents were amazed that the ‘boy’ has transformed to a girl that she ought to have been.

Why do men always have performance problems on the brain? Dejo, a company director, suave and sophisticated, is now single after his wife opted to stay back in Britain with their three kids.

Azubuike and Nnenna had been married for 10 years now and their union was seen by everyone in the compound as the toast of the Area. The understanding and love they had for each other was so pronounced and dramatic that one could say that they can’t have issues like other couples. It could be said then that their marriage was made in heaven, you could actually cut the feelings they both showed with a knife.

Lola was a devoted Christian girl. While she was in the university her principle was so obvious by the opposite sex, that none of them dare near her because of her practice. This went on until she met Sammy who proved to be different because he did not worry her about sex. Sammy claimed love making should be consummated between husband and wife after their wedding. So they dated and courted until they finally got married.

Sex has always meant different things to different people. Whilst a hand of young ladies hold on to their virginity (as bargaining chips maybe?) a lot of men scoff at the myth of ‘deflowering ‘a woman. “What’s the big deal in that?” Scoffed Kamar, a married medical doctor with three children, “Someone has to get there first, I had a virgin girl once but after she d tasted the forbidden fruit, she was off on a sampling spree.

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.

THE largest running retreat we had for some of the CEOs in the finance industry recently came to an end with a bang!

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.