By Bridget Amaraegbu This week, Bridget Amaraegbu takes a look at the incessant cases of sexual harassment perpetuated by some unscrupulous landlords and landladies against their tenants. The question on her mind is: would you quit your abode if faced with such a problem? Find out what the stars have to say. I’ll not quit […]

I was with Abibat when she first met Tony. We’d both gone to the electrical shop he ran to get a couple of stabilizers for some of her electrical appliances. She’d already lost a cherished DVD player and the compressor of her fridge – no thanks to the epileptic power supply in the country.

T he marriage arrangement is in place. The wedding cards are ready for distribution.
Suddenly, the rumours get to you: your partner is an ex-convict. As if the rumour is not shocking enough, when you confront your partner, your worst fear is confirmed. Will you overlook the past and carry on with your marriage plans?

LAGOS life has never held that much excitement for me, “said Kike, a 38- year old mother of three. “When I was admitted into a nursing school in Lagos after my secondary school, I was ecstatic. But I soon saw Lagos for what it was – a city with a frenzied lifestyle that I could never catch up with. I’d been born and bred in a fairly big town but to protective parents.

The friend I stayed with scarcely saw me as I was always with him closing the 15-year gap between our first relationship. I was a bit amused when he offered to come with me for a weekend with a friend that stayed outside London.