By Bunmi Sofola Most of us will probably admit to the occasional little white lie.  But in fact, more than one in three people tell at least one lie every day.  And it turns out that the fairer sex is the biggest fibbers of all.  According to a survey, a shocking four in five women […]

“It has reached a point where I feel too disgusting to get undressed in front of my husband. It has resulted in slowing down our life (in the other room)”

SHOULD the romance in a marriage stop after the birth of a few kids?  Forget slaving to put food on the table, pay the rent and put a substantial sum of money aside for the kids’ education.  The question is … ‘MOT,’ just as often as you do that priced car(s) of yours?  What brought […]

By Bunmi Sofola The hope of every mother is for her eldest child to leave the nest to start university – she also dreads the day it happens,” says Mudia, 51, an executive director of a stock broking firm”. So came the day when I hugged my 20-year-old Matilda goodbye in front of her new […]

SOME years back, I once asked an old friend how it felt like being jilted at age fortyish. She’s actually started making wedding plans when loverboy suddenly got married to a girl much younger than she was. She was so devastated she hid from her friends, refusing to even discuss her plight. “No different from […]

By Bunmi Sofola It is believed the thunder seldom strikes twice at a spot but an adage warned that once you’ve witnesses its horror, you would show Shango (the god of thunder) more reverence.  Anyone who has been through the rigours of divorce, battered, bruised and raw, will agree that it is a painfully traumatic […]

By Bunmi Sofola Maggie, a contented mother of three ran into an old classmate three years ago, and her life has never been the same.  “I went to the same polytechnic with Nelly,” she recalled “and we were the best of friends.  Shortly after college, she travelled abroad and I got married to Supo, a […]

By Bunmi Sofola My dearest”, the letter said. “I will call you my lady because that is what you are.  Your breasts, your thighs, the way your eyes seemed to scream across the room, bidding me to seduce you, pulling me erect, drawing me, like moth before the flame, towards fire and abandon – are […]

This practice can stem from a combination of personal financial constraints, cultural expectations, and the desire to make informed decisions in an era where economic considerations are increasingly important.

Pakistan’s traditional matchmakers play a revered role in moulding daughters into potential brides, but marriage apps marketing themselves as halal are offering women a new route to finding a husband.