By Bunmi Sofola FIVE years ago, I’d called on Florence, a very good friend at her Abuja residence after not seeing her for close to three years.   We talked constantly on the phone, of course.   But when I had to go to Abuja on business, I thought I would save on hotel accommodation by staying […]

By Bunmi Sofola Nikky made her way to her office that fateful Monday morning, she saw a group of some female members of staff clustering round the photo copiers and chattering excitedly.  When they saw her, the silence was eerie, and instead of scurrying off to their seats, they looked at her with defiance. “I simply […]

By Bunmi Sofola FROM time to time, you run into couples who look so wrong together you wonder what the attraction is.  And, there are couples you see and are convinced their union is ordained from heaven.  But these assumptions could be far-fetched at times.  Take Lisa’s case for instance.  She’s been married for four years […]

By Bunmi Sofola I was recently in the office of an old schoolmate when the arrival of a girlfriend of his was announced by his secretary.  “Let her come in,” he instructed.  Akin and I briefly worked together a few decades back.  He’d done fantastically well for himself since he graduated and we’d remained good friends […]

By Bunmi Sofola It’s really a common problem – you have brief fling with a man.  At first you thought he was great, but you went off him.  He was far more interested in you than you were in him.  You told him how you felt, but he’s pestering you with texts and calls and […]