Obinna Strange

Let’s pretend sex between two eastern couples happened and it begot you, thereby making you the second son and the last of three children. The family is strictly catholic, and by virtue of the catholic faith your mum dedicates her protruding belly (which is you anyway) to the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary for protection and safe delivery through the supervision of a priest. In the mix, the priest proclaims the unborn foetus a future servant of the most high in the making, telling your mum not to stop you from becoming one. What a life. As you grow older, the story is repeated over and annoyingly over again to your hearing, making you have second thoughts about life and what to expect from it. There and then you begin to ask yourself questions ranging from why you were you were christened Emmanuel on your name day, to why you weren’t christened Evan or Wayne or Brad or Jason or Jordan or some exotic foreign name, to what life has to offer you as an average Nigerian from a middle cl...

INFIDELITY (By Katherine) One of the major causes of break ups these days is infidelity... It's responsible for the dissolution of many relationships as we know it, whether directly or indirectly. But the question that comes to mind always is why do people cheat? Well, it ranges from insecurity, to lack of contentment, down to peer pressure, greed and of course, our village people, but I'm not here to talk about the reasons why we cheat, I'd focus rather on the act itself.. Infidelity! A true relationship is one borne out of love, trust and respect, mutually. It's a two way affair, one can't be loving on behalf of the other, the two parties involved must reciprocate the love maximally. Infidelity is an infraction on love. It's a manifestation of the love of one's self above the other. When you get involved in a relationship, the idea is to forget yourself and think about the welfare of your spouse, and he or she in return the favour. Utmost mutualism,...