Bride Price or Bride Pride? …. Is it a symbol of love, a token of appreciation, or a quiet price tag hung on a woman’s worth? By Falilat Kehinde Dikko This question has followed me like a shadow. I have asked it in silence, in conversations with trusted friends, and in moments when wedding lists…
Neatness Is Not a Gender: Women’s Health, Clean Homes, and the Quiet Comfort of Order There is a saying that cleanliness is next to godliness, yet in many homes across the world, cleanliness has quietly turned into an unspoken argument. It shows up in tired silences, delayed homecomings, and the kind of irritation that nobody…
WOMEN WHO SHAPE COMMUNITIES WITHOUT TITLES No billboard bears their names, yet their work stands taller than skyscrapers. Meet the women quietly building our future. There are people whose footsteps never echo, yet the ground remembers them. There are voices that never seek the microphone, yet their whispers hold the power to steady a generation….
From Iruekpen to Immortality: Stella Obasanjo Among the World’s Great First Ladies By Dikko Falilat Kehinde A lifetime is how twenty years seems, but the name of Stella Obasanjo remains fresh-smelling, a rose whose fragrance lingers after her petals fell. In the Nigerian history garden, where all the flowers have bloomed and withered, hers is…
Olukemi Ibikunle: When One Woman Rises, the World Stands Taller. By Dikko Falilat Kehinde There are moments in history when one woman’s achievement lights up the world, reminding us all of the power that lies in resilience, courage, and faith. Such is the story of Nigeria’s Olukemi Ibikunle, who has etched her name on…
When Hormones Speak: Understanding Women’s Body Changes There are moments in a woman’s life when her own body seems to whisper secrets she doesn’t understand. Her moods shift like the tide, her skin glows one week and dulls the next, her body grows curves she didn’t order, and her emotions rise and fall like the…
WHEN THE DRUMBEAT CHANGES FOR WOMEN Five female council leaders gone in two months, a painful reminder that celebrating women’s progress must go hand in hand with protecting their lives. For month’s, we have danced to the sweet melody of women’s achievements. From the kitchen to the cockpit, from the classroom to the council chambers,…
Marriage: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Marriage has always been described as one of the most beautiful unions ordained by God, and rightly so. It is not merely a contract sealed by signatures, nor is it just a ceremonial exchange of vows; it is a covenant—of love, trust, and companionship. Across cultures, religions, and traditions, marriage…
Motherhood: The Silent Heroism Behind the Smile When we speak of bravery, we often picture men in uniform on battlefields, leaders standing before crowds, or activists risking it all for justice. Yet one of the greatest acts of courage is often performed quietly, without fanfare, within the walls of hospitals and homes. It is the…
Clerics, Scholars, family celebrate, as Rawsheedah Saheed unveils books on faith, womanhood. By Lai Gidado It was a spectacle of faith and womanhood at the weekend as Zones, Gbagada Expressway, Lagos, came alive with a sea of family, friends, and religious associates who gathered to honour the literary voice of Rawsheedah Akorede Saheed. The hall…
