Tag: Hope Eghagha
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The Widow of Aguleri – By Hope Eghagha
Last week an obscene video of a young woman (described rather pejoratively as ‘a young childless widow) paraded naked in the streets Otuocha and Enuobodo in Aguleri community in Anambra State trended and caught the attention of the cyberworld. Though the vituperations were in Igbo language, the violent gesticulations of her traducers were enough for…
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The ritual murder of Bamise Ayanwale – By Hope Eghagha
As the world marked International Women’s Day last week, news of a missing 22year-old Ms. Bamise Ayanwale swept through social media, with a video of another woman Caroline Oni wailing frantically in front and around a BRT bus belonging to the Lagos State government.
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President Olusegun Obasanjo at 85 – By Hope Eghagha
Former President Matthew Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo turned eighty-five years on Saturday 5th of March 2022 and citizens from different walks of life stormed Abeokuta to celebrate with this icon of national politics. It was a busy week for him and his staff. I had an appointment to see him Thursday the 3rd and was witness…
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Super Cop, Super Fall – By Hope Eghagha
It was not with any form of exultation or ululation that patriots read about the fall of DCP Abba Kyari from national grace to international disgrace. Perhaps his ‘enemies’ celebrated this national tragedy, this man brought down by greed and hubris in a dramatic manner. What was befuddling was how and why he complicated his…
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Dealing with marriage-related stress – By Hope Eghagha
Marriage, the union of two or more people from different and often disparate backgrounds comes with its stress. Stress comes from finances (too much or too little of it), sexual relations, infidelity (the other woman, and in rare cases in Nigeria, the other man), the extended family, work hours, domestic chores, children or lack of…
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Portrait of a Mother-in-law! – By Hope Eghagha
There are many stories about mothers-in-law, recondite with the extremities of this special breed of women in African folklore. Their activities are often directed against persons of their own gender- woman on woman, woman against woman, women being extremely hard on, wicked to women. Which is sad.
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Return to herbal medicine – By Hope Eghagha
Return to Herbal Medicine – By Hope Eghagha
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