The Power We Pretend Not to See: Rethinking Soft Power in a Hyper-Sexualised Culture
In today’s culture, we often point fingers at young women for what we label as “indecent dressing” or “immorality.” Social media platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat have become digital billboards of curated beauty,…
REVERSAL OF ROE VS WADE: IMPLICATIONS
In the year 1969, Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe) became pregnant with her third child. She wanted an abortion as she didn’t WANT this baby. But she lived in Texas, where abortion was illegal, except when it’s NECESSARY to save the mother’s…
Is DIVORCE the ANSWER?
A friend of mine on Facebook, after reading what my colleague Ojeifo Emmanuel had written on the Sis Osinachi Nwachukwu Saga, asked me a direct question, “Fr please, is divorce a sin? In the situation of the woman, what could she have done when her…
WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO BE A SIDE CHIC?
The other day I wrote something about our ‘culture’ that somehow tolerates unfaithfulness on the part of men, and the weird belief that men are created unfaithful. Oh boy! It was an instant hit, especially amongst the ladies. The post was…
RELATIONSHIP ‘FAILS’?
Hi there! Recently, I’ve been thinking about relationships and commitments, and all the ‘flips and flops’ in between. How many of us can truly ‘boast’ of being in COMMITTED relationships, whether with God, or with fellow…
MARRIED TOO YOUNG?
I don’t want to shake this table. I intend to break it. No! Not because I’m better than anyone else, but because it’s God’s truth. As I went through some status updates on my phone a while ago, I saw one that instantly caught my…
SCARRED AND SCARED!
Cleo was abused at the age of ten, but she couldn’t bring herself to tell anyone because of threats from her abuser. So she kept her worst nightmares to herself without letting anyone in. Aside the threats, she was scared of societal…
BEWARE OF PEER PRESSURE
‘Teenagers have got funny habits these days’, I said to myself one day as I browsed through Facebook. But then it occurred to me that teenagers of today are only being influenced by their peers and pop culture, just as we were before them.…
“MAKING YOUR OWN MONEY WILL SAVE YOU FROM UNNECESSARY SEX”
Some days ago, I went on Twitter to see ‘what’s trending’, as I usually do from time to time. While scrolling up and down a couple of tweets, I came across one by Naira Marley, on his official Twitter handle; “Girls, make your own…
“JUST LIE TO HER, WOMEN LOVE LIES!”
This was what a friend said to another, in answer to the question he was asked on how best to relate his unfaithfulness to his spouse. Majority of men believe women love lies. So they keep feeding them those lies till something breaks and they’re…