This episode is part of my podcast series DEAR ATHEIST… If you prefer, LISTEN NOW. ***** He was a good man. He possessed rare qualities, that were desirable to all women, and ones for which she had sought after for so many years. He was clearly a man destined for great […]
Do you know what is the most common thing in the world? Temptation! Do you know what is the most NORMAL thing in the world? Temptation!!! Temptation is everywhere, no matter the size of the sin, whether it is the temptation to conceal something that should be revealed, […]
Since I started writing my story series, I’ve come across women going through so many challenges in their lives, and especially in their marriages. It has inspired me to write and to keep writing about marriage, and how to be steadfast in it, and how to work to […]
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits” (Matt 7:15-16). We have this stark warning from Jesus in Scripture, but it is amazing how few of us take heed of this. The […]
“Dear Ufuomaee, I need your advice on this issue ma. Last year my husband made a mistake and got a lady pregnant, he begged me and promise to quit the relationship as soon as the lady born the baby, which I agree. But the lady has born the baby […]
Alicia took another look at the printed results in her hands and blinked severally. She gulped through a lump that was forming in her throat. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing. The results actually said “Positive!” Jesus! I am HIV Positive! Jesus! Her thoughts immediately shifted to […]
Here’s a short excerpt: First of all, I must give thanks to God. I stand here today by His amazing grace. I praise Him for all that He saw me through and the many ways He has moulded me to be the woman I am today. I give […]
Here’s a short excerpt: “The day wey you throw me commot for house,” Chinyere began, looking at Osinachi. “I think say I go go my aunty office, but the place de far. I don tire for sun and I begin de stop taxi for road. I tell them […]
Here’s a short excerpt: Osinachi walked in to the small two-bedroom apartment. She placed her dish on the dining table and stood awkwardly until Chinyere offered her a seat. “Thanks.” Chinyere went into the kitchen to get a plate and a spoon. She had just been about to […]
“How’s your day going?” Those four words were as “I love you” to Osinachi. Donald didn’t say those three amazing words often, but whenever he sought to communicate with her and find out how she was doing and feeling, and made the effort to show he cared, she […]
It had been a month since that horrible day, when Mrs Peterson had thrown her out of her home. Only Chinyere knew the hell she had suffered that day before she’d made it to her aunty’s place in Abuja. She’d initially thought of going to her Oga’s office […]
Donald could hear the sirens from a mile away. He looked out of his bedroom window and saw the police cars as they drove on his street and parked outside his house. They were here! Ms Ebuka had called the police! Donald panicked. They had already blocked the […]
“Three nights ago, my niece showed up at my doorstep soaking wet and looking like she’d run into some thugs, who had beaten her mercilessly! She fainted moments later. How she got to my house, I don’t even know. Why she left your house, I still don’t know. […]
Osinachi returned home on Thursday morning, as she preferred to return when she knew Donald would be at work. She wasn’t yet ready to see him, and they still hadn’t spoken since she’d left home on Monday. She’d contacted the nanny service to request for the woman she […]
Chinwe Ebuka was shocked when she opened her Abuja apartment door at 9:30pm that Monday night to find her niece standing there, unkempt. She opened the door wider to let her in, her thoughts racing as she wondered what could have happened to her. “What happened to you, […]
Grace and Truth 