GW Fiction

Nigerian women have been urged to strive for greatness and rise above circumstances to achieve their dreams. This and other words of wisdom and encouragement were imparted at the Lagos edition of The Circle recently organized by The Women International (TWI).

Have you ever wondered why people are appreciated for being so natural and real? It is because they express their intentions regardless of what anyone feels about them. When your intentions are clear, what is next is usually how to express them and whether or not people will accept them. The diversity of negative stories…

“So have you spoken to Tunji about going back to work”? Onyeka my best friend asked, as she took a sip of her fruit juice. We were at the spa having a girl’s day. Onyeka was in her final trimester and badly in need of a foot rub, so we ended up at the spa.…

After Tunji’s mother gave us her permission, the rest of the intimate ceremony was full of excitement…the right kind of excitement. She insisted we wait for Tunji’s father to arrive before we were formally joined. Then my mother insisted we wait for my brothers to also arrive. Seeing as it was becoming a full house,…

Leading Ladies Africa presents its annual #100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria list for 2018. Now in it’s 4th year, the list features 100 Nigerian women drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds and sectors who are impacting the world and their local communities...

Gone are the days when women crawl behind walking men, now, it is an era where women not only walk with heels, but also run in heels with the innate advantage of multitasking with excellence...

As soon as Mr Vincent pulled into the luxurious hotel, I saw my friends Onyeka and Tosin in the driveway looking all dressed up. They had on the same teal blue dress I had picked out for my bridesmaids a few months earlier, and they were both holding a small bouquet of flowers. Mr Vincent…

Ahead of the International Women’s Day 2018, The Guardian is partnering Profiles & Biographies, one of Nigeria’s leading biographical documentation firms...

As soon as Mr Vincent pulled into the luxurious hotel, I saw my friends Onyeka and Tosin in the driveway looking all dressed up. They had on the same teal blue dress I had picked out for my bridesmaids a few months earlier, and they were both holding a small bouquet of flowers. Mr Vincent…

He might not be (at least not intentionally) mean, soulless, a heartbreaker…and all the names that we love to heap on ‘them brothers’ who just won’t egg us on to the altar. And drape us with the MRS status. The thing is… …a JERRY BOY is never cut out for marital life, but it is…

“Daughters are the best set of children any man should desire at old age; daughters are wow (wonderful) to their fathers. Woe betide the father whose daughter(s) turned their back on him. It is just natural.

For the longest time, I had been that girl that was stuck between the world that was thrust upon her by virtue of her birth and the world that she wanted to create for herself.