Pregnancy is one of the most vital and sensitive periods in a woman's life. Therefore, it’s very important for pregnant women to eat a healthy diet. Some foods should be avoided while some should be taken just once in a while. Below are some of the foods that should be avoided if possible by pregnant…

The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the arrest of a driver whose vehicle crushed a woman and her son to death on Friday evening in Aba. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna said the driver was taken into custody and his vehicle impounded after the tragic incident which occurred…

Disobedience and rebellion are two characters synonymous with man. It is safe to say the average man is wired to exhibit traits of disobedience. This is so because even the first man, Adam, paid no attention to God’s directives. As Christians, we are members of a spiritual government, where God governs us by rules and…

In narrating his marital issues to me, a man wrote… “I MET my wife during one of my visits to Nigeria. We got married with the understanding that her joining me in the UK is immediate. We soon had a child but, after some time, I noticed her body language towards me wasn’t right, and…

The first Mnet Face of Africa and renowned supermodel, Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi is no stranger to the limelight as she found international fame at an early age. Wife, mother, businesswoman and now founder of LuLu, she sat down with GUARDIAN WOMAN to talk about what it means to be woman amongst other things. What does being…

Tolulope Tunde-Ajiboye is a dynamic speaker and founder of Blooming Amazons Ministry (BLAM), a for-purpose ministry that is focused on supporting women to discover and live in the reality of being all that God has called them to be. With the Platform , she organizes conferences and seminars for young women particularly between the ages…

When sometime ago, a young highly educated and well brought up Christian introduced his fiancée to me, it did not take long for me to know that his was the case of a good person marrying from a bad family. Aside that the family bride price and conditions were beyond the already hard bride price…

For being guilty of stabbing her neighbour, namesake and fellow housewife, Mrs. Stella Godwin, to death during an argument, Justice Raliat Adebiyi of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, yesterday sentenced Stella Gilbert, a 36-year-old housewife, to death.  The judge found her guilty of a one count charge of murder brought against her by…

I saw a quote that said ‘labour and delivery are athletic events; you should prepare for them’. While I agree with it, I would more accurately say ‘labour, delivery and recovery are athletic events: you must prepare for them’. While the months preceding conception are a great time to start preparing for it, the 40…

A 42-year-old woman has been delivered of five babies (quintuplets) at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi State, after 18 years of childlessness. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the woman, Mrs. Uchenna Okeigbo, and her kids were in good condition. Okeigbo, an indigene of Olokoro Amangbo Community in Umuahia South Council…

Some years ago, I had to counsel a young man who found himself in a strange situation. It was about a girl with whom he worked in the same organisation. This young man used to gist and crack jokes with other ladies and men in the organization, but he was a little closer to this…

She is French. She lives in Paris, France. Ordinarily, to be French and live in Paris, is to be constructed as the other of Islam. This is because Paris is not in anyway a city of Islam the same way Madinah is not in anyway synonymous with Madrid. But thanks to modernity and globality, the…