Faysol Oluwakemi: God Is in the Delay
As the year 2019 came to an end, my girlfriend at the time broke up with me for a reason that felt (and still feels) so triffle. We’d been in …
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Maybe I Was Stupid
“I was born into a Christian home and my father was a clergy. Not only was he a clergyman, he was a very strict, disciplined man. He was the …
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A UNILAG Love
“When I got into UniLag, I attended an interview to join JCI, that was when I first met the man that would later become my husband. I was in 100 …
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Calabar Love
I had just been posted to Cross River for my NYSC and I had gone to the designated bank to open my NYSC account. A young man attended to me …
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The Story of A Passing
“One day in 2013, after returning from an outing my father fell. I was in Ibadan but the rest of the family was in Gombe. He was taken to the …
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Love In Unexpected Places
I met my husband, Tosin Alo, at God’s Power Church, Liberty Road, Ibadan. I was a member of the choir and also one of the sanctuary cleaners. One day he …
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A Widow’s Mite, A Widow’s Might
My sister-in-law was going to travel to the UK and she expressed her desire to my husband – that she’d love to see their mother before travelling. Originally, we did …
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From my secondary school days, I never believed that anything called love existed. In 2001, after I graduated from Secondary school, I left Akanran side for Orogun where my …
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“In 2007 when I was in EAC (Educational Advancement Centre), I had a Physics assignment which I needed help for and so I went to meet the guy who …
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Q1: How did you meet your wife? “In 2013 after I had fully registered my first company, I said to myself, ‘Toluwase, now you need a Queen in this empire.’ …
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(Photo credit – Lypix Photography) “I found love at a time when I wasn’t looking for it anymore. I was already in my 30s and I had begun to embrace …
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Love Through A Glass
“I met my husband in the Baptist Students Fellowship at Adeyemi College of Education. I knew him as a fellowship member and that was it. At the time, I was …
Read More“I met my hubby in the year 2005, July to be precise. He came to Lagos to start working, so he had to put up with his cousin first. His …
Read More“I met my husband at the Oyo State College of Education, Ilesha. He was part of the organizing committee to welcome new students on campus. He had a reputation as …
Read More“Sunday was usually one of my happiest days on campus. But this particular Sunday remains my happiest. We had just finished a fellowship programme to celebrate the Independence Day. I …
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“20th of November 2007, I was on Barth Road – in front of St Annes Hostel UI with my roommate, waiting for a taxi so we could attend evening mass …
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We met on Facebook in 2014 but let me rewind to 2007 In 2007, my friend, Tobi, briefly introduced me to this lady inside Mozambique Hall, Oba Awon University (OAU), …
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“My husband and I first met in our first year at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Lecture theatre in the University of Ibadan back in 2010. We were both …
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“I was attending a party with a friend who had just got to Ibadan. Because he had just arrived Ibadan, he had no lady of his own but me I …
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“In my church, I work as a sound engineer. One day in August of 2007, I spotted a young, fair lady and I said to myself: ‘that girl is …
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