I looked at T, the young man who has been helping me with my hair loss treatment at the gentle touch office for some weeks now. He was standing behind me but I could see us both in the mirror. I had anxiously asked him if there were any signs of improvement as he assessed my hair. “What happened to your hair happened gradually and over time. You also have to give it time to …
A term very often used as a defence for the unlawful shooting of a person by an armed officer. At a time, this was a very common occurrence in Nigeria. The scenario was typical; an armed man trying to get the attention of another person would aim their gun at the fellow, either to threaten, caution or intimidate them, and then, boom, someone’s been shot. At this point, a situation to be regretted for a …
The female specie has always been something special. A rare breed of humans that, though tender and delicate in appearance has the capacity for unimaginable exploits, this has been proven time and again in history. Over the years, it would appear that an image of women as weaklings and back benchers have been sold to the society and many have bought it for decades. That notwithstanding, many women over the world are daily discovering the …
Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you’” So the Lord said to him, “what is that in your hand?” he said “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach …
man·ne·quin [mánnikin] (plural man·ne·quins) noun Dummy for displaying clothes: a usually life-size model of the human body used to display or fit clothes, jewelry or accessories. Ella was perhaps the most carefree creature the world had known. She was innocently beautiful, kind, free spirited and hungry for life. She was also naïve, so much that she’d believe everything anyone said to her, assuming that everyone had good intentions and that the world was all beautiful. So …
