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Dear Sista, In my first year at the university, I had my first boyfriend. Unlike how every girl would want it, he didn’t propose. We were very close friends, and well, we graduated into being girlfriend and boyfriend without anyone having to say anything.  I knew I was in love with him, but I wasn’t a hundred percent sure from his side. Soon my doubts were roused. He was exhibiting certain signs I couldn’t help but wonder if he was really in love with me. First he didn’t want any of his friends to know I was his girlfriend. Heck he didn’t want anyone to know I was his girlfriend.  In my presence, when his male friends asked him about our relationship, he would bluntly tell them I was just a friend. I was 17, and although very naïve, (as this was my first boyfriend, and the only guy I had ever loved), I knew something was not right. I did not understand why my own boyfriend will deny me publicly. When I asked him about it, he told me he ‘wanted to keep his per...

Nigeria twitter was thrown into a state of unhealthy spectacle over the weekend when two famous Nigerian personalities slugged it out in a twitter verbal feud. The heated feud generated excitement, shock and disdain to a section of the ‘viewing’ public. The two individuals involved were musician Wizkid and entertainment blogger Linda Ikeja. The exchanges began following a story published by Linda on her website which she alleged Wizkid has been served an eviction notice by the owners’ of the award winning singer’s house at Lekki. An unamused Wizkid took to his Instagram page and put up a spirited rebuttal of these allegation. In his efforts at setting the records straight, Wizkid waded into grounds that surely were not pleasant.  It could be deduced from the tone of the responses that the two have had a long standing ‘beef’ which came to a head by this recent publication. Wizkid took Linda Ikeja to the cleaners, comparing his achievements at 25 years and hers when ...