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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 ...

There was nothing like distinct home chores for boys and girls; men and women; female and male in my household. The gender roles were greatly blurred. The house culture was that all men learnt how to cook, clean, wash and did any other job ascribed to them and none of us grumbled.   Sometimes, the men did chores that were considered 'for women'. That was how my mother run her house. And my dad watched on as 'orders' were given. So no man who ever stayed in my house was without the expertise of home keeping. From my uncles to nephews to male siblings, the art of home keeping was a course you undertook. At age 11, I was laying beds, cleaning and doing my laundry. By 15, I was cooking. I recall the first time I made palmnut soup. It wasn't the best, but was a step in the right direction . My mum's reason for not delineating male chores from female chores was to make us, the guys complete humans learn the domestic aspect of life as well as the aca...