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Extended family system: The good, the bad, the ugly
As a mid-career lady, Aduke vowed not to allow extended family to interfere or stay close to her nuclear family…
The changing face of motherhood
Osato, a mother of three, is in her early thirties. In all of their seven years of marriage, she concentrated her…
Ricky Tomlinson: My family values
I grew up in the very working-class area of Everton in Liverpool, the second of four boys. Albert was the eldest,…
Can you afford to retire?
Building a nest egg for your retirement is only one aspect of retirement planning; this may well be the easy part.…
The women I admire 2
I had struggled to write the second version of the women I admire.
The women were either too close to work or have…
Being the perfect role model to your children
Many parents would readily admit that raising children can be tough, but in doing so they forget that the best way…
A verse for the Chibok Girls
Last week Saturday could literarily be tagged a day of verses for the more than two hundred missing school girls…
Kidnapping, the worst nightmare in my life -Elechi Amadi
Celebrated author of two critically acclaimed novels – ‘The Concubine’ and ‘The Great Ponds’, Elechi Amadi, was a…
Kate Humble: My family value
Dad was incredibly hard-working, stubborn, very principled and hot-tempered, all of which I am too, and we’d argue…
Can you afford to retire?
Building a nest egg for your retirement is only one aspect of retirement planning; this may well be the easy part.…
Great Dynasties: The Ransome-Kutis
In 1925, the Reverend Canon Josiah J Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian Anglican priest and composer of hymns, recorded a…
The women I admire 2
I had struggled to write the second version of the women I admire.
The women were either too close to work or…