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Nigeria’s fastest female sprinter, Blessing Okagbare Ighotegunor has stated that her husband, Igho Otegheri has been her greatest achievement, two years into her marriage with him.

Most people who enter marriage have realised that, as much as we gain friendship, we have to give up certain personal liberties for the sake of the union. Therefore, having a sober mind and clear focus will place you in a position to make informed choices. Here are some tips: 1.Get involved in everyday activities with passion; live life without regrets. 2. Don’t be overly anxious about getting married; don’t look desperate. 3. Don’t put your life on hold, live and let the partner you’re looking for find you living your way. 4. Don’t be deceived that marriage will provide a solution to your loneliness.

I am a woman aged 45. I have never been married but have a 21-year-old son. I have never known what it feels like to be loved. My upbringing was full of rejection and I have not met any man committed to a relationship since those I come across are married. I feel very lonely as time goes on. Is there any hope of being happy in a relationship at my age? Where can I meet single men aged 48 and above willing to be in a relationship?   Please advise . Hi , Although being single is not a bad thing in itself, it communicates different things to different people. Let me say that there are cultural and societal pressures, judgments and beliefs associated with being single that often weigh heavily on the unmarried. These, in turn, lead many single people to make decisions that hurt them in the end. In most cultures, the pressure is real. Whether spoken or not, these expectations are rife and seem to suggest that when one gets to a certain point, they should get married. At this stage in ...

Nollywood producer and founder of Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker, is enjoying the benefit of early marriage. He kept his vow when he impregnated his wife,Temitope, at a very young age, and went ahead to marry her despite the odds. Today, the couple are better off for it, as their children are all grown up. Their first daughter will be 20 in another two years when they will be marking their twentieth wedding anniversary. In this encounter, Fidelis recounts some of the challenges he faced with his wife four years into marriage and how they were able to overcome the dark moments. On her part, Temitope says “marrying early was a blessing in disguise.” 

The sensual actress has since been on the rise in the Nigerian movie industry,on her interview newspaper company in Lagos. What was it like coming from Calabar to Lagos?  It wasn’t that easy for me at first, you know Calabar is a small and calm city compared to Lagos, which is a busy city characterised by a lot of hustle and bustle; traffic everywhere, too many people. It wasn’t easy but with time I had to acclimatise and settled into the system because I came to Lagos for nothing else but to pursue my dream and so I had to settle in real fast. It’s been God all the way, it’s been fine, I thank God for everything. I didn’t have accommodation challenge because I had a cousin that was living in Lagos so I stayed with her for a while before I got my own apartment. My cousin was there for me, she assisted me in acclimatizing with the Lagos life.