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It shall end, very very soon But daily death eats us with a spoon. With sugar laced and buttered utterances And heartbroken feigned appearances, They say SOON, but how soon? Burnt, like fishes by a bad cook And reduced to stories for books. Conveniently, we have gone to war Our stories, to the world now a bore They say SOON, but how soon? If we must win this fight We must hold on tight Realise your neighbour is friend If we must defeat these fiends. We must fight with peace! Then soon, very soon.

So hard is it to write a piece on women these days and not be tagged a feminist. However, I am of the opinion that most injustices against the feminine gender come about as a result of woman's inhumanity to woman. Women, I think, are the architects of their fellow woman's destruction. Dear reader, come along and reason with me, and if at the end you disagree, please write back.       To begin with, take my society for example. Nigeria, a country teeming with enough opportunities and  partners to go round for everybody. Yet, you will find that most women are always interested in a man who is not available. Women have no problem engaging in an affair with a married man but do not hesitate to rain curses on the woman who tries same with her father. Some women will do almost anything to ruin a fellow sisters home just to take her place and these very women are bold enough to raise their voices and say that men are what's wrong with the world.       That ...

Welcome to Nigeria, the country where you're viewed as unsuccessful simply because you are a lady who has attained a certain age and still remain unmarried. This article is in no way intended to spite the uniquely beautiful country of Nigeria but simply to express my unhappiness.  Marriage is wonderful, yes it is awesome, marriage is great, yes it is everything wonderful. However, it can end up being a continuous circle of tears and frustration if you end up with the wrong person. So sad it is that the Nigerian society places marriage at the apex of every woman's achievement to the detriment of other vital areas of life such as character and career. When I speak of career I refer not to high profile jobs but any form of employment through which a woman is able to sustain herself or family.  I have also noticed that most families do all they can to ensure their female child gets married but they bother not on what happens when the cameras go off. They bother not on the qualit...