Unigwe Chidinma's Blog

Feminism has become a household word in today’s world because of growing concerns about the inequality that lingers across genders. We live in a society where a gender(male) is seen superior to the other (female), perhaps because they have the tendencies of growing muscles and beards. But women also have tendencies of growing their own stuff you know. For the benefit of those who are oblivious of the meaning of the overly used word, it “the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes”. The subject of feminism and all it entails usually irks sexists because it preaches contradicting trends to what they stand for. Personally, I think feminism is something that is worth discussing for days, sadly, a lot of people even the so-called feminists are even confused and usually throw caution to the wind so they wouldn’t be painted in a bad light especially in this clime where such people are branded ‘evil’ and all sorts. In fact, there is even Feminism Li

Relationships should be beautiful right? Like something that should have a happy ending. Although it is practically impossible for all relationships to end on a rosy tone. Sometimes, we stay in abusive relationships without even having an iota of idea that we are in one. You know what they say about love being blind and (deaf and dumb) perhaps. But it is usually safer if we spot that we are actually in an abusive relationship and take a step either to leave to live or stay let it see the end of us (you shouldn't be surprised to hear that a lot of people have died as a result of abuse, yeah?). Abuse isn't only physical (like when he/she turns you into a punching bag and your home feels like a boxing ring). Abuse could come in form of emotional, verbal, or even sexual abuse and errrm... financial abuse, please. LOL. Okay, let's say we are focusing on married people here (hello single fam, take a chill pill, Y'all will get there someday). So... Did you eve

Hey there! Do you live under the rocks? Uh-oh! it's international day of peace today darling and I thought it was the perfect time to let you in on why you need to embrace peace. Did you know that peace is a rare commodity that could make one live some years extra? Sometime ago, I was with a friend and he looked into my eyes and laughed. I was like, what is wrong with this one? He said something that baffled me. He said he saw 'peace' and 'war' in my eyes. I bared the whole of my 32 to laugh it off, but then I went back to have some reflections. How would I ditch the 'war' part and make my eyes exude peace exclusively? Well, I came to a conclusion that I may not really have been a very peaceful person but I think most of the time, I prefer to just maintain my lane and be at peace with the world. Don't you even think I am about to tell you some more tales, I was only driving at the essence of peace.  Apparently, nothing supersedes

Has it ever struck your mind that the chief advocate of the Biafra course has gone into oblivion? Perhaps not everyone has noticed the sudden disappearance of the embattled director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Prior to his sudden disappearance, Kanu made so much waves and said a lot of things that got him behind bars for some months. However, shortly after he was released on outrageous bail conditions, Kanu suddenly went Missing in action and it had got a lot of people quite confused and speculating what he is up to. As it stands right now, the Biafran secessionists do not even have any idea if their leader is living or dead. Kanu has neither been seen or heard from since his Umuahia residence was allegedly invaded by soldiers on September 14, 2017. While some speculate that he is still alive and probably resting after his encounter in jail, others have a feeling that the federal government has paid him off. On several occasion

You might be surprised to wake up one day and realize that your highly revered name has been given to a Hurricane. A lot of people would have wondered or still wondering why these disasters are given not just any names but human names, particularly female names - Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Katrina and so on. Does it mean women spell disaster? Or is it a mere coincidence? Well, if you are in this category of people who have been asking a thousand and one questions on why Hurricanes have names, this is the best place to be at this time. I was that curious also and my curiosity drove me into a mini research and I will be summarizing my findings in this piece. For the benefit of some of us who are oblivious of what a Hurricane even means, let me just offer as little explanation as I can (I didn't study Geology, I actually studied Communications), so I'm too generous to have offered to let you in on a what I found out. Well, Hurricane

Nigerian tailors are probably the most traumatic thing that has happened to an average citizen after bad governance and epileptic power supply. Save you live under some huge rocks, you must have noticed a trending story about a tailor who disappointed a bride on her wedding eve and rather gave her dress which she was supposed to wear for her wedding reception to popular actress Mercy Aigbe. The bride apparently got her supposedly best day in life ruined by a singular ‘mistake’ of a tailor who seemingly had little or no iota of remorse. How can you possibly give someone’s dress to another knowing full well that the owner would need it desperately for a serious occasion, her wedding day for that matter? Who does that?…. Of course only Nigerian tailors. It would not be wrong to think that Mercy possibly offered her a mouth-watering deal which made her lose her senses of integrity at a flash. My bitter experiences with tonnes of Nigerian tailors have made me resolve to le

" Two heads are better than one," they say, hence the need for one to get a partner and hit the altar (or wharever they deem fit) to formalize the union so you would have a second head and become a better version of yourself. Undisputably, decisions that are made by two sensible persons are usually great, but sometimes, events prove otherwise when the two persons in question never reach a consensus on anything, at least not without a fight or some hot war of words. As interesting as it might look, marriage is not a bed of roses, of course, people who are already on the journey will explain better. Marriage is great no doubt, but it has become increasingly difficult lately and this is evident in the high rate of divorce among couples in recent times. This minute a couple is happily in love and the next minute they are beating themselves up and cursing out on each other. What could have gone wrong? Was there not enough love right from the very Adam of the relatio

Shush! We don't only rant here, we also teach some useful tips for the benefit of everyone. Capeesh?? So let's go! Baking a cake could be tiring especially for some amateur who probably want to do it all by themselves in a bid to learn something new. But there are certain challenges which such persons might just keep bumping into but this article will allay all your fears and make it very much easier for you to bake your own homemade cake at home with little or no hassles. First Things First, here are the ingredients you will be needing to make your yummy cake (This is largely dependent on the size of the cake you would want to bake though): 4 cups (500g) Flour 12 Eggs 4 sticks (500g) Butter (NOT Margarine) 400g (2 cups) Granulated Sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons vanilla extract ½ cup brandy Tools You Will Need An oven. Cake mixer. Kitchen scale. Sieve (Colander). Egg Whisk. Bowls. Spatulas. Cake Pan: 10 inches in diameter and 2

Life ought to be quite interesting. But sometimes, people try to make a fuss out of a bunch of things and it makes life seem uninteresting. People make rules on how one should dress, more like the way the society expects you to dress rather than allowing people to wear what they are comfortable in. You wear long dresses and you get to be tagged 'too religious' and then you wear shorter ones and get called a 'slut' and all sorts of derogatory terms. If you wear fashion accessories, the society would see you as one who is too vain and when you decide to ditch them they would see you as one whose fashion sense is suffering a serious kwashiorkor. In all of these, I have learnt not to be drowned out by what people say or how they feel about what I do and what I don't. My commisions and omissions should not be of concern to anyone save for those who would rather pay me some huge sums to lead a life that would align with what they expect of me. Well

Okay, so this is not written to make you feel bad in any way. Rather it is meant to help you re-evaluate your life and do better. Yeah, we all know that life is not a box of chocolates. We might have regrets once in a while, but this should serve as a heads up to help you have lesser regrets than you would have had if this article didn't come your way. So here are some things you should pay a serious mind to while you go about your daily activities: 1. Letting meaningful goals slide: A lot of people have goals which they hope to achieve before a certain age, but sometimes, the stress of life makes it look impossible. Your dreams are valid. Act upon them. 2. Allowing others create your dreams for you: That to me is low self-esteem playing out. Create your own dreams.   3.  Not expressing your feelings: Say it how you feel it despite whose ox is gored. Feelings left unexpressed would be a burden sometime in the future when you think of the yore. Are you sad? Are you

2018 has been all shades of awesome, although there have been ups and downs at some point but I simply picked myself up, dusted and moved on. But let me just focus on my firsts so far. I have had quite a handful of things which I did for the first time and I would admit it was an all-time amazing in my career walk. I conducted Vox Pops on the streets for the very first time. Actually, It was not supposed to be part of my job roles, but my curiosity and quest to try out new things and challenge myself pushed me into adding it as part of my roles. You won't believe what pushed me into trying it but I will tell you - I had admired people who did that from afar and somewhere deep down within me, I had longed for an opportunity to do same. So when the opportunity came on a platter of gold, I grabbed it and thank goodness my boss is the kind of person that gives people the chance to explore their deepest potentials. I remember he once told us to see the office as a trainin