Today is Day 60. 60 days of rape. Of forced religious conversions. Of forced sham “marriages”. Of forced labor. Of general abuse. Of feeling unloved. Of feeling abandoned. Of helplessness. It is not alright. #BringBackOurGirls Spare them a thought or a prayer as you go about your day. Don’t forget them.
I have been remiss in my duty about talking about the products that we carry in our Ahia Natural Nigerian. That will change from now on! To begin with, I thought I should let you all know that we listened to all the feedback we got about being in stores so we have worked with a…
Hey! Introduce yourself (or like my Nigerian folks like to say, let us meet you!) Hello! I’m Vanessa, a 20-something year old Pilot, Amateur Chef, avid novel reader and Cat lover shuttling between Lagos, Jos and Port Harcourt Have you always worn your natural hair? Not really. Like most Nigerian girls of my generation, I…
I was in Abuja recently for my very good friend’s wedding. Despite the fact that I had a limited number of days to spend there, I squeezed out time to go for a Hammam. I have only ever done this at MB Hammam in Abuja and so I can only tell you about my experience there. This…
In the last few weeks of 2013, I put up this picture of a savings plan on the Natural Nigerian Facebook Page. The reaction to it was such that I felt that I had to make one specifically for Nigerians and post it here for you all. I have prepared two of these sheets (an…
A while ago, I spoke to Adamu Waziri about Bino and Fino, his educational cartoon aimed at children. In the current market climate that is Nigeria, it is laudable that this young man is not only following his passion but is being ethical about choosing sponsors. If you have not already seen clips, follow this link…
I received a disturbing email a few days ago and just had to share it. To summarize, a child began vomiting and complaining of a stomach ache and was lucky enough to have vigilant minders and parents who quickly linked it to the Capri Sonne she had been drinking. There was biological matter (most likely…
A lot of what what we do these days is inspired by our ancestors. I found the picture on the left over 2 years and was amazed at how the style had been translated into something modern. I am pretty certain that our modern girl did not use palm oil and charcoal on her hair, thus…
Source I had a baby about 8 years ago. After the baby, my stomach was quite dark, which was alarming as the rest of my body remained fair complexioned. I was pretty certain nothing would ever remove that color. Also, like Kate Middleton has shared with us, I had a slight bump as a leftover…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4aDYwx2P-Go We came across this video while out and about on the interweb. Fascinating stuff. Apparently the same people that said that red palm oil was bad for us are now saying that it is actually good for us. A lot of Africans had actually cut this oil out from their diet because it was deemed to be a…
Nothing against KFC, they just happen to be the only fast food restaurant I have been to, somewhat consistently, in a long long time. On summer holiday with my daughter, we went shopping and after a few hours had to stop to get something to eat. KFC was the closest place and it had the…
A reader left a comment on this post about how an American company (Ojon) based its product line on Palm Oil because they have discovered that it is really beneficial to hair and skin. My interested was piqued and I wanted to find out more. I went over to the Ojon website and was a…
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