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  • How To Be The ‘Perfect’ Nigerian Wife

    Here’s a simple guide on how to be the kind of wife Nigerian men seem to want. From never questioning him, to allowing him to cheat as much as he wants, these impossible tips will work for you.

    1. Thank him every day for ‘saving’ you from the clutches of spinsterhood.

    You know marriage is EVERY woman’s goal.

    2. Marry as a virgin, but be a freak in the sheets on your wedding night.

    Just instinctively know how to do everything in the bedroom.

    3. Remember to never ask questions, challenge him or disagree.

    He is always right. Just leave it.

    4. Lose that pregnancy weight right there on the delivery table.

    Back to a size 8 immediately.

    5. Never fall sick, complain or get tired.

    Basically be superwoman.

    6. Have a washing machine, but still lovingly handwash his underwear.

    That’s true love right there.

    7. Always wake up before him, so you can do “one or two things” around the house.

    Why should your husband wake up before you?

    8. Get a well-paying job, but make sure you never earn more than him.

    If they offer you a pay raise, turn it down.

    9. Make sure that job doesn’t stop you from taking the kids to school, picking them, and helping with their homework.

    So, basically a 10 – 2 job. Don’t ask questions, just find it.

    10. Never cheat on your husband, but forgive him if he ever ‘accidentally’ cheats on you.

    You know men will be men.

    11. Also remember to apologize when he cheats, because it was most likely your fault.

    If you were being the perfect wife he wouldn’t have fallen inside another woman. Oya say sorry.

    12. Figure out how to always have a hot meal waiting on the table before you get home.

    Just figure it out.

    13. Throw away that microwave, the food must always be freshly made.

    What are you warming?

    14. Remember to always praise your husband whenever he does anything around the house.

    Remember it’s your work, he is just helping.

    15. Look like a supermodel while doing house chores.

    Don’t ever tie a wrapper in front of him.  Do everything in heels.

    16. But never be indecently dressed in public or else:

    You know the drill.

  • If you’ve been on social media lately, you’ve probably seen stories of guys who go out of their way to humiliate their girlfriends all in the name of testing to see if they’re wife material. In-laws are usually the main enforcers of these “tests of character,” which usually involve subjecting poor young women to insane levels of housework and/or dehumanizing tasks.

    After reading a couple of stories like this, I wondered what it would be like if the roles were reversed. Ladies, have some fun and appraise your man today with these foolproof husband material tests I came up with 20 minutes ago.

    Clog your toilets and insist on not calling a plumber.

    Then insist he fix it by himself while your entire extended family watches.

    Blow up your parents’ house and have him rebuild it by himself.

    While your entire extended family watches. If his name happens to be Bob, then the universe has a joke all setup for you.

    Tell him he has to go hunting with nothing but a pen knife because your father demands fresh meat before he agrees to hand you over.

    Find a way for your extended family to watch this (without putting them in harm’s way) because this will be mad fun.

    While on a date at an expensive restaurant, quietly invite your entire extended family to join you guys.

    And have him pay for everyone.

    Take him to your village and have him wrestle the strongest guy there.

    While the whole village watches.

    Secretly make colored photocopies of his important documents then “accidentally” set them on fire in his presence.

    Just to see how he’ll react. Set up cameras to catch his reaction from different angles so your extended family can watch.

    Break his finger.

    This isn’t even a test. You know he’ll react badly because of the pain. But remember, ladies, the point of this exercise is to have fun, even if that includes a little violence.

    Sleep with his best friend.

    Nothing tests a relationship quite like infidelity.

    Pick a fight about something irrelevant. When he points out how stupid the fight is, pretend to get angrier and smash the windshield of his car.

    Be on that Beyonce shit!

    Ladies,

    The important thing is that you have fun with it.

     

     

  • Nollywood has always depicted Nigerian society in different crazy ways, but nothing compares to how they depict exactly how Nigerian wives should behave. It’s amazing and highkey hilarious, honestly. Let me give you a few examples.

    These people will just be making marriage to be fearing somebody. Where’s the nearest convent, abeg?

    1. Marry as a virgin

    But on your wedding night, bust several moves. Shey the knowledge comes with the ring, at least for women? Men have to get their knowledge the more… manual way, obviously.

    2. Throw it down in the kitchen

    Looking like this, no less. If you’re not Martha Stewart mixed with The Kitchen Butterfly, are you even worth marrying? You will just push your husband into the hands of the next woman that can cook! Shey, it’s food cooked by someone else he came to use his life to eat.

    3. Get pregnant in the first few months.

    In fact, if you don’t get pregnant on your wedding night there must be something wrong. To Nollywood, any good wife will birth a son first, so act accordingly. It’s simply common sense and a little biology. Also, don’t forget to keep having babies till your husband can no longer afford them, but never ever add weight, look tired or complain.

    4. Never accuse your husband of cheating even if you catch him red handed.

    And if it’s paining you too much that your husband fell into the orifices of another woman, you need to apologise for not being enough and performing your duties to satisfaction. If he should continue, get your Bible or Quran and pray because it must be jazz.

    5. Be obedient.

    If your husband says ‘jump’, you better pack your breasts and start jumping.

    6. Always look good.

    Even if you’re just leaving the delivery room. As soon as that baby drops, the weight should drop too. In fact, leave that place with your baby, makeup and heels. After all, you don’t want to push him into the hands of another woman.

    7. Be more forgiving than Jesus.

    If your husband slaps you, just grab his collar, call him by his name and say “you slapped me?!” Then go ahead and insist that he kill you without delay. And when he should get on his knees, shed two tears and insist that the devil made him do it, forgive him. You’re a good wife.

    8. Clean the house like that’s what you were born to do.

    A Nigerian husband can only survive in the cleanest of homes and environments, so of course, it is your duty as a good wife to make that happen. The house must always be sparkling!

    9. Always always look sexy.

    But only in the house! So you can titillate his senses as you bend down to perform every little task. You have to stay on top of that sexy game!

    10. Don’t bother him unnecessarily. Even when you think it’s important, it’s not important to him.

    Even if you also have a job, you must always remember that your husband has had a long day, so you must never ask him to help around the house, help with the children, or even inconvenience him by falling sick. Don’t make him look outside the home for complete laziness.

    11. Respect his family. He doesn’t have to respect yours o but you must respect his family.

    Even if his younger siblings are younger than the last born of your family, you must always call them ‘sister’ or ‘brother’. Show that you have home training if you don’t want to go back to your father’s house that they weren’t chasing you from in the first place.

    12. You had better get out of bed first in the morning.

    You must never let your husband wake up after you. What kind of wife are you?! You should have been doing “one or two things” before he opens his eyes. This includes but is not limited to cooking, cleaning, and preparing the kids for school. You get up before him on weekends even, to handwash his underwear.

    13. Ensure food is always fresh and hot.

    Whether you have a job or not, all food your husband eats must be fresh and hot. Don’t ask me how you’re supposed to do that – I’m not married to your husband with you.

    14. Please what else did we leave out?

    Drop a comment below!
  • According to Nollywood, Nigerian wives are beautiful and diverse creatures, but they must fit into one of these categories.

    Because, you know, Nollywood is the ultimate guide.

    The lazy wife.

    The ones that will hide pots and plates so they won’t have to wash them.

    The nagging wife.

    Ehn! These ones will use talk and complaints to kill you.

    The prayer warrior.

    Mama routinely fires demons back to hell on behalf of the entire family.

    The troublemaker.

    Anywhere, anytime, these ones are ready to fight you, verbally or physically.

    The long-suffering wife.

    Superwoman! Champion! These ones are ride or die, even through the most impossible situations.

    The barren wife.

    “Ordinary small baby, these ones can’t create. Why are you even a woman?” – Every Annoying Nollywood Character, ever.

    The wayward wife.

    These ones have joined bad gang.

    The evil wife.

    It is witchcraft that is usually doing these ones. If you are looking for your child, check their houses.

    The rich/spoiled wife.

    Apparently, it is too much money that makes these wives behave anyhow. If you annoy them too much, they will just call daddy.

    The illiterate wife.

    “Wawu! Machine that can wash cloth?” They usually bring these ones from the village.
    What stereotypical Nigerian wife did we miss? Comment below, or tweet us @zikokomag!
  • In Nigeria being a single woman is very hard.

    Sometimes even harder than you might imagine.

    One minute you are a baby girl living your life, the next minute everyone is asking you ‘when will you marry?’

    When did this happen?

    In fact once you hit a certain age everyone from your gateman to your boss at work is advising you to go to Shiloh

    But what is your business?

    It doesn’t matter who you are and what you’ve achieved. The only important question is ‘why are you single?’

    “Oh you just won a Nobel Prize? Husband nko?”

    Before you know it all of your friends start to get married even the ones you thought were single pringles like you

    What a betrayed

    It doesn’t help that their married status seems to come with infinite wisdom and they take it upon themselves to cure the disease that is your singleness. 

    You better face your marriage

    Nowhere is safe. You go to church to worship your Lord God and Saviour, and some church aunty will ambush you about attending singles fellowship

    Did I say I was single and searching?

    When you even try to date the men act like they are doing you a favour. “You don’t know you are old abi, I’m just trying to epp your life”

    You are 40 and living with your parents epp your own life first.

    What of living alone as a single woman?

    You are living alone? And you are single? You must be an asewo

    Before you know it everyone is trying to hook you up, including your Aunty Yejide who has had 7 husbands

    Please don’t disturb me

    You’ve not even found bae but everyone keeps asking you “children nko”?

    Will they fall from heaven?

    And it’s not even like you had a problem being single you were perfectly fine but now you can help but wonder…

    Maybe I should go to the Shiloh

    At the end of the day it’s your life don’t let anyone disturb your peace of mind

    Enjoy your life

    So the next time someone should ask you when are you getting into a relationship, tell them…

    Please don’t let anybody stress your life.

    Meanwhile what’s your spec?

  • The Lagos History Lecture, one of the events held to celebrate Lagos at 50, took place on the 24th of May 2017. One of the many prominent people in attendance was former governor of Imo and Lagos state, Nduibisi Kanu.

    Military governor of Imo state from 1976 – 1977 and military governor of Lagos from 1977 to 1978.

    At his side was his wife, Gladys Nduibisi-Kanu. That is who we’re really here to talk about. This is a picture of them from the event.

    This picture was put up by Dele Momodu on his Ovation Instagram page a couple of days after the event. Do you see what’s funny here? No? Okay we’ll tell you.

    CHECK OUT THAT FACE BEAT! Let’s zoom in and take a closer look. Madam clearly went to that event prepared to slay left and right.

    She went to that event casket ready! LOL

    In a normal world, no one would care about this but we don’t live in a normal world and we live in Nigeria so after this picture surfaced, everyone collectively asked this question.

    And then immediately began to drag her. Let us start with this person that voiced the first thought that came into our minds after seeing this.

    This person that genuinely believes that there is treachery afoot.

    This person that wonders if Dele Momodu was trying to throw shade by releasing this picture.

    This person that kinda spoke the truth.

    This person that thinks the makeup artist should face legal action.

    This person that gave the woman sound advice.

    We here at Zikoko also have a couple of theories of what look exactly Mama Gladys was going for that day.

    There’s a chance she was trying to look like The Mad Hatter from Alice In Wonderland.

    In which case she nailed it.

    Or maybe she was trying to look like Johnny Depp from Sweeney Todd.

    Wow. She really has a thing for Johnny Depp characters sha.

    The Corpse Bride from the The Corpse Bride.

    Bobrisky

    It sure looks like they both use Tony Montana powder as foundation.

    Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas

    Squint and you’ll see the resemblance.

    This low budget Nollywood ghost.

    Maybe the leprosy look is really in right now.

    Morticia Addams from The Addams Family

    You know what? We take it back. Morticia Addams is too fabulous to be dragged into this.

    Gladys Ndubuisi-Kanu, your makeup artist doesn’t have your best interests at heart.

    You need to fire them.

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  • 1. If he sends you pizza and shawarma at work

    Even roasted corn and eba, all join!

    2. If he doesn’t flinch when you fart

    We heard some of you have broken up because of this!

    3. If he really listens and responds to all your senseless rantings

    He will even join you to be senseless!

    4. If he knows how to cook jollof

    Husband material, one million yards!

    5. If he takes you to mama on a regular

    P.S If she prays that you’ll find your husband, just carry your slippers nd run!

    6. And does he like your face with or without makeup?

    He loves the messy you sef!

    7. And does he genuinely care and support your career goals?

    He’s just here for your happiness.

    8. If he is truly the one guy who doesn’t lie

    We’re all so done with guys who lie.

    9. He also doesn’t see any qualms in buying you sanitary towels and other girl stuff

    No biggie!

    10. And if he’s not stingy at all!

    He wants to spend his last kobo on you.

    11. Plus he also tries to treat others nicely

    The best!
  • 1. The Party Freak

    We promise you, she’s up to no good! But she can help relieve your stress on any day of the week sha!

    2. The Makeup Artist/ Wannabe Stylist

    This one is available to help you run around and buy new clothes or makeup when you’re too busy with baby.

    3. The Chef Extraodinnaire

    Okay mum or not, every lady deserves that one friend that is ready to send you vegetable and stew inside 10 take away packs!

    4. The Gym Lover

    Who else will help you lose all that baby fat you just can’t avoid?

    5. The Baby Sitter

    There’s always that one friend who actually loves kids. Just go and dump your baby with her so they won’t kill you.

    6. The Cheerleader/Advisor

    This one doesn’t have one single down moment. She’s always there to cheer you on when baby’s wahala is too much.

    7. The Connect Friend

    This one has all the nannies numbers in Nigeria. She knows the best kindergarten and has all the connect you’ll ever need.
  • 1. When you’ve not been married for up to one week and people are already looking at your stomach.

    2. When people start giving you rubbish advice about keeping a home.

    3. When family members start thinking your house is their house too.

    4. When people keep reminding you that your spouse will soon change.

    5. When you are smiling and happy and people tell you to “enjoy it while it lasts”.

    6. When people in your office start asking nosy questions, you’re like:

    7. When you can now say “don’t you know I’m a married woman”?

    8. The first time you have a fight with your new husband/wife, you’re like:

    9. When people are already asking you for relationship advice, you’re like:

  • We were just passing through Twitter, doing our usual amebo work when gist of a Nigerian man’s marriage requirements went viral.

    Oduneye Ridwan Folorunso, who was wife-hunting via his Facebook page, listed the qualities he wanted and even asked interested women to apply, talk about confidence.

    According to him, he wants a wife that is still in control of her “virgin on touch”.

    And the funniest part, he also wants an intelligent but idiotic woman.

    We’re not lying, just look at the list.

    Na wa o! Out of everything he listed, he only has 5 things to offer any woman he plans to marry.

    This is a really confusing matter sha. What do you think of this man’s ‘special’ marriage requirements? Share your thoughts on this in the comments section.

  • Husband Of Domestic Abuse Victim, Ronke Shonde, Speaks Out But We Have Questions
    It was 7am on Friday, May 6 when Mrs Ronke Shonde was found dead at home in Egbeda. The family nanny had arrived to prepare the children for school and found the house locked. Peeping through the window, she found the little children crying because they couldn’t get their mummy to wake up.

    After breaking the door open, Mrs Shonde was found dead and her corpse showed signs of domestic violence.

    Her husband, Mr Lekan Shonde, was however, nowhere to be found. She was allegedly beaten to death by her husband, whose phones have been switched off since she was found dead. Her phone was also missing from the scene of the crime.

    Surprisingly, Mr Lekan spoke to The Punch from hiding, claiming he had nothing to do with his wife’s death.

    He claimed they only had an argument. He explained how he saw her by the staircase and thought she was only pretending.

    According to him, his wife constantly cheated on him and refused to cook for him.

    He said his late wife never bought anything for the house throughout the 8 years of their marriage.

    He even said he gave her money weekly for soup and for her hair, bathed the children and washed her underwear when she got sacked from her bank job three years ago.

    Lekan said Ronke got another job at a publishing company and started sleeping with her boss three months ago.

    He said he had overheard her talking to the man he suspected she was cheating with about the sex they had during the week.

    As he explained, he confronted her and it lead to an arguement on the night before her death.

    He said the last time he beat her was three years ago and he never laid his hands on her afterwards although Ronke’s family members and neighbours insist he beats her very often.

    He ended his testimony with this shocking comment, “I am a Lagos boy and I can be in this Lagos for the next 30 years and nobody would see me.”

    These things aren’t adding up sha.

    Why is Mr Lekan hiding if he truly didn’t kill his wife?

    Why did he keep mentioning her infidelity and inability to cook for him instead of mourning her death?

    Did he think of his children’s welfare before going into hiding?

    May her soul rest in peace and we hope her killer is caught soon enough.

    Read more of this story on Punch.ng.