Showing posts with label Regina Askia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regina Askia. Show all posts

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Bold Woman Speaks: Regina Askia writes on the Nigerian woman and societal pressure






Ex-beauty queen/actress Regina Askia Williams wrote an interesting piece about the Nigerian woman and the societal pressures and demands placed on her  and shared it on her  Facebook page. It's an interesting read. Believe it is below..


I just read a social media fight between two people I know and I chuckle to myself because my friend was blowing some hot words there - she was really vexed. Reading through the literary missiles, a few questions came to mind. Why is it that, generally when Nigerians fight their profanity centers around a woman's marital status, her age and to top off the insults, her private parts? Are these the yardsticks that we measure our women by? The marital status thing. Does it mean when a woman is not married she has no identity, she is less of a person or what? For a Nigerian woman to get any type of respect there has to be a man in the picture in what ever capacity? So it does not matter if you are wife number 6 at least you are wife? There is a vulgar saying that goes "Toto wey nobody get, na everybody get am". For real? That pretty much means that a woman unattached is nothing but a mobile body part that anyone can do anything to or with.....chaaii!!
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

Regina Askia was in Nigeria; reveals why she came home..




 Ex-beauty queen and actress Regina Askia Williams was in Nigeria last week. She's since returned to the US where she lives with her husband and kids. She took to her Facebook page today to speak about why she came home, plus family and political issues. 
Continue to read what she wrote...

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Regina Askia’s Ex Charles Orie Re-ties the knot On Feb 14



Charles Orie (left) Alice and a Friend
 Charles Orie, the Eastern Nigeria born money bag who was once controversially and romantically linked with ex-beauty Queen Regina Askia has found true love with Abuja based rich babe Alice jackson.

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