When yesterday Rumaisah told me about the man she wanted to marry, I was happy for her. It was her childhood friend, Mansur. I never knew they were still in touch with each other before, he was from an affluent family and his parents were friends with ours. She had told me his father recently handed over one of his filling stations in Kano to him hence, he was now thinking about marriage. He was just 22.

"Did Mama and Baba know about it?" I had asked her because she was a very shy person.

"Yes, Nna Hajara had told them for me" She had responded while fidgeting her fingers....