In The Beginning, There Was “Holla At Your Boy”…
The best hits may last forever but musicians’ careers don’t last very long. It’s why we have the ten-year rule. It’s an unspoken assumption that the best musicians have a peak period of 10 years....
View ArticleHow Do You Think A Nigerian Politician Spends His Day?
*straight from the mouth of an imaginary Nigerian politician* You’ve seen us grace your television screens, switch political parties enough times to make you dizzy and cart away with enough stolen...
View ArticleNigerian Teenagers Don’t Know How Good They Have It These Days.
As a recently involuntarily retired teen (ignore what my birth certificate says), it pains me to no end that my excitable parents refused to wait a year or ten before deciding they needed an extra...
View ArticleAccording To New Reports, These Are The 7 Places Nigerians Are Most Likely To...
As every Nigerian adult human knows, meeting potential romantic partners can be a stressful experience. It seems like you never have the time. You’re either at work or at home in bed trying to catch...
View ArticleWe Ranked Patience Ozokwor’s Most Popular Movies From Our Worst To Our Best
Last night I watched Chief Daddy. Which is a movie about a really rich man with many wives who dies suddenly. The plot gets a little confusing after this happens, but that’s not why we are here. We...
View ArticlePaging Nollywood: These Nigerian Political Sagas Need Representation.
Nollywood caters to just about every entertainment need. Have a kinky wicked mother-in-law fetish? They have you immensely covered. Want to take your Beyonce and Rihanna fangirling to the next level?...
View ArticleWhat You Teach The Girls, Teach The Boys.
In a society that is changing and hoping to be balanced for the better, it is important we have conversations about smashing societal created gender roles, behaviours and systems; aka fuck the...
View ArticleThe Marketing Babe With Millionaire Dreams At ₦200k/month
Every week, we ask anonymous people to give us a window into their relationship with the Naira – some will be struggle-ish, others boujee–but all the time, it’ll be revealing. If you’re looking for a...
View ArticleHow 2baba Raised Me
I wasn’t the most chatty kid growing up. It started as being the quiet one among my cousins. Later, I was the kid in the corner of the class who you wouldn’t notice until you had to. Let’s get it...
View ArticleHere’s Our Take Away From The Kano Supplementary Elections.
On March 24th, Abdullahi Ganduje was declared the winner of the Kano State supplementary elections – you know, the elections that had to happen because the March 9th polls were declared inconclusive...
View Article4 Nigerian Songs With Lyrics That Reveal Horrifying Back Stories
One amazing thing about Nigerian music is how, after you’re done nodding your head to the beats that sound like bar fights involving kitchen utensils and doing the Capoeira-style dances, you can relax...
View ArticleWe Know Everything You Thought About At Your Last Gyno Appointment
Gynaecologist appointments were not something I gave a lot of thought until I hit 21. And even then it took me another year to schedule my first appointment. At my first appointment, the first thought...
View ArticleEating My Way Through My Period
When it comes to my monthly periods I got dealt a pretty great card. I don’t have a particularly heavy flow, I never get cramps, no mood swings, no hormonal breakouts. I pretty much just bleed for 4-5...
View ArticleThey Don’t Want You To Protest. But You Should.
In my truest form, I am a militant, bandana wielding, Fela face-tat having, protest-line leading fighter of the fucked up Nigerian system. No political authority is too powerful, no public servant...
View Article7 Items That Can Help You Fight Boredom At Work
Hello human. Do you – like a large percentage of people – hate your job? Do you fight the urge to slit your throat every morning when your alarm goes off? Do your work duties make you want to grab a...
View ArticleWhat It Means To Be Nigerian And Lactose Intolerant
According to this study, sixty to eighty percent of black people will become lactose intolerant in their lifetimes. This means that at some point in your life you’ll go from being able to wolf down...
View ArticleAn Unfortunate Smiling Buddha Story
The night is dark and full of scams. The idea of posting photos of smiling buddhas for good luck isn’t really new. I’d seen it before, but I noticed that sometime around last week, everyone was...
View ArticleWe Asked 6 Nigerians What Kind Of Side Jobs Their Parents Held While Growing Up.
If you grew up with Nigerian parents, then chances are your parents held down a minimum of two jobs to make sure you had Christmas clothes and a shiny new bag to start the new term with. Speaking life...
View ArticleWhat Is The Nigerian Dream? This Guy Has An Answer
Every week, we ask anonymous people to give us a window into their relationship with the Naira. This time, it’s a little different, because we have our first not-entirely-naira Naira Life story. The...
View ArticleEver Heard Of Adebayo Alonge? He’s Using AI To Fight The World’s Fake Drugs...
In 2004, while suffering through a severe asthma attack, Adebayo Alonge was prescribed Ventolin tablets, of which he consumed two-four milligram tablets (4mg). While he anticipated the easier...
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