9 Questions About Game Of Thrones (From A Non-Viewer)
As you’ve definitely heard, the eighth (and final) season of Game Of Thrones premiered recently. In the months leading up to the first episode, social media (especially Twitter) has been awash with...
View ArticleA Very Nigerian Pancake Recipe
Although pancakes are foreign to us, they’ve somehow become a staple in some Nigerian homes. Whether as breakfast or a snack. No one is sure of how Nigerians got introduced to pancakes. But like suits...
View ArticleKizz Daniel’s #FvckYouChallenge Has Dragged Us Back
If the story of your life can be told in a series of popular hashtags, odds are the #MannequinChallenge was the first time you saw a song ride social media’s wings to Hitsville. Building on the...
View ArticleThe Nigerian Politicians Guidebook To Handling Disasters.
Congratulations, you’ve made it to the Nigerian big leagues! Whether serving as a governor’s deputy or a local government chairman, no longer will anyone be able to make even a whisper of your name...
View ArticleNigerian Women Answer The Most Googled Questions About Relationships
Turning to Google to seek out answers for everything from the meaning of life, to how to frustrate your neighbour into turning off their gen early is pretty standard. Most of the time we get handy...
View ArticleWe’re Still Waiting On These Artistes To Explain Their Lyrics.
In the world of creatives, there is such a thing as artistic license, where artists bend the rules of fact, grammar or language to produce artistic results. Over in Nigeria however, we take things...
View ArticleShe Said: 6 Women On What Their First Orgasms Felt Like
We get many firsts in our lifetime. A lot of which we never remember. Like our first words or first steps. Some we never forget. Like the first time man take you fi idiat or your first orgasm. We...
View ArticleThe Guy Who Wanted To Make Money While Waiting For NYSC
The wild thing about money problems is how you can have none one moment and have 8 of them the next. So you’re left holding on to the last contents of your bank account while owu blows you around...
View Article9 Innocent Phrases You Can Use To Initiate Sex
Not unlike money, sex is a thing Nigerians LOVE to have but would rather choke on their tongues than talk about out loud. How do I know this? Here’s proof: This is courtesy of worldometres.info and is...
View ArticleBurna Boy, Coachella and the Humbling Of An African Giant
I’m one of those weird people who take pride in finding and following successful artists from my first listen. In the case of Burna Boy, it happened the day I heard “Freedom Freestyle” in 2011 –...
View ArticleA Series Of Unfortunate Nigerian Events: Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s Story.
(AP Photo/George Osodi, File) Now, this is a story all about how, Alamieyeseigha’s life got twisted and turned upside down, and I’d like you to take a moment and just sit right back, I’ll tell you how...
View ArticleA Nollywood Love Story In Seven Acts
Act One: You fall in love. You fall head over heels, blindly in love. Like the way, Suara loved Toyin Tomato. The girl must be out of your league and you must move heaven and earth to please her. You...
View ArticleThese 7 Nigerianisms Need To Die… Soon
If variety is the spice of life, then Nigeria is the kind of pepper soup dish that would have Toke claiming the sweat on her brow is ‘glow’. Here’s the super-new episode of VRSUS by the way....
View Article10 Things That Annoyed Me The Most About Blackberries
How insane is it that just 5 years ago, Blackberries were the biggest sellers in Nigeria’s phone market and the ultimate status symbol? That sound the phones made when a message came into the phone’s...
View ArticleHow Many Times I’ve Wanted To Leave Nigeria This Week.
I start my days doing a number of things: 1.Exercising – which is usually my first attempt at getting up from bed. A sit up is a sit up, okay? 2. Setting social media restrictions for the day: I like...
View ArticleA Nigerian Woman’s Guide To Dating Apps
It’s very hard to make a case against dating apps. Yes, I know there is the occasional unsolicited penis picture you inevitably get. And men who take on sexual harassment as a full-time job. But all...
View ArticleThe Side Hustle Queen netting ₦525k every month
If you’ve been reading this every Monday, you know the drill at this point. If you haven’t, now you know that Zikoko talks to anonymous people every week about their relationship with the Naira....
View ArticleHere’s What You Need To Know About The Minimum Wage.
On April 18th 2019, President Buhari did the damn thing and signed the 30 000 minimum wage bill into law. Nevermind that this bill is coming in 3 years too late from the earmarked review period of...
View ArticleA Tale Of One Lagos Party, Two Sisters And All My Friends
One of the many weird things I’ve noticed since adulting first showed up in my life is how I’ve begun to plan my life around holidays. The period between Christmas and New Year is my equivalent of a...
View ArticleHere’s What Three Years On The Pill Did To My Body
A year into a serious relationship I decided the most responsible thing to do would be to get on some form of birth control. Because better safe than getting pregnant and having a baby in law school....
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