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Nigeria To The US: Someone Cannot Play With You?
If you’re reading this, you’re already too late. All the cool people got it a day early because they’re already subscribed to our newsletter – Game of Votes. We know you don’t like being a...
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9 Scenarios That Would Make Good Punishments In Hell
Thanks to Christianity (and to some extent, Dante’s Inferno), everyone’s idea of hell is a vast terrifying wasteland, engulfed in fire and populated with demons (each one more grotesque than the last)...
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All The Stages Of Being Drunk
Make no mistakes, alcohol will fuck you up. If you’ve ever gotten blackout drunk before, you know it’s a journey of nonstop drinking and bad decisions. And because it’s the weekend again, we know...
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The Health Worker Chasing Enjoyment And The Abroad
Every week, Zikoko seeks to understand how people move the Naira in and out of their lives. Some stories will be struggle-ish, others will be bougie. All the time, it’ll be revealing. The subject in...
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The 5 Most Outrageous Punishments Of All Time
Let’s face it, there are punishments and then there are PUNISHMENTS clearly invented by people who hated children. It’s understandable that kids can be stubborn and that it’s important to discipline...
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7 Sweets That Need To Make A Comeback
If you were born in the mid to late 90s, there are quite a lot of things from your childhood that no longer exist. A lot has changed in terms of music, snacks, film, etc. You often think back with...
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When Nigerian Fans Went A Little Too Far
They say when you love a person, you’ll do just about anything to be with them. Some super-fans take this statement so literally, they’ll do just about anything to be with their faves. I hate to have...
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Working In Sales In Nigeria: A Never-Ending High.
Illustration by Janice Chang To get a better understanding of Nigerian life, we started a series called ‘Compatriots’, detailing the everyday life of the average Nigerian. As a weekly column, a new...
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You Can Now Binge On Kunle Afolayan’s Films On Netflix
Thanks to Kunle Afolayan, you can now seat back, crack a bottle of whatever activates your third eye and geek out on one of the greatest catalogues by a Nigerian filmmaker. Kunle Afolayan is one of...
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9 Times Fat People Have The Urge To Punch You In The Throat
It’s a well-known fact that Nigerians can be fucking rude. But there’s an extra level of disrespect they give to fat people, regardless of if they’re familiar with them or not. It’s even more annoying...
View ArticleMunachi Osegbu Is The Director Behind Megan Thee Stallion’s “Hot Girl Summer”
Even before she coined the phrase that defined summer 2019 from Twitter Nigeria to pool parties in Atlanta, Megan Thee Stallion was bound to enjoy a hot summer. The deliciously care-free music video...
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What She Said: There’s No Escaping The Violence
Navigating life as a woman in the world today is incredibly difficult. From Nigeria to Timbuktu, it’ll amaze you how similar all our experiences are. Every Wednesday at 9 am, women the world over...
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Bet You Didn’t Know The GOtv App Could Do All Of These.
Who else is having a great August? It’s almost salary time, we finessed a four-day weekend, there’s still left-over ram in our fridges, times are looking good you know. But what if we told you there...
View ArticleThe Misplaced Anger of South Africa’s Xenophobic Attacks
The headlines have been short, scary and painfully familiar, spelling out different variations of the same message: “Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa.” The story: the alleged shooting of a cab...
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All The Ridiculous Reasons People Call For Meetings
If you’ve ever had a boss or been employed, even for a day, chances are that you have had one too many meetings in your short lifetime. Many of them, irrelevant and unnecessarily long. The sound of...
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5 Annoying Types Of People You Find At Every Party
If like me, you’re a wallflower and you spend the majority of your time at any party observing the room, then you’ve definitely noticed these annoying people on this list. They’re at every party,...
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On Being A Maid in Lagos
My mother brought me to Lagos in 2006. I had just turned 10. It was my first time in Lagos, so I was very happy. We were going to visit some family members for a while; that’s what my mother told me....
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Why Young Nigerians Should Care About The Climate Emergency
“I never get light for two days. Na wetin concern me concern global warming?”– The Average Nigerian People caring about the world and the environment With all of the problems in your life as a young...
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#AbroadLife: What’s Life Like For Nigerians In South Africa?
The Nigerian experience is physical, emotional and sometimes international. No one knows it better than our features on #TheAbroadLife, a series where we detail and explore Nigerian experiences while...
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What To Do When You Try Killing A Cockroach And It Disappears
We’ve all been there. You turn on a light in the middle of the night and spot a cockroach on the wall. You get up slowly so it doesn’t know you’re coming and grab your weapon of choice. After...
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