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What’s It Like to Deal With Overbearing Relatives While Grieving a Loved One?
The last thing anyone wants to endure while mourning a loved one is overbearing relatives or friends who are too self-absorbed to offer real support. But that’s the experience of the 5 Nigerians we...
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MoneybyZikoko: This Engineer Survived Homelessness and a ₦40m Debt
Volume 95 Happy salary week! I’m curious about something: what’s your relationship with loans? Do you even consider them, or are they a line you don’t cross? What’s your biggest argument against loans...
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The #NairaLife of an Engineer Who Survived Homelessness and a ₦40m Debt
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. What’s your...
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Bet9ja Foundation Unveils Impact Report: A Year of Transformative Change
Bet9ja Foundation proudly announces the release of its 2023/2024 Impact Report, marking an outstanding achievement since its establishment in 2023. As a charitable organization, Bet9ja Foundation is...
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20 Yoruba Nollywood Actresses Behind Your Favourite Movies
Before you claim to be a huge fan of Yoruba Nollywood, do you know the women who bring characters to life and win the hearts of cinema lovers? If not, this article is here to help you catch up with...
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Imagine Nollywood Gave New Roles to Old Faces
When we see some Nollywood veterans on our screens, we can easily guess what role their character is playing. But what if we throw away the stereotypical roles and assign new ones to these older...
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We Asked 8 Nigerian Women What Waist Beads Mean to Them
Thanks to a US-based Nigerian lady who casually shared that the women in her family wear a specific type of waist beads sourced from a local market in Abeokuta, the “waist beads are for snatching your...
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What Is the Actual Cost of a Name Change? We Asked Nigerian Women
Nigerians will always have opinions about whether women need to take their husbands’ surnames after marriage or not, but let’s consider what it actually costs — financially and stress-wise — to...
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What’s the Biggest Sacrifice You’ve Made for Family? We Asked 5 Nigerians
Music director TG Omori recently shared that his only brother donated a kidney to him so that “he could live again.” This made me curious about how far people will go for those they consider family....
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The Importance of Planning Ahead: a Case for a Funeral Plan
An average Nigerian assumes that buying life insurance products is a waste of money, but the revelation of Jewel Okwechime, a customer of Stanbic IBTC Insurance, is another reminder of the significant...
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Love Life: I Never Thought I’d Be a House Husband
Love Life is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between. What’s your earliest memory of each other? Muyiwa: I remember seeing her at a...
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My Dad’s Death Revealed a Family Tradition I’m Not Ready to Honour
What happens when your loved one’s death leaves you with more questions than answers? Malik* (31) discovered a hidden family tradition after his dad passed away, which has left him confused. Now, he’s...
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Midea and CGCL Host the 2024 Dealers’ Conference in Nigeria: ‘Powering Progress’
L-R: Inderjeet Singh, Business Manager, CGCL; Louis Zang, Midea Home Appliances Manager, Africa; Maneesh Nanda, Managing Director of CGCL; Marina Dsouza, Midea Marketing Manager, Africa; Bright Yao,...
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Fireboy DML’s Inspired Again. “adedamola” is a Stronger Return
Fireboy DML’s artistic evolution, assessed by his albums, stretches from an ambitious, next-rated vocalist with a head in the sky, buzzing with goofy, complex, and cute love stories (“Laughter, Tears...
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We Ranked The 25 Most Educated States in Nigeria in 2024
Education takes a front seat in the development and progress of any nation, and Nigeria is no exception. If you’ve ever wondered where each Nigerian state stands regarding education, this article has...
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QUIZ: Only Real Lovers Can Unscramble these Fireboy DML’s Song Titles in 2...
Fireboy DML’s music is about a lot of things, and matters of the heart is a big part. We’ve scrambled 10 of them for this quiz. Can you unscramble all of them before the timer runs out? Let’s find...
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I Don’t Associate With My Political Family, but I’m Not Ashamed of Them
Do the children of Nigerian politicians recognise their [often unfair] privilege? Amelia* does. The 24-year-old talks about growing up privileged, her reasons behind publicly denying her family and...
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7 Lagbaja Songs You Should Know
Surprise, excitement, nostalgia, and curiousity are the reactions that have held many young and older listeners since Fireboy’s new album came out with Lagbaja‘s feature. Unfortunately, Lagbaja’s...
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We Asked 8 Nigerian Women How They Really Feel About Flowers
Flowers are trending on Obasanjo’s internet, and it’s not because Madam First Lady harvested them from her efo tete farm in Abuja. Apparently, if a man has never thought to buy you flowers, some...
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The #NairaLife of a Consultant Who Has No Idea How Much He’s Worth
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. What’s your...
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