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5 Reasons You Should Try Malta Guinness Banana Bread by Gina
Season 2 of Foodies and Spice is back, proudly refreshed by Malta Guinness, and Gina Ehikodi-Ojo came through with a recipe that’s stealing hearts—Malta Guinness Banana Bread. If you’ve been sleeping...
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#MadeinNigeria: How Malik Afegbua Is Combatting Bias Against Africa in AI
In 2023, glamorous AI-generated images of stylish Nigerian seniors on the runway went viral. They were the handiwork of Malik Afegbua, a long-time video producer who had worked on TV commercials for...
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Quiz: What’s Your Body Count Going to Be in 2025?
Will your year be filled with legendary sexcapades or ghost town vibes? Whether you’re fully for the streets, catching a vibe, or staying alone, your 2025 energy says a lot about how busy you’ll be....
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Sunken Ships: I Cut Off My Friend After She “Stole” My Crush
Tell me about your friendship with Rumi. We met in secondary school and became really close friends in SS1. We bonded over books, walked home together, and shared many typical secondary school...
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#NairaLife: The 25-Year-Old Looking for Financial Stability in a High-Risk...
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. When did you...
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MoneybyZikoko: The Nairalife of a Money Lender
Volume 115 Happy Holidays, It’s exciting that we collectively survived the first full work week in 2025; we have only 50+ weeks to go, eh? The good thing is, if you’re getting this dispatch, it means...
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10 Questions to Help You Decide if You Should Ditch a Talking Stage
Talking stages are complicated, but there’s no reason for them to be in 2025. Instead of putting yourself through the constant torture of “Do they like me, or am I just here for vibes?”, here are 10...
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QUIZ: Can You Recognise these Nigerian Musicians by their Tattoos?
Asake previewed a new song during the weekend, but nothing matched the buzz of his new face tattoos. The internet went crazy over the Afrobeats singer’s surprise tattoos, though he isn’t the first...
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Love Currency: The Lagos Freelancer Teaching Her Boyfriend Financial Discipline
The topic of how young Nigerians navigate romantic relationships with their earnings is a minefield of hot takes. In Love Currency, we get into what relationships across income brackets look like in...
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“I Don’t Hit My Kids” – 3 Nigerian Mums Share How They’re Raising Disciplined...
In Nigeria, hitting children isn’t just common; it’s practically a rite of passage. For many, it’s an unquestionable part of the “discipline package.” The reasoning? “Spare the rod and spoil the...
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Asake’s 10 Best Songs Ranked
First of all, Asake is one of African music’s superstars, and indeed one of the biggest that we’ve ever seen. In three years of his ascent, he has released three albums, though the first two are more...
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Nigerian Lawmakers Want to Introduce Tougher Punishments Against Public Smoking
Photo credit: Premium Times Lawmakers in Nigeria’s House of Representatives might be standing on business this year because they appear to be showing that already– reports have it that they’re looking...
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She Knows Everything About Spotting Fake Travel Agents and Finding True Love
Someone you know has left or is planning to leave. 1,000 Ways To Japa will speak to real people and explore the infinite number of reasons and paths they use to get to Japa Temi didn’t just cross...
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7 Nigerian Women Share Their First Impression of A Partner’s Penis
Let’s talk true; we’ve all had that moment of curiosity (and maybe mild panic) when we’re about to encounter our partner’s private parts for the first time and don’t know what to expect. “Is it big or...
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Your USSD Transactions Might Stop Working, And These Banks Are To Blame
We all know that one onigbese who refuses to clear their debt until they get dragged through intense stages of embarrassment, but I never thought I’d live to see the day that Nigerian banks would...
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The Jameson Christmas Tree Experience: “Puzzles and Connects” Fosters Festive...
Lagos, Nigeria – Day 3 of the Jameson Christmas Tree Experience, focused on the spirit of unity and holiday pleasure. The event, appropriately titled “Puzzles and Connects,” was all about teaming up,...
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The 10 Best Nigerian Podcasts To Get Into (Jan. 2025)
We are calling it! The next frontier in media and entertainment is Podcasts. Just doomscroll through any feed that you regularly doomscroll through, and you’ll see the algorithm recommending viral...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Nollywood Films to Watch On Netflix (Jan. 2025)
Film lovers gather around! If your January plans don’t include a Nollywood marathon, are you even doing it right? As Nollywood prepares to serve us new productions this new year, starting with Niyi...
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Chioma Paul-Dike Begins Production on Spine-Chilling Horror Film, Oblation
Onyinye Odokoro Award-winning filmmaker Chioma Paul-Dike has officially commenced production on her feature-length debut, Oblation, under the banner of Two Shoes Media Production. The film, steeped in...
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Love Life: She Cheated But Is Still My One True Love
Love Life is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between. What’s your earliest memory of each other? Desmond: Meeting her at a mini store...
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