Dearest gentle reader, a wallflower is about to bloom. There are certain things known of Penelope Featherington. One is that her flowery yellow gowns meant to...
Feminism sounds like one grand form of activism. Like placard-carrying women protesting against femicide or clamouring for their rights. Like a movement, a force sweeping through...
Last week, the internet was down in Nigeria and some parts of Africa due to extensive damage to MainOne‘s submarine cable system, a major internet provider...
Last week, I attended a media training on investigating and reporting sexual and gender-based violence crimes, organised by Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (Lagos...
First things first, let me start by saying that the economy is tough right now and Nigerians are not smiling. But we all know that, don’t...
I spent my holiday watching a lot of romcoms. The stories are all the same – 2 people, most likely different in ideologies, culture, and way...
Dear BellaNaijarians, it feels good to write to you again about our year. Wasn’t it just some weeks ago we shared our 2022 successes with...
I believe in preserving childhood memories for as long as possible...
I was about 5 years of age when I first saw Santa Claus. It was at my school’s end-of-year party. Children were clustered in the gravel...
I enjoy watching Nollywood movies. One is because I am a firm believer in nurturing our own – whether or not it is perfect. The growth...
The need for people to share their deepest – and sometimes manic – sexual fantasies with millions of seemingly faceless people may stem from the sexual deprivation...
My conversations with a friend of mine are the reason I am writing this. 7 months ago, I wrote about not echoing stereotypes, using a discussion...
One day, I found myself walking briskly from Marina to the CMS ferry terminal. It was past 5 pm and I had just finished working at...
I hope to be rich one day and when I do, I hope to have the balls to spend my money exploring the deepest parts of...
Just like burgers or ice cream is termed junk for the body, reality TV, celebrity gossip, Twitter/Instagram gists are all junk for the mind.
Before this interview, I had my headphone plugged into my ears, ‘Seven Lifes’ playing softly. I close my eyes soaking in the voice, the gángan, the rhythm...
My friends share their wins and woes with me, and I listen. And every time they do, I see the precariousness of the decisions we make....
Be careful. Be wise. And be patient. Careful not to sabotage yourself to satisfy someone else's idea of who or where you should be. Wise enough...
Labour, they say, is cheap in this part of the world. Too cheap, offensively cheap, exploitatively cheap – Twitter would add. Someone on a 350,000 Naira...
Suffering Olympics, it is called; the times when people exchange poverty or struggle stories, debating who amongst them suffered the most. “Ah, bros, you no suffer...
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