We are taught to be happy for everyone and not be jealous, but what we are not taught is that jealousy is a very valid emotion.
Sometimes, as a remote worker, the walls of my house close in on me and I struggle to work. Or some days, those controlling the electricity...
It was the year 2009, and Micheal Jackson had just died. It was all over the news; everyone was talking about it, and his music and dance...
I woke up to wet window nets, wet bed sheets and sprinkles of rain on the floor beside my bed. Overnight, it rained. But I was...
Whatever job people are doing right now – waiting, cooking, cleaning, plumbing – should never be a thing of shame.
Inflation is turning huge sums of money into tokens...
It was raining albums in the Nigerian music industry last year. While the industry giants like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Adekunle Gold blessed us with new albums adding...
Since the World Cup, Manchester United’s forward and England international football player, Marcus Rashford has been described to be in the “form of his life” as...
We must try to vote for a candidate who will take issues like police brutality as seriously as they should
Buchi Emecheta is one of Nigeria’s most celebrated writers. She was the author of more than 15 books including The Joys of Motherhood, Second Class Citizen,...
A boy was raised in an environment where his private parts were to be mentioned in slangs. So he would use words like kini mi, nkan...
I have heard and read stories of how tedious house hunting is in Nigeria. How agents turn to mini-gods and place fat prices on apartments. But...
This was not Busari's first encounter with a child beggar. Children aged 6-10 approached him three times last week, but there were no mothers present.
...when grief becomes too big and heavy, it tears through your skin, shatters your bones and leaves you a wreck.
This is the year of Nigerian music...
There'll always be more, what we can do is let ourselves be immersed in moments or things that bring us happiness...
Although many students were tired of the strike, they had also moved on, lost enthusiasm for the classroom, and the energy to return back to school...
I started writing to express myself. Nothing more. I didn’t start because I was expecting something in return and until a while back, it didn’t occur...
Imagine yourself in a conversation with a friend, and a machine is placed at your side such that every time you say “omo”, the machine beeps....
I recently read an essay Kim Liao wrote in 2016 on why writers should aim at getting 100 rejections a year. I found her suggestions intriguing, but they also...
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