I jolt awake at 6am. NEPA (or what do they call themselves now?) restores power and the noise from the OX standing fan is playing right...
There’s something common about living in Lagos – you hear curses flying about all the time. Now, this is not to say that this is peculiar...
Many years ago, in a tiny gathering of undergraduates, cups in hand, little chunks of meat in sticks, alcohol in bottles, X blurted out, “there is...
Like many kids, I had a long pile of books sitting atop one another in a corner of my room. Save for a few exceptions, the...
Anne Adams has always been a sucker for anything art. At an early age, she explored different aspects of art; painting, makeup artistry, writing, and creating...
Since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s interview with Oprah Winfrey was released on Sunday on CBS, there have been lots of debates on whether the former...
The creative expressions of African people are a complex blend of many media, each of which offers a unique perspective and which together communicate everything from...
The love of God is illimitable, still, many times, we often feel like God is far away and this love he has for us is beyond...
I sat in the bus one evening as we snailed through Ikeja Underbridge, pressing my body to the edge of the bus in a bid to...
Disclaimer: This post contains a few images that some readers may be sensitive to. *** In 2018, Solumkolia Obi-Anazodo was having a shower when she felt...
Years ago, while reading through a page created to be a safe space where married people can let out their frustrations and get possible solutions to...
My friend is looking for the killer who murdered her friend. Last year, he was a bubbly man with a beautiful family of 5. Today, he...
“How softly the rain fell that Monday morning when my water broke. Because I was used to the raging downpours of Lagos, this quiet patter...
In many African homes, sex is often talked about in hushed voices and the intricacies of it are hardly ever discussed. Many women grew up hearing...
“What’s the purpose of liberation when we can’t have a peaceful transition, freedom fighters become dictators” – Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, AKA Bobi Wine. When you ruminate over...
For many of us in Nigeria, we live and exist as statistics; no one sees us and we do not see other people outside our immediate...
In 2018, in a now-deleted tweet, an excited 21-year-old Naomi announced her acceptance into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) competitive internship programme. “Everyone shut the...
Through the years, I have grown to expect less and less from our elected government officials, but there are certain things they do that still leave...
Rachel had enjoyed masturbating since she was a teenager. In her book excerpt, she shared how the curiosity to discover the meaning of the word orgasm...
Breathing, blinking, yawning, walking, grabbing items as we move, talking — things are conventional for many of us; we do not think too much of them,...
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