Often, I think about a line from a piece by the Nigerian author, Tola Rotimi: “Families are everybody’s first war.” Recently, I had cause to remember that...
For our #BellaNaijaMCM feature this week, we celebrate and shine the spotlight on Dr. Debo Odulana, the founder of Doctoora Health, a patient-centered healthcare platform that...
The word ‘philanthropy’ stirs up thoughts of ‘affluence’, but philanthropy takes on many forms: it is our individual response to human needs, it is about caring...
A secondary school classmate of mine got married recently, and while I was chatting with a friend of mine who also attended Shagamu the day after...
The Christmas holiday is here and yet it still feels like we are in the middle of the year. The holiday shopping season was nothing to...
It’s Christmas… and it’s that time of the year when we’re supposed to just spread good tidings and love! 2020 has been a long year but...
When a son is born, there is a lot of joy – that there is an heir to bear the family name, someone to carry on...
Dear life, It’s hard to exchange pleasantries with you right now so I will head straight into why I am writing this letter to you. You...
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...
For many, 2020 has been a year of ups, downs, and many in-betweens. We know you have a lot to tell us and have asked that, as...
This year, the new Rattlesnake falls into the same type of trap as last year’s Living in Bondage did: the filmmakers think of cinematic storytelling, in...
One White Lie is a 2-part story. If you missed the first, read it here. *** “Find a way to fix it!” My best friend, Chiwendu,...
I sit lonely on the sloping concrete that slips into the river with my legs deep into its water. This river has taken over this wide...
For many, 2020 has been a year of ups, downs, and many in-betweens. We know you have a lot to tell us and have asked that,...
Siblings bickering and arguing can be frustrating and mentally exhausting for parents. Although disagreements between siblings may drive parents crazy, it teaches our kids how to deal...
For many years, I have enjoyed reading about our culture and history, and I am horrified at how disconnected a lot of young Nigerians are from...
For many, 2020 has been a year of ups, downs, and many in-betweens. We know you have a lot to tell us and have asked that,...
I knew I was on an interesting journey the first moment I ever shed a tear. From birth, I took my queue behind every other sinner....
For most Nigerians, the struggle to be merry this Christmas is real. There is no surprise that words like “pandemic”, “lockdown” and “coronavirus” are amongst the...
Can women be friends? Old Nollywood would say no. It had an interesting definition for women: witches, husband snatchers, and devious creatures operating in opposition to one...
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