The first time I told an American friend that Nigerians buy houses outright, no mortgage, no 20-year payment plan, he looked at me like I had...
Obioma's use of natural elements, particularly the river Omi Ala, does more than provide a setting. It establishes an early symbolic current that runs through the...
On Easter Sunday, I listened to a powerful message by Apostle Flourish Peters titled “The Gardener is Back.” It was a sermon about faith and a...
Welcome to the WARIF Survivor Stories Series, a monthly feature where stories of survivors of rape and sexual violence are shared to motivate and encourage survivors...
Nigeria has some of the most educated, most talented, most resourceful women on the African continent. Women who have built businesses with nothing, navigated systems that...
When you’re away from your parents, you always remember the kind of place you are from. You always pray to never return to a place like...
There was a lady in my street who was generous toward everyone. She knew everyone bickered about her, but she never cared. When people asked for...
Iya Ni Wura, despite being released many decades ago, doesn't feel like an old film.
Four Nigerian writers have been shortlisted for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, administered by the Commonwealth Foundation and is one of the most prestigious literature...
By Chaste Inegbedion and Eyitayo Ogunmola
There is a tension that many goal-driven people rarely talk about. It is the tension between the discipline that built you and the flexibility required to...
After I graduated, I thought I had a clear idea of what my next steps would be. Like many Nigerian graduates, I left university full of...
One of my biggest concerns is that, despite Nollywood’s rapid growth, funding remains a major hurdle. We can’t have enough conversations about this, because so many...
As told to Ahmad Adedimeji Amobi.
On the 1st of April, 2026, a four-person crew of Artemis II lifted off at Kennedy Space Centre to visit the moon, orbiting around it, and...
These days, a director of a film is almost as popular as the actors. The actors are more popular, of course, because they attain celebrity status....
If Nollywood is to sustain its current growth, especially with increasing global attention, it must invest more in star-making.
For the longest time, I assumed that looking “put together” had something to do with makeup. I thought it was an unspoken rule, one that many...
Halfway through the challenge, I landed my first paid technical writing gig from someone who never engaged publicly but noticed I showed up daily. There were...
Oxford University Press named ragebait as its 2025 word of the year, but I reckon that context will give other words a run for their money this...
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