Nkechi hated losing. As a child, she was very competitive. She raced her brothers to the gate every morning, and if she didn’t win, she sulked...
Written by Ifunanya Arinze.
When you think about buying a piece of land, you imagine a smooth process: you pay, you get your documents, and you start building or planning...
When discussing Nollywood on the global stage, conversations often centre around the quality of its films, despite the industry’s impressive output each year. Critics argue that...
Doing Life With… is a BellaNaija Features series that showcases how people live, work, travel, care for their families and… everything in between. We are documenting...
Lagos is full of promise, opportunity and endless land speculation. But for every genuine land deal in Lagos, there’s almost always someone lurking in the shadows...
There’s a calm that the Benin Republic has that can only be experienced, not imagined. I spent a weekend in the small West African country, and...
Some years ago, if someone told you they saw a video of a prominent politician admitting to election rigging or a celebrity confessing to a crime,...
Dear Remi, Now playing “See you again” by Wiz Khalifa ft Charlie Puth. What do you think about death? When I speak about dying, I talk...
From my assessment of some conversations on national issues, I realised more weight is put on the reaction of young people to those issues than perhaps...
In Nigeria’s entertainment economy, where many stars burn bright and fade out in two or three years, Olamide has done the near-impossible: stay relevant, build wealth,...
Written Bolade Bezi.
A few weeks ago, while trying to cook dinner, I hopped on a casual group call with my friends. What began as light-hearted banter spiralled into...
Doing Life With… is a BellaNaija Features series that showcases how people live, work, travel, care for their families and… everything in between. We are documenting...
Sometimes, doing nothing is precisely what you need to heal. I caught a cold over the week. When I started having a scratchy throat that wouldn’t...
Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation have announced the winners of the 2025 Global Citizen Waislitz Awards. The awards recognise individuals making extraordinary impacts in their...
Love Wasn’t The Plan is a fiction series by Victor Ogu. Read the previous here. Ilorin was already doing its magic. Ada had only been there...
Between 2024 and 2025, Wizkid has been particularly active. The starboy has featured on numerous songs, contributing his melodic verses and enhancing the tracks with his superstar...
I sat in front of the mirror at the salon, contemplating whether to relax my hair or endure the endless struggle of managing my natural hair....
I once said my favourite colour was blue. I lied. I couldn’t admit that I feared being pink. I read somewhere that “when a female adult...
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