My friend Tolu Ogunlesi recently wrote a witty and cynical piece offering a few words of wisdom to ‘we’ repatriates or returnees as we have been...
They would come every year, arriving suddenly at our home with their chatter in a language I struggled to greet in. My late father’s two sisters...
Is it normal to be this physically exhausted on a Monday morning? Because I’m typing this post with my eyes heavy with sleep. If any of...
In the past few days, social media has been buzzing with the talk of the video of the show of shame at the Rivers State House...
BN Making It! is a BN feature focused on young entrepreneurs. BellaNaija.com launched BN Making It! in 2009 and we are hoping to spotlight more upcoming...
That thing they say about not knocking something until you’ve tried it? Well… I agree. In fact, that’s the sermon I’m going to preach all week...
BellaNaija presents “Celebrating You! Class of 2013.” A few weeks ago, we called for submissions of graduating students who had excelled in their course of study....
Last week, one of the drivers, Mr. J, came upstairs to our office to share envelopes for raising funds for his church. As he got to...
Vision is a vivid image of what and where we aspire to be at some point in the future. It is what we see, and also...
In today’s gizmo-driven digital world, our eyes move from smart phone to ipad, ipad to desktop, desktop to laptop, laptop to …… it goes on and...
I woke up a little after 4am this morning and started thinking of work. There was a certain buzz that comes with when a new week...
In 2010, BellaNaija ran a series called “Skin Deep” which showcased three beautiful women who had unique skin conditions which we wanted to talk about: Vitiligo,...
This is the last edition of “The Lagos Chronicles” by the “My Africa Is Team” and it has been an insightful season. If you have missed...
“My name is Zainab Makinde, I’ve got something I know you’ll be interested in.” Five minutes and fifty mumbled up sentences you heard little of and...
I’ve always thought that if I had gone to boarding school I might have had a shot at being slightly taller than this. Only slightly because...
As part of the series by the “My Africa Is” team called “The Lagos Chronicles“, we find out more about the floating school at Makoko. The...
For the past 5 days, I’ve had Mo’Cheddah’s “No Be Money” playing on repeat in the car because I think the guys at Knight House deserve...
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar...
Last week, on my way to work I tuned in to Smooth 98.1 FM and the Grapevine team had Mai Atafo on the radio talking about...
BellaNaija loves glam, style and all things classy. So when we saw the photos of this lovely house which had a blend of all we love...
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