Happy Independence Day to everyone! Independence Day every year for me is like a time machine — it takes me all the way back to a...
My wedding was almost a blur. I hardly remember the details. I just know it was a day I woke up feeling extremely happy and deeply...
The faint trickle of blood from her nose pools beneath what used to be a luxurious mane of black hair. All that’s left now of those...
Someone woke me up with a Happy New Month broadcast. This was just after I was drifting off to happy slumber @ 2am from news of the...
Two days before his final undergraduate exams, tragedy struck – Lanre Aluko-Olokun (Jazz) lost his father. While the 20 year old Business Economics & Finance student bravely...
Lola Ogunnaike is a Nigerian-American journalist who has interviewed everyone from Chinua Achebe to Oprah Winfrey and even 2face… Remember this? {HERE}. Lola grew up in Northern Virginia...
I still have a sweet tooth but that’s not why I visit Mallam Ahmed’s sweet ‘shop’. I graduated from Princeton University six days ago and couldn’t...
There is a general misconception that every single woman is praying day and night, for a spouse. This is incorrect. Personally, I find myself praying more...
Naija We Hail Thee One word for why Sent From My BlackBerry didn’t drop yesterday: ENEMIES. If you saw any tall man in a wrapper, rainboots...
The woman sitting on the balcony railing took two quick puffs of what would at first glance, pass for a cigarette. The furtive light in her...
The traffic on Ajose was murder. She left the office at 5pm on the dot and even though she knew that was the peak of rush...
Regardless of all the places I’ve been to around the world, nothing rings true for me better than Lagos does. It’s weird, call me razz/local or...
She entered the world in a breech position which earned her Ige as her middle name. Ige was the name the Yoruba people gave to any...
Anyone who knows me or is on my BlackBerry will assume I am a big fan of the Yoruba section of Nollywood. It’s fine, I don’t...
Abuja. November 27, 2009. 6.00pm Kevwe caught up with Efe just as she was about to enter the back seat of a branded Hilton vehicle. “I want...
I buttoned my tuxedo, and looked back with a tight smile at the man who stood behind me. The wedding was in an hour, but it...
Mmphmmmm…Mmphmm…” he groaned as he thrust back and forth into an almost lifeless form, making a rhythmic sound with the creaking bed, squeaky jarring notes that...
In September 2010, BN Features Editor – Glory Edozien presented a revealing series of interviews titled the “BN Skin Deep Series“. Psoriasis, Albinism and Vitiligo were...
Born on the 21st of April 1984, Esther Kelechi Agbarakwe has been to over twelve countries across the globe talking about climate change and actively discussing...
The day was just like any other day. I was home from school for the Christmas holidays. My brothers Ochai and Ogbe were coming home from...
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