A long time ago in the late ‘90s, a teenage me sat beside my dad in his Benz 230 wagon, sweating it out on a long queue...
She was going to interview the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, but it appeared that her interviewee was skeptical about her stance as a journalist who sings. So...
16-year-old Tina Ezekwe is maybe the most recent to make the headlines. A policeman trying to arrest a bus driver who had broken the lockdown curfew shot...
Twenty-seven per cent. This is one of the statistics keeping many Nigerians up at night. It refers to the twenty-seven per cent unemployment rate in the...
It’s the season finale! Stephanie complains about everything suddenly changing after they (Stephanie and Abiodun) got married. Then there’s the question, are they in the presence...
Afrobeats singer Joeboy has released a new song titled “Lonely“, the first single off his forthcoming album. “Lonely” is the first taste of Joeboy’s new album...
New work from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is coming! As part of the Amazon Original Stories, Chimamanda’s “Zikora,” a 35-page short story, will be published on Tuesday, the...
The fragile bond between a young married couple is tested when Mohini, who secretly got a contraceptive implant after her wedding, has to choose between a...
People advise us to forgive a person who has wronged us. The person could even beg for forgiveness. It is almost as though we are doing...
“How is your heart?” Very strange question, right? Certainly not the best conversation starter by any chance. However, this was the question a very close friend...
Sometime during 2019’s notorious Detty December, I went on a night out for my girlfriend’s birthday. It was a long night and I made my way...
An experience that very well sets the tone for this piece is one I had with a man who has lived through the crests and...
Over the next couple of weeks, BellaNaija will be partnering with Farafina Books, an imprint of Kachifo Limited, to publish excerpts of titles coming between October...
I worry about my students. This is not my first time teaching; I have taught in private schools and worked as a lesson teacher for parents...
A visit to the New Africa Shrine on Thursday nights promises more than good live music. As the night draws to an end, afrobeat legend Femi Anikulapo-Kuti...
This story is quite long as I plan to start from the very beginning. For that reason, I’ll be breaking it into several parts. Here goes the...
In many corporate organisations, 60 is the retirement age, whether you are ready or not, even if you have so much more to give. It can...
The Presidency has banned, with immediate effect, the personnel of the FSARS, STS, IRT & other Tactical Police Squads operating at Federal, Zonal & Command levels”...
For the umpteenth time, Nigerians are protesting the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on social media. To be honest, we have talked about SARS so many times...
How I Got Here I was born in London, attended secondary school in Nigeria, returned to London and then relocated to Nigeria with my family in 2008....
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