What is in a name? According to poet and writer Femi Amogunla, an African name is more than just a name. He believes that African names...
When you see a glamorously set up events venue, you’re most likely to hear the words “Newton & David“. This amazing woman, Uche Majekodunmi is the...
Bonjour a toutes! ça va?! Finally the series comes to a somewhat end on here (I have one or two more to do on ChefFregz.com think)...
When I was in secondary school, I was a huge fan of literature but some works left me highly depressed and alienated. Enter Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Merchant of Venice. I...
Yesterday, evening while on my regular Twitter patrol, I stumbled upon some tweets about Arik Air. How does an airline keep people at the airport from...
Although there have been attempts at (re)branding Nigeria and Nigerians and giving us a holding character, nothing quite defines a people like a national stereotype. The...
At one point in my life, I felt my face was darker than the rest of my body. I believe a lot of my dark skinned...
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is saying it like she means it again. After sending out a couple of tweets about corruption and healthcare last month, the movie star...
The Chinese have given us everything! Honestly, they have. You don’t believe me? When our iPhones fall down we weep for them. Even our designer clothes...
BellaNaija loves glam, style and all things classy and we’re really loving the photos from the house done up by South African design firm Antoni Associates. Antoni...
There’s a popular Lagos story about a woman who had been abandoned on the 3rd Mainland bridge by her driver. According to the gist, the woman...
There’s a requirement to preserve the sanctity of life in order to maintain the balance of humanity. Recently, the spate of killing in Nigeria makes one...
“Manifest Destiny” is a term that reflects America’s ideal as a rugged individual. America’s manifest destiny is America’s mandate to spread it’s global influence all over...
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...
Tererai Trent‘s story is one of the most inspirational ones we’ve heard. As a young girl growing up in Zimbabwe (known then as Rhodesia ) young...
Salut a Toutes and Ramadan Kareem to all my Muslim readers. Before I go further, I would like to know who DocDeola is? I want her...
Yes…a woman’s emotions are sometimes like an onion. You have to peel that onion to get to the core. You have to get through several layers...
At the young age of 16, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe knew that she was more inclined towards creativity than the “corporate world”. Taking her passion and channeling it...
Few years ago I was with a group of fellow Nigerian students and we were discussing the sorry state of the country. As usual we started...
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...
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