Happy birthday Atoke!! When BellaNaija writer Atoke announced that she’d be dropping the “pen” for her weekly Atoke Monday Morning Banter quite a number of hearts were...
“So how is it going with you?” She asked me in what we jokingly call her faux Canadian accent. I raised a lone brow in my...
I was strolling through the streets of Twitter on Sunday evening when I saw a tweet where someone was asking about whether… hold on a minute,...
Every time I listen to a motivational speech about beauty and body image optimism, I am filled with rising anxiety. Somewhere in the speech is the...
The most intense and emotionally wracking fights I’ve had in my existence have been with my brother. After two years of not speaking, I wondered whether...
There’s something about Suze Orman’s show that makes me think about Nigerians and our secretive nature when it comes to our income and earnings. The financial...
It has been incredibly difficult to keep up with TV shows the way I used to. With work getting incredibly busy, and this business of learning...
There’s an urban legend in my village about the King’s first son, the Aremo. According to the stories, the Aremo’s ‘star’ had been appropriated to ensure...
A few weeks ago my friend told me about the challenges she was having trying to find a decent nanny in Lagos. She had interviewed over...
You haven’t truly earned your stripes as an ‘Abroadian’ until someone ‘dashes’ you £50 and you’re gobsmacked from the sheer unexpectedness of it. First comes the...
Last week someone told me the story of a Nigerian journalist who received a hot slap because she dared to ask why a pay cheque of...
Meeting the parents of someone you love, and want to spend the rest of your life with, is extremely nerve wracking. It is such a serious...
Guys, I know I haven’t done this in a bit but I was having this discussion a few minutes ago with my friends and Lord have...
Of all the redundant and meaningless arguments I have seen on social media, the one about a person’s age, vis-a-vis, their look, takes the crown. Picture...
“Michael proposed to me while we were on holiday in Rome. He knows Italy holds a special place in my heart; so when he suggested that...
On Monday, I mentioned that I was going to announce a giveaway for people who like to write and I’m glad it’s finally here. {Click here...
Here is how I spent my weekend: a wedding, where I was filling the role of a plus one for my relative; then I was suddenly...
A few months ago, I met a Hispanic woman in her late 60s with early onset dementia. Care for her husband had been taken over by...
A few weeks ago Omo and I were trawling through the Sales aisle at TK Maxx and I saw a pair of Kurt Geiger flip flops...
I know I want to write about superiority complex. I know I can’t make the clock stop ticking so loudly. I know I have been staring...
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