For us at BellaNaija, we recognise that people who have lost their lives through insurgency in Nigeria were humans who had dreams and wanted to make...
I don't think I spend a lot of my time thinking about how my life is different. I think I spend my time living my life...
Basically, my current financial/economic status is ‘a sack letter away from absolute poverty,’ because without this steady salary, I don’t know how I would be able...
I'm all about protecting my mental health. They're my parents and everything oo, but, nobody should stress me. My mental health is important. Abeg abeg abeg....
Climate crisis impacts everyone in different ways and as we know, the average Nigerian in Lagos is not the average Nigerian in Bayelsa or Jigawa; but...
Nigeria is a country with a population of over 180 million people, if less populated countries can be serious about the effects of climate, then it...
I'm just finally accepting that I have anxiety and it's getting bad, so how do you think that's working out? One of my biggest fears is...
As CO2 and other greenhouse gases are increasingly emitted into atmosphere, the planet is warming and we can already see the repercussions - rising sea levels,...
What are the experiences of Ugandans living in diaspora? Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi asks daring questions in her collection of short stories, Manchester Happened.
We started naming books we enjoyed and think everyone should read as our book of the month back in January. Fiction, memoir, a collection of essays...
Lagos has taught me how to hustle, how to make my money legit without doing anything bad. I am always on the move. It's either I'm...
At least in Ibadan you still have cinemas, you still have the malls. Osogbo does not have cinema, hello?
I read I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi, too. If you have social media anxiety, then this is right for you. It basically explains what is...
Even as a teenager, I knew there was something different about her compared to the other girls. She had a mind of her own; she was...
The people in Lagos are less friendly and less kind; the pace, very fast; the housing, less value for so much money; transportation, not enough; healthcare,...
In Drunk, Jackson Biko tells the tale of Larry, a Kenyan man whose uninhibited propensity for alcohol consumption takes a disastrous toll on his life.
I'd definitely marry 'Lape if I could do it all over again. I think it is important to marry someone who shares closely your important beliefs....
This Friday, on March 8, 2019, BellaNaija is joining the rest of the world to celebrate International Women’s Day. This year, the theme is Balance For...
It is undeniable that Nigeria runs on patriarchy. From the elevation of male children to the continuous minimizing of the basic rights of girls and women,...
Someone, I think it was James Baldwin, once said we read so we can live other lives. (Don’t quote me on that.) Reading exposes us to other...
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