3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (547+ words) “I don’t know where to turn.” Before social media, Nigerians were writing to magazines for dating advice. We dug through old newspaper issues from Archivi.ng, and compiled some of the relationship problems that gave Nigerians sleepless nights many decades…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1364+ words) The topic of how young Nigerians navigate romantic relationships with their earnings is a minefield of hot takes. In Love Currency, we get into what relationships across income brackets look like in different cities. Tayo and I have been married…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (574+ words) I’ll always go lower. Tochi and I went to the same university and stayed in the same hostel. We weren’t best friends, but we were close buddies and spent quite a bit of time together. We knew each other well…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1972+ words) The 28-year-old teacher in this #NairaLife eats once a day, tracks every naira, and hustles across three different jobs to build her savings. Yet she’s currently in a ₦200k debt, thanks to her family. She knows she’s being taken advantage of,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1387+ words) This Love Life couple talk about about a moving-in arrangement forced by a demolition notice, and how it’s tested their relationship. Love Life is a Zikoko weekly series about love, relationships, situationships, entanglements and everything in between. On this week’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (685+ words) Everyone wants me to forget her She needs your advice. What would you do in her situation? Over time, I grew fond of Aunty Kemi, and I was happy when she offered to stay after my mum died. I barely…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1727+ words) I swore once I left, no matter how hard things got, I would never go back. In this story, Ade shares what it was like growing up privileged yet stifled, the rocky journey toward earning his own money, the breaking…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1547+ words) Every week, Zikoko spotlights the unfiltered stories of women navigating life, love, identity and everything in between. What She Said will give women the mic to speak freely, honestly and openly, without shame, about sex, politics, family, survival, and everything…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1651+ words) He’d seemed like the perfect partner until everything fell apart On the Streets is a Zikoko weekly series about the chaos of modern dating: from situationships and endless talking stages, to heartbreak and everything it means to be single in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (617+ words) I’m better on my own. I recently graduated from university, and my convocation ceremony is coming up. Naturally, my parents and my two younger sisters would expect to be there, but I’ve decided not to invite them. I haven’t told…...