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Child rearing is not child’s play.

Or as our kind calls it; Mass Murder.

Why do I need to plunge into adversity to prove a point? In a country where the reward for hard work is getting by?

People often say I have a saviour complex. And it’s true.

You rebel.

On April 1, 2018, my phone rang. The lit screen read ‘Dad’, but my father had died in February. “What horrible thing had I done that my dead father was calling me from the grave?” I answered and steeled myself for what was to come. After the longest three seconds of my life, my sister’s […]

Every week, Zikoko asks anonymous people to give us a window into their relationship with the Naira. Some will be struggle-ish, others will be bougie–but all the time, it’ll be revealing. The subject of this week’s story just hit 18. He’s also at his first 9-5 ever, as an intern. When he’s not in Nigeria […]

Peeing becomes torture. Don’t even get me started about sex.

Let’s take a look at that list.

As a child, I thought all adults were ballers. Then I learned about money.

“I know I’m a ‘strong independent woman who don’t need no man’, I just want one.”

“…I was in prison for a month and some days, the time I spent there broke me. It’s difficult to narrate and even harder to forgive.”