Shola* (29) and Favour* (33) have only been together for seven months. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about dating a week after meeting, Shola finding out Favour was already in two relationships and navigating more additions to their relationship.

A new crop of Nigerians are building their lives in Cotonou. We learn about what makes Cotonou appealing and what to consider when moving to a place where you have no or little roots. This is the first of our contributorship series.

“I don’t know what men like” is not an excuse. Everything he likes is on this list. Spend this money dear.

Princess*, 26, & Bayo*, 37, have been dating for three years. In #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about navigating the 11-year age gap between them & transitioning from a medium-distance relationship to one where they both live in the same city.  Read here:

Today's Man Like is vibes master, @jesuischiby. He talks about his struggle with body dysmorphia, the pressures of turning 30, why he wants to control his drinking and the one mistake from university that still haunts him today.

Today’s subject on Abroad Life is a 26-year-old woman who moved to the UK four months ago because she didn’t feel safe being a nurse in Nigeria. She talks about realising that Nigeria doesn’t care about its healthcare workers during the pandemic and getting a UK nursing job from the comfort of her home.  When […]

Sex Life is an anonymous Zikoko weekly series that explores the pleasures, frustrations and excitement of sex in the lives of Nigerians. The subject of this week’s Sex Life is a 35-year-old woman who discovers she isn’t attracted to only men relatively late. She talks about finding out about her sexuality, how her husband helped her […]

"The military never paid my father's pension."

Imagine your parents finding out you are having sex. How would they react? I asked 7 Nigerian women about how their parents found out they were sexually active. Here’s what they had to say. Lexi, 22 I was 19. I came home from university for holiday. One morning, I was preparing to head to the […]

A woman fired from the job where she got infected. A man who thinks that losing his sense of smell was a blessing in disguise. A woman worried about the future of her work at the Stand To End Rape Initiative – Three Nigerians describe their hospital journeys during a pandemic.  Since February 2020, when […]