865 results for "inside life"
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If Google Maps Was Your Nigerian Mother
GPS technology is very simple. You input a location, and it gets you to where you need to be. Clear cut and No drama. Except when the GPS is voiced by your Nigerian mother. Heavy sigh. It’s morning and a guy, casually dressed, steps into his Mercedes Benz and turns on the ignition. As the […]
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Interview With Ice Cream Container: “Nigerians Have Refused To Let Me Die”
Today, the ice cream container tells its side of the story.
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Fashion Helps Me Manage My Anxiety — Man Like Denola Grey
What does it mean to be a man? Surely, it’s not one thing. It’s a series of little moments that add up. “Man Like” is a weekly Zikoko series documenting these moments to see how it adds up. It’s a series for men by men, talking about men’s issues. We try to understand what it means […]
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<strong>The #NairaLife of a 20-Year-Old House Manager Nursing Big Dreams</strong>
The 20-year-old in this #Nairalife dropped out of university and moved to Egypt to work as a house cleaner due to her family’s financial struggles. She also spent the last two years repaying a significant debt she owed her sponsor.
But what’s her life like now?
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Sleep Here If the Heat in Nigeria Is Stealing Your Joy at Night
Start with the top of your freezer, or inside it.
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Navigating Nigeria: Why This INEC Staff Isn’t Returning for the Governorship Election
For Wunmi*, working with INEC is one experience she doesn’t want to relive again. She has no plans to return for the guber elections because she got “treated like trash.”
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6 Queer Nigerian Women Talk About Experiencing Violence For Being Queer
"In 2014, I wanted to explore my sexuality. I met this girl, Janet, on Badoo. She was nice. We texted for a couple of weeks before we started dating. There were no video calls then so we were always texting. In the third month of our relationship, she said she was travelling to Dubai for work and she wasn’t sure when she’d be back. She wanted to see me before she left. I told her I didn't have money and she said she would sponsor the trip.
