Love is in the air, and so is jail time. Do you know that some of the gifts you receive today can land you in prison?

Get in here, guys. We’re leaving the trenches behind.  Everyone can’t stop talking about Inkblot Productions and Netflix’s new show, Far From Home, and we totally get it. The young-adult series created by Chinaza Onuzo follows Ishaya Bello, a poor boy from Isale Eko who’s down to do anything to japa from the trenches and […]

"Why should Nigerians bear all the cost for a policy that’s likely to achieve nothing?" We spoke to an expert about what the CBN's new withdrawal restrictions mean for Nigerians.

Don’t let the large crowd of creators on YouTube fool you. There’s still mad money to be made on the social platform. Here’s how you can secure that YouTube bag, according to @KneWKeeD.

In 2018, Tayyiba* married Faruk* after praying every night for God to return him to her when he ghosted for two years. Now, Tayyiba tells Zikoko how she’s enjoying married life in Kano on a ₦150k monthly income.

Being a bad bitch is not a phase or a mood, it’s an identity, and Ayra Starr is one Nigerian artist that has it on lock. From her music to her attitude (we can’t forget her fashion game), Ayra is the embodiment of “doing my own thing and not caring what anyone says”.  But how […]

When Renike Olusanya got her first commission to paint a portrait for ₦25k, she didn’t realise her life was about to change. Now, she looks back at her journey as an artist and tells Zikoko about her work-life balance and how she deals with troublesome clients. #AWeekInTheLife

For nine hours every day, 26-year-old Daisy* calls 180 loan defaulters to get them to pay up their debts. But when she’s overlooked for a promotion after two years, she starts doing the bare minimum while she figures out her next career move.

“I’ve made $200 in a week. Who school epp?” — These students have been using the compulsory strike holiday to make money online, and they don’t care how long the strike lasts.

Is love enough or is it all about money? How do you receive either when you had a broken childhood? These are the questions *Kate answers in her story about unlearning the idea that love is equivalent to enduring financial struggles with her partner.