Nigerian delicacies are amazing. I don’t say this as a Nigerian but as a foodie. How good of a cook are you? Do you think you’ll be able to recognize Nigerian meals from just three ingredients? Good Luck: Image sources: Sisi Jemimah. Ndudu by Fafa.

Now more than ever it’s important for us to keep healthy and get our nutrition right. It’s not enough to just say we are exercising and eating and fruits and vegetables, we have to do it. While there are some fruits I could happily eat for the rest of my life, there are some you […]

If you have ever gone to the market to price meat before then you’ll be able to relate to this post. Here are a list of lies meat sellers think they are deceiving us with. 1) “This one is not bone.” It is definitely bone. 2) “This one is biscuit bone.” It is still bone. […]

Some foods are agents of the devil sent to cause you total embarrassment.

To the dismay of my rapidly expanding waistline, I’m the biggest bread fan. I consume it almost daily, in all of its many glorious forms, from sliced to Agege. One of the most important things to ensure the optimal enjoyment of bread is carefully selecting the accompaniment to go with it. There are several options, […]

If you’ve ever been saved by the healing power of noodles, this post is for you. Here are some of the times it has come through: 1) During broke days. Especially when we were students. God safe us. 2) When you’re too lazy to cook. Indomie fills the gap when you’re too lazy to cook […]

If you’re a regular at Bukas, chances are that you’ve experienced one of these: 1) Getting extra fisi from your server. Real recognize real. Extra plantain or meat is a whole mood. 2) When someone helps pour water to wash your hands in an Amala joint. It’s known that the best Amala joints don’t have […]

Nigerians are skilled when it comes to this cooking business.

There are two types of people in the world. People who enjoy eggs and people who clearly don’t recognise the finer things of life. Eggs can be consumed in so many different forms, that if you don’t like them in at least one form, you need to consider that the problem might not be eggs, […]

Lawyer Kunle Keating takes up the case of Mr. Eba and Miss Okro.

If you are a millennial, I can bet that Celebrations is tied to a lot of fun childhood memories. Stealing them out of hampers to take to boarding school, fighting with siblings and friends over who gets what. And random arguments in dorms about what the best thing in it is. So I thought we’d […]

Here are things you might want to keep at home so you don’t knock on your neighbour’s door at 2:19am in the midnight to ask if they have any soup.

Are you a young person who recently moved out? Tired of your kitchen looking desolate? Well, follow these steps to make it look just like the one you left behind in your parents house. 1) Nigerian mascot. Diluted Morning Fresh. That’s the most Nigerian adult thing ever. 2) The gift that keeps giving. A Nylonception. […]

For the most part, Ghana and Nigeria share a peaceful relationship. Nigeria exports its banging afrobeats, Ghana washes it down with its infinitely easy on the ears highlife. We ping and pong between both locations for December rocks and chummily refer to each other as ‘chale’ and ‘oga’ from across the border. It’s all love […]

You might not be able to explain why eba tastes better when you eat it with your hands, but you know in your heart that it’s true. We’ve gathered 10 more unofficial facts like that one, and we know every Nigerian will agree with them. 1. Swallow tastes better when you eat it with your […]

I come in peace. I know we might not see eye to eye on food opinions, but this matter of Eko/Agidi is one we must agree with. And I have points as to why this thing called food should be banned. Come with me. 1. What exactly does it go with? Food has to go […]

How do you people enjoy Semovita? Is it that you intentionally enjoy suffering or you don’t know what is good for you?

There’s something to be said for people who rate corn flakes over garri. I didn’t know people did that ghetto behaviour until I got wind of it. It is true that corn flakes has a masters degree and maybe a PhD in the works, but have you ever stopped to consider the fact that garri […]

After waxing poetic about the versatility of yam last week, someone pointed out to me that plantain deserved the same bragging rights. Spoiler alert my favourite form of plantain is dodo so you already know what’s going to top this list but there are at least eight other ways to enjoy plantain.  Boiled Plantain  You […]

If there’s anything we should rack this virus over, it is seriously cramping our buka eating culture. No longer are we free to eat and sweat in close proximity with the next guy as his splash from battling his shaki gets on our shirt. No more are we spoilt for choice, looking at the show […]

The truth is bitter…just like these soups.

There really are fruits you shouldn’t eat in public.

Mango is an elite fruit and that’s on that. Period.

Things dey happen for this life o. You won’t believe Indomie noodles that we know as that regular babe has changed her range. From ordinary noodles, people are making Indomie pizza, poundo-mie, and the Nigerian in me cannot believe it. See for yourself. 1. Indomielette. I saw this one on Dooney’s Kitchen. According to her, […]