The subject of today’s Sex Life is a 26-year old straight man who talks about his battle with his drug and sex addiction, having sex in the oddest of places, and his plans for his first serious committed relationship.

“My ex said she had to break up with me because her mum read her a Bible verse that said you cannot be unequally yoked. After all, what does righteousness have to do with unrighteousness, and what does light have to do with darkness?”

Oluwanifemi, 20, and Ayomide, 20 have been dating for five months. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk about meeting on Clubhouse, falling in love within three days and making a long-distance relationship work.

Read and listen:

“When he grabbed my face and spat in my mouth, I had my eyes closed. It was only when I felt the kelebe in my mouth I opened them.”

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 today’s Sex Life is a 36-year-old man who has slept with almost 200 women. He talks about being discouraged from sex by his mother when he was young, discovering sex as […]

Oral sex is a form of sexual pleasure performed by orally stimulating the vagina. Not everyone knows how to perform oral sex properly and some women have experienced the displeasure of terribly performed oral sex. Here are some experiences of the worst oral sex some women have received. Chidera, 25 It was the best and […]

As told to Toheeb It’s June 2021, and I’m meeting an old flame. It’s been about a year since he broke up with me, and he’s here to answer a question that plagued me for months after the split: Why did he leave me? For you to understand why this means so much to me, […]

Olaide (29) and Yetunde (28) started out as just friends. But Olaide had plans to steal Yetunde’s heart. In today’s Love Life, they discuss intentional romance, how to steal a woman’s heart, and navigating the first year of marriage.

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 today’s Sex Life is a 21-year-old straight woman who talks about being averse to sex for a long time, discovering that she loved BDSM through her ex and navigating sex with […]

People move on from relationships in many different ways. Some people move on in less dramatic ways and some move on in more dramatic ways than others, in hopes to make their ex-partner feel hurt too. The people in this article chose the more dramatic ways to move on. They talk about the most dramatic […]

Joining loving and functioning relationships takes the burden off you to build one by yourself. Here are a few ways to consensually join other people’s loving and functioning relationships. 1. Become besties with one of them. Emphasis on besties and nothing more. The aim of becoming besties with one of them is so your name […]

Becca*, 28, and Michael*, 25 have been dating for five months. Today on Love Life, they talk about transitioning from work besties to friends with benefits, then deciding to relocate to London together.  What is your earliest memory of each other? Michael: She doesn’t know this, but I was coming to work one day when […]

We all feel ugly sometimes, but what is it like being or feeling like the ugly friend? In this article, nine Nigerians tell us what it’s like. A, 23 I know I have friends that are much more beautiful than I am. People don’t make jokes about it, but they suggest things to make my […]

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 today’s Sex Life is a gay man who talks about experiencing hypersexuality while in secondary school, dealing with a lover who outed him to his mother and juggling his love for […]

Nollywood lover boys are the blueprint for modern-day nice guys. They all had one script and to be fair, they bodied it well. Here are 8 things you need to be a Nollywood loverboy. 1. Be broke Nollywood lover boys had to be broke to move the plot. That’s the only way Rita Dominic’s character […]

Getting over people isn’t the easiest thing, so it’s no surprise that not everyone knows how to get over someone. We’ve all had a period where we’ve had to do it. Sometimes it’s someone we were never even in a relationship with. Being the absolute sweethearts that we are, we’re going to tell you how […]

*Arinze and *Ebi love each other but broke up after dating exclusively for a month. Today on Love Life, they admit to their parts in the breakup and talk about navigating their new relationship.

Choosing to spend the rest of your life with a Nigerian man is not a decision made by the faint-hearted. Here is a list of things you’ll need to have before marrying a Nigerian man. 1. A calabash You’ll need the calabash to store his love and maybe his destiny, just in case he tries […]

There are some vital truths you only get to understand when you experience them firsthand. This is no different in love and relationships. After all, matters of the heart can sometimes be where we learn about ourselves the most – what works for us, and those things we say “never again” to. Here are couple […]

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 today’s Sex Life is a 20-year-old bisexual woman who talks about her initial struggle with the shame of masturbation, discovering her kinks and chasing sex fuelled by danger. What was […]

Chelle, 24, and Layide, 23 have been dating for seven months. Today on Love Life, they talk about striking a connection the moment they started talking, how their decision to stay friends changed and how long-distance affects their relationship.  What’s your earliest memory of each other? Layide: She was in a car, and I was […]

Aminat, 22 Last year, I stumbled on the friend of a guy I dated about five years ago. He looked really familiar, but I couldn’t quite place the face. I had turned back to stare a couple of times and had decided if I turn this last time and he’s still there, I’d walk up […]

The subject of this week’s Sex Life is a 20-year-old heterosexual woman who is finally enjoying good sex after a series of bad ones. She talks about what good sex has taught her, and how she is still on the journey to finding an orgasm.

Nwando, 22, and Dave, 22, met in the strangest of places: a gutter. On today’s episode of Love Life, they talk about the sweetness of easy love, and the troubles of dating as young people.