If you’ve ever worked a job for an extended period of time, then you’ll relate to this. 1) Punctuality: First month: I must get to work early. After one year: Let me sleep 30 minutes more. I’ll lie that police stopped me. 2) Attitude towards KPI: First month: I must die for the company. After […]

If you’re an adult then you’ll relate to one or more of these adulting problems we all face: 1) Deciding on what to eat. Rice, bread, rice, bread – Rinse and repeat. I can’t decide on what to eat for more than three days before I start to repeat food. 2) Deciding on what to […]

Cold Eba gets a lot of slander, and if it was human I’m sure it would have taken “legal steps”. But when I still used to go to Church, I remember the Pastor once saying that the foolish things of this world will be used to confound the wise. So yes, cast not away that […]

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Did we really need to read “The Gods Are Not To Blame” at age 11?

This is based on a true life story…or not. 1) How you party: At 21: Like a beast. At 25: With small restraint and paracetamol the next morning. At 30: On your bed because Jesus didn’t die for this. 2) How you communicate: At 21: BBM. At 25: Twitter and Whatsapp. At 30: Email only. […]

This is a post about all the soft lies we were sold as kids and have come to realize as adults. Ranging from career advice to relationships, to even what it means to be an adult. Let’s get into it: 1) Karma is real. Nollywood really played a fast one on us because we grew […]

Creative/kriːˈeɪtɪv/adjective. relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something. nounINFORMAL a person whose job involves creative work. Creative is a broad term that covers a wide variety of things. Basically, anyone who brings an original idea to live, regardless of medium, qualifies as a creative. I gathered a […]

I know what you are thinking but hear me out. Open your mind. Science has shown that if your dog does any of the things on this list, it is introverted. 1) It doesn’t bark when it sees Miss Rona. 2) It doesn’t bark when thieves visit your house. 3) Your landlord walked all the […]

I think the quote “money answereth all things” should come with a caveat that says it is Geo specific. For example, money can answer like only 30 things on your list in Nigeria while in Canada, it can answer 60. That way, our disappointment with many things will be reduced. As a Nigerian living in […]

1) Direction. What am I doing with my life? Where is my life going? 2) Work-life balance. Good luck with that. 3) Canadian P.R. When shall I see my home? 4) Your own apartment. If not for Corona, will my parents see me to be gisting with them? 5) Love of your life. Let’s try […]

Everyone knows someone who has been cheated on or someone who cheated. It’s almost the theme of many adult conversations. Let he who is without cheat or almost cheat cast a stone. 7 people shared how they found out that their partner was cheating on them. Inside life. I didn’t catch her. I just saw […]

Schadenfreude – pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune. Every human being is guilty of this. Even you. And that’s why you are here. That’s why I also found this funny. Since that’s out of the way, we can start. Anyway, I was scrolling through Twitter when I saw this tweet: I just knew […]

I have observed a worrying pattern. Especially among my male friends. There seems to be a silent agreement to bear things quietly because the alternative is to suffer ridicule. As the lockdown progressed, I watched a lot of my friends consume copious amounts of stimulants to cope with the uncertainty ahead. Most recently, lay-offs at […]

“A Week In The Life” is a weekly Zikoko series that explores the working-class struggles of Nigerians. It captures the very spirit of what it means to hustle in Nigeria and puts you in the shoes of the subject for a week. Today’s subject is *Agnes, a nurse currently caring for Covid patients. She tells […]

“A Week In The Life Of” is a weekly Zikoko series that explores the working-class struggles of Nigerians. It captures the very spirit of what it means to hustle in Nigeria and puts you in the shoes of the subject for a week. Today’s subject is Chief Ogunsekan, a coffin maker. He tells us how […]

Legend has it that when we die, we are reborn. Are you curious about who you were in your past life? Take this quiz to find out:

As a career changer, I can tell you that switching is the single most scary thing in the entire world. And I am not even exaggerating. A career change can be so frightening because many times you are leaving certainty for uncertainty. It gets even more difficult when you are not sure what you should […]

From an early age, I was told I had only one task: “Go-to-school–find-a-job-get-married-and-start-a-family.” Sounds easy right? right? If I could go back in time, I would probably slap everyone who gave me such an easy to read version of events. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM!! My first year of holding down a 9-5 was filled […]

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Some people might think that being single is torture but for you, it is a freedom movement you are really patriotic to; you love your single life so much, you’d do anything to maintain it–even if you have to lie that you are boo’ed up just to field off the many proposals that come your […]

Leaving home for university can be fun until you get hit with the realization that you are really alone, even when you are actually never alone. Then it dawns on you that the stress of getting an education might not be worth it, particularly when you consider the adulting that it requires which includes, COOKING […]

You’d think that, by now, you would have accepted that five days out of the seven in a week are not yours. Like at what point does this adulting thing become a normal routine? You would be having the best time of your life (by your standards) until Sunday creeps in to remind you that […]