“I’m not suffering in my mother’s house, so I can’t go to my ‘marital home’ to suffer. Monthly, I have to earn at least ₦400k – ₦500k”

We’ve talked about what really happens at a bachelorette party. But what’s on a soon-to-be bride’s mind before she says “I do?”

“I feel guilty because I hoped it would be her fault. How many times have you heard that a man is the infertile one? I don’t know why my case is different”.

The subject of this Sex Life is a 58-year-old woman who has had sex with the same man since she was 26 years old. She talks about marrying the first man she had sex with, learning about sex through pornography and navigating a healthy sex life during menopause.

Do you want to know the ethnic group your partner should be from? Plan a wedding, and we’ll tell you.

We know these celebrities are happily married, but we don’t mind being a third party in their marriage. Please beg them to open their marriage for us to enter.

We’ve put together a list of responses to give those nosey uncles and aunties who won’t stop worrying about your singleness. Send one of these responses to the family group chat today.

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.

In this article, 9 Nigerians talk about witnessing abuse in their parents marriage, and how they feel about it.

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 […]

Take this quiz to find out who is your husband in the spirit realm:

Lanre, 30+, and Princess, 30+, have been married for six years. Months after their first child, Lanre encountered a mental health issue that lasted a year and tested their marriage. For today’s episode of Love Life, they discuss working through it as a couple and what six years of marriage has taught them.

Olufunmi, 35, and Elizabeth, 29, have been in serious relationships that led to intense heartbreaks. And then a mutual friend decided to matchmake 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 this week’s Sex Life is a 35-year-old woman who discovers she isn’t attracted to only men relatively late. She talks about finding out about her sexuality, how her husband helped her […]

The subject of this week’s What She Said is a 50-year-old woman who dated her ex-husband for 12 years and was married to him for 14 years. She talks about leaving him after years of being manipulated, the joy that comes from being a single woman again and life as a divorced Christian woman.

If Bill and Melinda Gates‘ announcement has not already made you start rethinking this marriage thing, then at least come and find out just how long yours will last (or not). QUIZ: Are You Marriage Material?

The subject of today’s What She Said is a 34-year-old Nigerian woman who grew up getting everything she asked for. She talks about constantly pursuing enjoyment, and how that led to her leaving her cheating husband and raising her two children independently.  What was it like growing up?  I had a pretty happy childhood. I […]

The subject of this week’s sex life is a 32-year heterosexual woman who is tired of having sex. She talks about her very sexually active 20s and how today, nothing about sex excites her especially sex with her husband. What was your first sexual experience? In secondary school, there was a guy that I would […]

Gbemi, 25, and Ruoyu, 26, are a Nigerian and Chinese couple who really want to get married.

For the average African man, the assumption is that there’s marriage somewhere on the horizon once they are in the twilight of their late twenties. Playful jests of “when will you marry” start to chime in from all angles. However, not all men believe in for better for worse, nor in death doing them part. […]

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. The subject of today’s “A Week In The Life” is a full-time housewife. She […]

The subject of this week’s What She Said is a 32-year-old woman who is torn between her job and her family. She talks about how marriage and her first pregnancy affected her mind and body, and why she may have to leave work to have the number of kids she wants. Talk to me. Growing […]

As told to Mariam In my first month at Zikoko, I put a call out for Nigerian women to tell me about their proposals. Cynthia* was one of the women that reached out to me. I thought it was interesting that she was a bisexual married woman, and I wanted to know how that worked […]

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