Lifestyle

Let’s gist. You see this life ehn, sometimes we Nigerians carry stress like hand luggage. Small thing: “gimme one bottle.” Another thing: “add suya join.” Next thing: “chai, make I lick painkiller, body no dey gree me.” We think we’re just flexing. But behind the flex, one organ is quietly vexing — the kidney. And […]

If you think your family business is doing well because you’ve survived NEPA bills, tax wahala, and Lagos landlords, let me introduce you to Kongo Gumi, a Japanese construction company that’s been in business since 578 AD. Yes, you read that right. Five. Seven. Eight. As in, before Nigeria, before Britain, before America — before

You see them on Instagram, these children with foreign accents, chasing dreams in cities their parents once prayed to leave. Japa babies—the product of our collective hope to escape Nigeria’s chaos. And sometimes, it hits you like a slap: our own kids are growing up in a world we only fantasized about. Their playgrounds are