Features and Essays

Five Cities You Must Visit Before You Die

By David Adewusi Let’s face it: there’s a traveller inside all of us. No matter…

Five Simple Healthy Habits Everyone Almost Forgot About

Your health and hygiene should not be taken lightly, and starting with these is a…

Confraternities vs. Fraternities: Where Did the Nigerian Experiment Go Wrong?

For instance, Alpha Phi Alpha served as a meeting point for advocates Martin Luther King…

The Bad Leadership of the African Union and the Cost of a New Africa

These countries and their leaders find it easier to ignore the atrocities of other neighbour…

Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Nobel Prize Win and the Politics of Storytelling

It only seems that whatever work is done, the academy holds its right to certain…

Women and the Myth of Vagina Fragrance

At the end of the day, it is perhaps okay if the vagina just smells…

Women, Outrageous Beauty Standards And A Multimillion Dollar Makeup Industry

By Augustina John In previous generations, women deployed different methods in enhancing their beauty, ranging…

Chimamanda Adichie At 44: Celebrating Nigeria’s Literary Rockstar

By Lynda Rubi Binos The year was 2007. I had just returned home from writing…

Is Art Criticism Dead In Nigeria?

The consequence of this hostile environment for critics is that criticism as an art form…

Big Brother Naija: In The End, We are All Tega

By Joshua Chizoma There is a theory, and I’m inclined to agree, that no housemates…