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Barbara Onianwah

The Restless One | Lover of GOD | Lover of Change | Content Creator | Multi-hyphenate

Oludayo Olufowobi

I am an avid researcher and a creative writer able to think outside the box and write on eclectic subject-areas.

Itty Okim

Itty Okim is a writer living in Lagos. While Itty wears multiple hats - as a journalist, PR consultant and essayist - he is first and foremost a storyteller. With …

Nimide Falasinu

I create and translate strategies into stories and execution

Jeremiah Ajayi

"Working with Jeremiah Ajayi is a pleasure. He thinks ahead and exceeds expectations. He is smart, driven, and quick. He takes responsibility for each project and takes pleasure in his …

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Latest Articles

Road to Spotlight: A Film shot on the TECNO Camon 19 Pro Mondrian Edition by Award winning Director Kayode Kasum

Everyone can relate to how hard it is to realize dreams, especially when they are not in the traditional bracket of what a life-long career should be. The heartache, the lack of support from family members, and so much more. “Road to Spotlight” is a film that depicts the difficulties …

By Oluwashetemi praise
5th August 2022 • BellaNaija

#BBNXTECNO: TECNO Camon 19 Pro serves Beautiful Pictures from the Saturday Night Party

Big Brother Naija parties are known to be fun and lit, but a party is not complete if memories and moments are not captured. This is what TECNO helped the housemates achieve at the first Saturday night party in the Level Up Houses. The Saturday night party, which saw the …

By Oluwashetemi praise
3rd August 2022 • BellaNaija

#BBNXTECNO: For The Third Time in a Row, Tecno will be Capturing Exciting Moments on the Big Brother Naija Season 7

Big Brother Naija is back! And it is tipped to be bigger, hotter, and juicier. What is more interesting is one of Africa’s biggest smartphone brands, Tecno, is also returning to the reality show for the third time to serve us with captivating moments from the big brother house. If …

By Oluwashetemi praise
29th July 2022 • BellaNaija

Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate planned an exciting December | Here's How it went down

Lakowe Lakes Golf and Country Estate came up with an ambitious plan to make December the best month for their guests and they delivered! Throughout this month, they organized events and activities every weekend to give their guests unforgettable experiences to close out the year. For their first event, they …

By Seun Longe
21st December 2021 • BellaNaija

Latest on BN Literacy Drive | . Read on - January 7, 2021

BN Literacy Drive: I Dream of a Future Where My Dreams Can Become My Reality Because of the continued decline of the quality of education in Nigeria, BellaNaija recently launched the BN Literacy Drive. The aim is to promote literacy across secondary schools in...

By Chinomso Sunday
7th January 2021 • BellaNaija

Itty Okim: Why You Should Probably Join the #EndSARS Protests

The campaign against police brutality and irresponsible governance in Nigeria has been stealing all the headlines in the past few days. Series of protests have happened; celebrities have been amplifying the message with their influence; parents have started supporting their wards to attend protests; and some state governments have bought …

By Itty Okim
19th December 2020 • BellaNaija

Eedris Abdulkareem on Nigeria not Changing since He Sang "Jaga Jaga" 20 Years Ago | by Itty Okim

There have been talks about government officials cooking up schemes in order to make protesters discouraged, get tired and eventually give up on the #EndSARS cause. For many years, Nigerians have had a countless number of brutal police experiences afflicted on them by the infamous police unit, Federal Special Anti-Robbery …

By Itty Okim
23rd October 2020 • BellaNaija

Let's Merge Social Issues With Our Love for Entertainment

The entertainment industry can play a pivotal role in influencing social changes, on a large scale, by displaying newer and better norms; by persistently promoting transformative information which, over time, will condition better behaviour and an improved way of thinking about our cultural standards.

By Etashe Linto
2nd September 2020 • BellaNaija

BN Prose: These Dreams Do Not Come To Pass by Oluwadunsin Deinde-Sanya

You place the bucket beneath the sink and watch as the dirty water drains off it, doing to to to as it trickles slowly into the bucket. Above the sink, you wash the plates, turning the bottle – in which you had poured a little quantity of Klin and two …

By Oluwadunsin D. Sanya
19th August 2020 • BellaNaija

Lola Ayangbayi: 5 Proofreading Tips for an Error-Free CV

Before sending in an application or uploading a CV to apply for a job, you must proofread it to catch mistakes, like typos or grammatical errors, that could cost you a job interview. Not only will proofreading save you from shooting yourself in the foot, but it will also show …

By Lola Ayangbayi, PhD
15th July 2020 • BellaNaija

Etashe Linto: Are You The One In The Mirror?

Emotional abuse and physical neglect have the potential to affect a part of our memory that helps us with navigating and remembering the location of...

By Etashe Linto
1st July 2020 • BellaNaija

Oluwadunsin Deinde-Sanya: The Walls In Your Head

You grew up building blocks and bricks. At first, they were coloured blocks that you arranged to form a car, or a house. You built a mosque, a church, a hall and sometimes, just a windowless room. Your mama teased you that you will grow up to be a bricklayer …

By Oluwadunsin D. Sanya
7th March 2020 • BellaNaija

Jeremiah Ajayi: You Don't Have to Feel Worthless Because You Can't Identify Your Passion

As someone who spent the majority of his childhood reading self-help books than actual books, I was quite familiar with the passion-talk, long before I became a teenager. As a 13-year-old, I was already ‘following my passion’ by writing life goals that aligned with whatever I enjoyed at the time. …

By Jeremiah Ajayi
25th February 2020 • BellaNaija

Jeremiah Ajayi: The Story of My 2019 Achievements

the presiding pastor announced joyfully at exactly noon. Immediately he announced the start of a new year, it seemed like I was in a movie as I watched everything happen before me in slow motion. I watched how family members hugged each other and how people jumped, excited to see …

By Jeremiah Ajayi
10th January 2020 • BellaNaija

Jeremiah Ajayi: 5 Signs You Are Doing Better than You Think

In a world where everyone seems to be involved in a rat race, it becomes easy to focus on what we don’t have. In a bid to achieve society’s standard of success, we fail to recognize what we have. Often, we seem to beat ourselves up about how we’ve not …

By Jeremiah Ajayi
27th December 2019 • BellaNaija

Jesupemi Are: Hey Online Vendor, Less of These Things in 2020... Please!

Online businesses have become very popular these days and I have to say that I love them. Apart from the fact that they save you the hassle and stress of going shopping by yourself, they provide a larger variety of options for you without having to leave the comfort of …

By Jesupemi Are
13th December 2019 • BellaNaija

'Funmilola Sanya: With This One

When love comes, you will be waiting for it with a warm embrace – welcoming it home. “Where have you been all these years?” You’ll ask, your palm itching to give a hot slap. The type your dad gave you when you were little. This is how you imagine your …

By Funmilola Sanya
13th December 2019 • BellaNaija

Jeremiah Ajayi: You Don't Have to Be Perpetually Broke! Tap into the Gig Economy

After Nigeria’s independence, the norm was to immediately secure a job after graduation. As a matter of fact, graduates received employment letters at their doorsteps. Surprisingly, things have changed. Things have taken a cynical U-turn; companies don’t provide automatic employment for graduates anymore. Instead, graduates run helter-skelter, trying to secure …

By Jeremiah Ajayi
5th November 2019 • BellaNaija

'Fúnmilọ́lá Sanya: You are Words that Should Be Spoken

My fears speak silence nowadays, and it’s worth celebrating. You see, in the past, it spoke in loud words. As loud as the voice of the town crier delivering the message of the king to his people, who in obedience and silence listened without questioning. It had authority, an overbearing …

By Funmilola Sanya
5th August 2019 • BellaNaija

Amstel Malta celebrates Female Sports with #WeGotBalls Campaign to Support Super Falcons & Here's How You can Participate

To create a resounding experience for players and all soccer fans, Amstel Malta recently kicked off the #WeGotBalls campaign to celebrate female sports in Nigeria. The brand also launched the #Naija4Falcons initiative to gather support for the national female football team, the Super Falcons. As the team is competing with …

By Nimide Falasinu
11th June 2019 • BellaNaija

BN Beauty: Say GoodBye to Oopsies. 5 Common Makeup Mistakes & How To Avoid Them.

By Barbara Onianwah
23rd April 2019 • BellaNaija

BN Beauty: Orange Is The New Black

By Barbara Onianwah
23rd April 2019 • BellaNaija

Nnamdi is a rian Reading Roxane Gay's "Hunger"

This is A BellaNaijarian Reading, where folks come to discuss the books their reading—why they’re reading it, what they love about it, and why you should read it, too. You can read other entries here. Nnamdi is “sort of” a writer who enjoys fiction but has been reading a lot …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
12th April 2019 • BellaNaija

Here's How 7Up brought Fun to the 4th Edition of Lagos City Marathon #RunDiff

On Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, 7Up added more excitement with the #10kGang pre-race event at the 4th edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon by providing entertainment for the thousands of runners and spectators who came out to participate in the shorter 10km fun race from the Lekki to …

By Barbara Onianwah
6th February 2019 • BellaNaija

Nnamdi Omesiete: 10 Books to Read For the Holidays

The literary world has barraged us with books this year: while you are trying to keep up with one, here comes news of another bestseller about to hit the shelves. There were lots of debuts that left you thinking, wow, welcome to my life, and there were some that had …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
20th December 2018 • BellaNaija

Five Nigerian Men Talk About Their Besties & It's So Cute!

As much as men don’t like to admit it, their friendship with other men plays a very important role in their daily lives. They may be all proper, masculine and devoid of feelings in public settings, but within their inner circle, they tend to let their hair down, show their …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
25th September 2018 • BellaNaija

4 Tips For Parents to Get Back Into the School Rhythm

As much as parents say they are prepared for their children to start a new academic session, they are never fully prepared. From setting up morning routines to going to bed early, you have to get back in the routines to ensure your children are as prepared as possible. This …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
24th September 2018 • BellaNaija

Oludayo Olufowobi: The Ancient Red Car & Nigerian Politics

I got admitted into the prestigious Faculty of Law of the University of Lagos in December 2015. I was bubbling with all the excitement and the “Alexander the Great” mindset to conquer the world. Like a tourist in a getaway destination, I was fascinated by everything, from the panda outfits …

By Oludayo Olufowobi
17th September 2018 • BellaNaija

Street Begging Is Not Too Different From Corporate Begging

Lagos and begging go together like a moth to a flame or like Igbo men with talking loudly about containers on the phone. Moving to Lagos will open your eyes to different forms of begging. I mean, you think you’ve seen it all until a man who told you he …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
13th September 2018 • BellaNaija

10 Female Nigerian Artistes that You Should Not Sleep On

In the past decade or more, the Nigerian music industry has boomed a great deal and gotten the international exposure it deserves. With Tiwa Savage, Wizkid and Davido performing in arenas and countries across the globe, it’s obvious that the music scene is on a steady rise. In particular, there …

By Nnamdi Omesiete
10th September 2018 • BellaNaija