A new crop of Nigerians are building their lives in Cotonou. We learn about what makes Cotonou appealing and what to consider when moving to a place where you have no or little roots. This is the first of our contributorship series.

We heard your feedback, called our builders and designers, and worked on this for a year. And now, it’s finally ready. Zikoko has a new look and it’s fresher than agege bread from the akara woman on a Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

Every Tuesday at 12 p.m. WAT, Zikoko will share the hustle stories of Nigerians making it big in and out of the country. With each story, we’ll ask one crucial question in several ways: “How you do am?” Hustle is a brick, solid word that chased me through childhood. Whoever was hustling was someone to […]

People and friends of Zikoko, sources are saying we need a party. But not just any party — we need a Z! Fest party.

We've wanted to do this for years. Now we're doing it.

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 […]

This week’s What She Said is Koromone Koroye, a 30-year-old Nigerian woman. She talks about attending Pentecostal churches when growing up because of her radical, religious father; her experiences with Nigerian Christian communities and her relationship with God. You have the floor. In my first phase of spirituality, my relationship with church was connected to […]

This week’s What She Said is a 26-year-old woman. She talks about losing her mum, feeling alienated by her sisters because they just didn’t understand her, and how being the last child made her dad’s drinking problem her responsibility. Let’s start from the beginning. I have strong memories from when I was two till when […]

The subject of this week’s What She Said is a 40-year-old woman. She talks about losing custody of her kids after an abusive marriage, travelling the world and how her dad’s love for food led her to start a confectionery company. If someone was meeting you for the first time, what would you tell them […]

For this week’s What She Said, I spoke to Chioma, who had a life-changing experience at 19. She talks about what it felt like losing her leg to an accident at 19, how she has adapted to the change and getting a first-class in law school.  Tell me about the accident. I remember it like […]