Peter* (31) and Ayo* (30) have been inseparable for seven years and partners for five. On this week’s Love Life, they talk about starting out as friends at their very first job before slowly falling in love, navigating people’s assumptions of the gender roles and sexual dynamics of their relationship and keeping themselves a secret from family.

Esther* (23) talks us through what she labels the worst relationship of her life so far. He constantly tried to get her to lose weight, got her pregnant and ignored her feelings during the abortion process. 

I like the idea of phone sex because I often find myself pitying long-distance couples. If you spend hours talking on the phone with your partner, have virtual dates and parties on Zoom, should phone sex seem that weird?

Cynthia, 26, and Tomiwa, 30, finally started dating after nine months of being in the talking stage. In today’s #ZikokoLoveLife, they talk meeting at work, considering getting in a relationship for the amount of time it takes some women to produce babies (nine months) and learning to understand each other better. Read here:

No child ever wants to visualise their parents as sexual beings, but what happens when you accidentally catch them having sex? These seven Nigerians share with us how they felt when they caught their parents having sex.  “They’ve unknowingly scarred me for life” It happened when I was 10 years old. I was watching this […]

It is only in Nollywood movies that they will pound you like yam and your make-up will still remain intact. Here are 9 unrealistic things you will encounter in Nollywood sex scenes

The subject of today’s What She Said is a 19-year-old who talks about various times she’s been assaulted, and how she feels liking sex invalidates her assault.

Navigating life as a woman in the world today is interesting. From Nigeria to Timbuktu, it’ll amaze you how similar all our experiences are. Every Wednesday, women the world over will share their experiences on everything from sex to politics right here. This is Zikoko’s What She Said. The subject of today’s What She Said is a 23-year-old […]

Chinasa, 26, and Ugo, 30, started having sex while they were in relationships with other people. Today on #LoveLife, they talk about coming together only to break-up, and the ways they have grown individually and as a couple.

Mezie*, 32, and Oge*, 31, went from friends to lovers to friends who occasionally have sex.