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YNaija February 11, 2023

Accept your husband’s side chick for better mental health – Actress Kudirat Ogunro advises women

Kudirat Ogunro, alias Kudi Alagbo, a rising Yoruba actress and director, has encouraged married women to accept the reality that their husbands would have extramarital affairs. She went on to…

Ado Aminu August 25, 2021

This is how Churches and Mosques come in to change the narrative on mental illness stigma

There is a trend lately of Nigerians discussing mental health and lamenting the stigma attached to it – arguably due to the copious amount of public education by mental health…

Ado Aminu June 4, 2021

Lack of accessibility may be pushing Nigerians to self-diagnose mental illness, but it doesn’t have to be the only way

However slow going, the conversation on mental illness continues to shift from the dark place of shame and silence it had occupied for years in Nigeria to a place of…

Ado Aminu May 24, 2021

3 Nigerians share lessons they learned in therapy that changed their lives

A practising therapist’s advice once taught me to never frame a piece of advice received from a therapist as “my therapist taught/told me'' but to instead frame it as “I…

Ado Aminu May 7, 2021

Peer pressure is a major contributor to Nigeria’s mental health crisis

The notion of peer pressure being bad for business is not new to anyone raised by Nigerian parents. In every ethnic language in Nigeria there is a phrase to admonish…

Ado Aminu May 6, 2021

Nigerians on managing their mental health without therapy

Managing mental illness can be daunting even where access to therapy is easy. And Nigeria is not a place where therapy comes with easy access. Estimates by the World Health Organisation…

Ado Aminu May 6, 2021

We spoke to 3 survivors of sexual assault to unmask a sliver of the trauma of rape

The trauma of sexual violence is an oft-mentioned and well-studied phenomenon that is the reality of millions of women and men globally. In Nigeria where 1 in 4 girls and…

Ado Aminu April 30, 2021

7 tips to stay sane while living in Nigeria | A psychotherapist’s guide

Restless and tense. A sense of impending danger or doom. Difficulty controlling worry. A strong urge to avoid things that trigger anxiety. These are some of the symptoms of anxiety…

Ado Aminu March 30, 2021

Suicide is on the rise and all we have is a mindless political leadership

How do you convince a government to declare a state of emergency on the increasing rate of suicide? Specifically, how do you convince the Nigerian government - whose antecedents with…

Ado Aminu March 18, 2021

Kanye West is a successful ‘mad person’ | What this means for people living with mental illness in Nigeria

There are a thousand and one reasons to centre conversation today around America’s richest ever black billionaire, Kanye West. For reasons clear as day – humanity’s affinity for happy tales,…

Ado Aminu December 9, 2020

Davido’s public grief could start a revolution of men expressing their feelings

Popular singer, David Adeleke, known by his stage name ‘Davido’ has come out to say, “I’m tired of being strong, ” in a very vulnerable post in reaction to the…

Op-Ed Editor October 15, 2020

‘Panic Cards’ do the trick for mental health issues and Mentally Aware Nigeria is leading this | #EndSWAT

by Adewale Alabi The #EndSWAT protests in Nigeria is taking quite a lot of twists and turns. It is now seven days since the protests began and many youth have…

Nelson C.J September 29, 2020

Why are Nigerians taking Rema’s emotional outburst as fodder for bants?

All of Monday, social media saw a frenetically outspoken side of Rema in a string of tweets, some cryptic, others confessional, and the rest filled with strong calls to actions…

Joanne Ike September 9, 2020

Why Nigerians needs to rethink their stance on homophobia

“They say I use pampers because I’m gay,” a gay man recounts to the Bisi Alimi Foundation in 2017. “They call me possessed,” a lesbian reveals in the same report.…

Joanne Ike August 25, 2020

Art stands a viable mental health cure but why do we still ignore this?

On an extraordinary Sunday morning in May, two dozen health workers, donned in scrubs and face masks followed the smooth sound of a saxophone out onto the lawn outside isolation…

Ifeanyi Ogbo July 22, 2020

#YNaijaNonBinary: Let’s talk about mental health

People going to therapists or talking about their mental health is a thing I mostly see on TV shows. Foreign TV shows. Therapy remains a low key taboo topic in…

Chude Jideonwo June 8, 2019

The Daily Vulnerable | It’s actually simple

Life is actually simple. You're in a relationship that’s hurting you? Step out of it. It's a marriage and you're not working so you need the security? Ask yourself if…

Bernard Dayo June 30, 2018

The return of Tee Billz to Instagram and the exorcism (we hope) of past demons

After a 8-month hiatus, head honcho of 323 Entertainment Tunji Balogun aka Tee Billz, returned to Instagram at around past midnight with a Story with the transient words, “CAN SOMEONE…

Omoleye Omoruyi February 20, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: Timaya, Bisi Alimi, Akinwunmi Ambode and, the advice on mental health issues

Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters,…

musicblog November 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Burna Boy opens up about mental health and going into therapy

In a recent interview with Beat FM, Burna Boy discussed a range of topics, including his relationships, an upcoming live concert in December and his controversy-prone public image. Hosts Olisa…

Ezinne November 2, 2017

The Thread: How I saved my friend from committing suicide

The Third Mainland bridge in Lagos has become a popular spot for those who want to bring a finality to life. Yet in this country, we credit ourselves with resilience…

Op-ed Editor July 21, 2017

Opinion: Many are “mad” but few are roaming

by Aigbokhan Emmanuel Stigmatisation and discrimination against the mentally disabled is a practice, albeit dispiriting, that pervades every culture in the world to varying degrees. And while many societies consciously…

Sponsor June 30, 2017

Science Cafe Lagos holds talk about Mental Health

Do you know what mental health is? Would you like to know what it really means? Do you have questions regarding mental health? or Do you have an idea or…

Op-ed Editor June 27, 2017

Poetry: Depression

by dijiaderoGBA Sometimes, I want to talk. Sometimes, I want to cry. Two sides of life. One for the pain. Other for the pain. Who will listen ? Who…

Op-ed Editor April 29, 2017

Opinion: The growing problem of untreated dementia in our elders

by Tony Ogunlowo Just recently a picture of a half-naked elderly woman surrounded by a lynch mob appeared online in one of the many blogs under the caption:” Bird…

Op-ed Editor April 25, 2017

Ugochukwu Nnamdi Ukamba: How is my attempt to kill myself anybody’s business?

by Ugochukwu Nnamdi Ukamba On Sunday 19th March 2017, one Dr Allwell Orji ordered his driver to stop his vehicle on the popular third mainland bridge, Lagos, Nigeria, got out…

musicblog April 19, 2017

[The Music Blog] Music for the pain: 5 pro-tips to help you curate the perfect playlist to combat anxiety

Music they say is the ultimate form of empathy. Presumably, this is why sound therapists have spent years of researching music to evolve a methodology for restoration of health and…

Op-ed Editor April 8, 2017

Opinion: But why would a doctor commit suicide?

by Obinna Nnewuihe There was a way he looked at me that made me feel uneasy. I mean here I was meditating peacefully in church and a familiar face from…