New Voices

January 22, 2017

Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Here’s the surefire way to make good money [NEW VOICES]

by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa Yes, I know you’re reading this because of the headline. You’re not alone. People ask this question a lot: How do I make money? The answer is very simple. Problems. It’s as simple as that. It’s universally accepted that this life is full of ups and downs, good times and bad times.... Read More

Ayodotun Rotimi- Akinfenwa, making money, New Voices, nigeria, recession, Solving problems

January 21, 2017

Afam Ade-Odiachi: System collapse [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi The message came in at about 10:30, system failure, please reboot. I ignored it. Another pesky little update. The sort that you get on your phone. You never know if they help the phone or hurt it. What good is an update if after wasting the gigabytes to download it, your phone... Read More

Afam Ade-Odichi, life, New Voices, nigeria, system collapse

January 20, 2017

Temitope Ben-Ajepe: Pharmacy students tough love with Medicine students [NEW VOICES]

by Temitope Ben-Ajepe In a few days from now, the Pharmaceutical Association of Nigerian Students PANS) chapter of which I’m a member will be partnering with a social enterprise/health startup involved in the promotion of maternal and infant health to organise a market outreach in our host community. Apart from the fact that the number... Read More

competition, Medicine students, New Voices, Pharmacy students, philanthropy, Temitope, university education

January 18, 2017

Adeboro Odunlami: He needs some emotional balance [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami Perhaps one of the hardest life skills to gain mastery over is ‘Emotional Intelligence and Boundaries’. As basic as it may sound, learning emotional boundaries becomes one of the best life hacks we can possibly have up our sleeves to fight off hurt and pain and disappointment. It may even come in... Read More

Opinion, Thinking Through

Adeboro Odunlami, Ajimobi, Emotional intelligence, LAUTECH, New Voices

January 17, 2017

Ore Fakorede: How to bulletproof a heart [NEW VOICES]

by Ore Fakorede Every time you let someone in, every time you let yourself go, you take one sure-footed step towards the edge of a cliff. It’s not something that is done to you, this vulnerability that comes with exposure, the stripping away of defences is always your own doing. You take the leap... Read More

heart break, Heartsore, Love, New Voices, Ore Fakorede, Relationships

January 5, 2017

Bolade Ogunfuye: The Nigerian millennial and this masculinism business [NEW VOICES]

A thought piece on the status of the African man; and how you are all sleeping on who he is. First off, who is a true man? What does it even mean to be a man? Frankly, I doubt anyone truly knows what it means anymore. So often has the notion of masculinism been diluted,... Read More

“Celebrate.”, appreciate, masculinity, millenials, New Voices

January 3, 2017

Edwin Okolo: Find your balance [NEW VOICES]

A good story always starts with an unsure protagonist, knighted by a far-seeing mysterious guide and set on a quest, the end goal often different from what is originally presented to the protagonist. The protagonist goes through a series of increasingly complex internal and external challenges to her quest either force personal growth, increase strength... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

best human hair, Edwin Okolo, New Voices

December 31, 2016

Ezinne Ajoku: The Customer Service fail [NEW VOICES]

2016 will be remembered for many things, and one of those things it will definitely be remembered for, thanks to falling oil prices, is the launch of the hashtag, #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira. I'm not here to demand that you buy Naija. I'm here to inspire #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira by buying and using made in Nigeria products myself. — Ben... Read More

Customer service, entrepreneur, Ezinne Ajoku, New Voices

December 30, 2016

Ayodotun Rotimi Akinfenwa: If only you knew [NEW VOICES]

Life is something. Daily, we go about our business and “busyness” and 24 hours may not even be enough. From time to time though, we need to, literally, step out of time as we know it and examine life from the “outside”. If we do, we will recall something so simple. Knowledge is central to... Read More

Thinking Through

Ayodotun Rotimi, If only you knew, New Voices

December 29, 2016

Afam Ade-Odiache: Bravery is not in the eye of the beholder [NEW VOICES]

I’ve started to think about what bravery is. Everyone knows the rational expectations of the definition of bravery. It’s the soldier in the front lines who puts his life on the line for people he doesn’t know. In a functional society he’s incentivised by decent pay and a life long pension that will go to... Read More

Featured, Opinion

Afam Odiache, bravery, New Voices

December 28, 2016

Adeboro Odunlami: With a lot more exclamation marks [NEW VOICES]

My mom is a worrier. Before I was conceived, she worried that I would never come. And when I did, she overtly searched out scary tales of painful childbirth and feasted on them, worrying that our story would be indexed in the pile as well. My mom said I was born on a heavily rainy... Read More

Adeboro Odunlami, Birth tales, Life hacks, New Voices, worrying

December 27, 2016

Oreoluwa Fakorede: When did abuse become okay? [NEW VOICES]

We see it every day; in offices, on the streets, on the bus. We hear it from the neighbour’s house, loud voices and the sound of blows carried on the wind. We read about it in newspapers and online. We have suffered it. We have inflicted it. Abuse, in several forms, has become a... Read More

abuse, New Voices, Oreoluwa Fakorede, victim, woman, writer

December 26, 2016

Arit Okpo: Four wishes [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo I had started writing another piece…finished it actually, and then I realised that this would be my last piece before the New Year. Following that realisation was the realisation that I wanted to share my own version of New Year resolutions. Now we all know that resolutions last only as long... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

active, Arit Okpo, engage, New Voices, New Year, questions, resolution, wishes

December 23, 2016

Adetoye Sokunbi: So I decided to start thinking like a drug dealer [NEW VOICES]

by Adetoye Sokunbi As a teenager, I carried the reasonable paranoia any Nigerian raised by ‘God-fearing’ parents would have, buying drugs. I’d always known that a man’s relationship with his drug dealer is sacred but the rules of the game didn’t become more apparent until I grew older. No matter how brief the encounter; money... Read More

2017 wishes, Adetoye Sokunbi, drug dealing, Life hacks, New Voices, nigeria

December 17, 2016

Ezinne Ajoku: Nigeria is greater than the sum of its parts [NEW VOICES]

by Ezinne Ajoku If there’s one thing that’s certain about Lagos, it’s the absence of a dull moment. If at all you’re living in Lagos and you are bored, rest assured that it’s got nothing to do with Lagos and everything to do with you. Take the risk of stepping out of your gate and... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

Area boys, Banufo, Lagos (Eko), New Voices, nigeria, police, security agencies, Unity

December 16, 2016

Lekan Olanrewaju: Nigerian doctors are pretty awesome [NEW VOICES]

by Lanre Olanrewaju There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing. All of them are set on fire. The use of fire extinguishers made in (or transported through) Nigeria is employed to put an end to the incendiary proceedings. All but one of the fires are put out. The bicycle, in that case, burns to the... Read More

Doctors, FAMILY, lekan olanrewaju, medicine, New Voices, nigeria, nysc

December 14, 2016

Adeboro Odunlami: Not a good parent [NEW VOICES]

by Adeboro Odunlami Some mornings before I step out of my house, I look in my mirror and ask myself who the hell I am. I mean, I manage people for a living. What was it my boss said the other day? ‘The HR department would not be the same without you. You just get... Read More

Cover Stories, Featured

Adeboro Odunlami, life, New Voices, nigeria, parenting

December 13, 2016

Oreoluwa Fakorede: I am Nigerian [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede I say it like it’s a condition I have lived with for years. I say it in a matter-of-fact way while simultaneously trying to ignore the bitter taste this chronic fever of unchangeable citizenship has left permanently in my mouth. Pass me the mouthwash and a guarantee of economic asylum anywhere... Read More

life, New Voices, nigeria, Oreoluwa Fakorede, sticky

December 12, 2016

Arit Okpo: Which one is the real African culture? [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo When I was growing up, I read lots of Enid Blyton and so I spent afternoons in a garden shack enjoying lashings of ginger beer with the Famous Five and Secret Seven. When I was going to Secondary School, I excitedly anticipated mentoring and guidance from the Seniors a la Mallory Towers,... Read More

africa, Africans n diaspora, Arit Okpo, clothes, Food, New Voices, Western influence

December 7, 2016

Ifeoluwa Adedeji: Where my accent came from [NEW VOICES]

by Ifeoluwa Adedeji As is very common in the diaspora and especially America, people just want to know why some of us speak and dress differently and why our names are difficult for them to pronounce if they ever try – mostly because they think they are at the epicenter of everything. A well-meaning young... Read More

diaspora, diversity, Ethnnic groups, Ifeoluwa Adedeji, New Voices, nigeria

December 6, 2016

Edwin Okolo: Circumstantial Ownership

Republished with permission from uueirdness.wordpress.com I’ll start this post with a scenario: Imagine, if you can, that you walked out of your house one day and found a wrecked car outside your door. There’s blood and glass and sharp scary pieces of metal everywhere. You have no idea how it got there, who owns it or... Read More

Circumstantial Ownership, Edwin Okolo, life, New Voices, nigeria

December 5, 2016

Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa: Don’t lose your Balance… [NEW VOICES]

by Ayodotun Rotimi-Akinfenwa Life is a tight rope of thoughts, decisions, actions and outcomes. You simply cannot walk away from it all, neither can you allow your troubles drown you, you need to handle your business. Sometimes, life is a straight, smooth highway and other times, it can be such a bend, requiring endless negotiations. Everyday,... Read More

Ayodtun Rotimi-Akinfenwa, balance, ideas, Jobs, life, Life hacks, Marriage, New Voices

December 4, 2016

Bolade Ogunfuye: The three pledges I took to make my life better [NEW VOICES]

by Bolade Ogunfuye All of life, through the many prisms with which we view it, is mired in change; I guess that’s why our elders say: “we cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are”. Quite often, we evolve through enormous courage, tenacity and perseverance; only through these may we become. If... Read More

Bolade Ogunfuye, gratitude, ideas, Life hacks, New Voices, Pledges

December 3, 2016

Ezinne Ajoku: Family is everything [NEW VOICES]

by Ezinne Ajoku A colleague lost his father recently and it got me thinking about family, death, relationships, the whole morbid enchilada. I recalled that day in February when my parents called me to inform me of a dear Uncle’s death. I was devastated. I could not believe it. I had seen him a few... Read More

economy, Ezinne Ajoku, FAMILY, New Voices, nigeria, recession

December 2, 2016

Omar-Farouq Edu: The ironic attraction of racism [NEW VOICES]

by Omar-Farouq Edu Dear Black People Have you ever been put in a situation where a remark has been personally directed at you that is so baffling you start to feel superior? I definitely have. A remark so racist that you actually have to laugh and think “WOW!” Is this how your brain actually works? I... Read More

diaspora, New Voices, nigeria, Racism, Racist attitudes, white people

December 1, 2016

Afam Ade-Odiachi: Pick you, choose you, love you [NEW VOICES]

by Afam Ade-Odiachi My friend, the one I call the second avenger, looked at me as we walked to the car after drinks in our local bar and said, “I was just wondering why you’re here?” He let the silence that followed breathe. I was confused at first. I thought it was the prelude to... Read More

afam, failure, ideas, Life hacks, New Voices, nigeria, Success

November 30, 2016

Lekan Olanrewaju: Civic duty [NEW VOICES]

by Lekan Olanrewaju One of the most persistent revelations of any election cycle is the nature of the Undecided Voter. No, not the genuinely confused and/or torn, and not — but slightly close to — the self-proclaimed “objective” voter whose objectivity serves usually only to remind everyone who’s chosen to believe in (or, in the absence of belief, at... Read More

elections, lekan olanrewaju, New Voices, nigeria, Politics, Voter apathy, Voting

November 28, 2016

Oreoluwa Fakorede: Take care of yourself [NEW VOICES]

by Oreoluwa Fakorede 1. Inhale. 2. Exhale. 3. Repeat 1 and 2 as you try to keep everything together. That’s the core of the typical life plan. Living is work, hard work. Living is heavy. It gives you things to mind: the clock, children, bank balances and calories. Things to carry: responsibilities, guilt, the past,... Read More

ideas, Life hacks, New Voices, nigeria, Oreoluwa Fakorede

November 27, 2016

Arit Okpo: The learning gap [NEW VOICES]

by Arit Okpo This post is very personal to me as a Nigerian, and I would love to see to what extent it resonates with people in other parts of the continent. I recently moderated a panel with the topic – “Helping Students Prepare for Work.” It was a mixed panel of academicians, employers and... Read More

3D design, academics, Arit Okpo, coding, education, ict, Inventions, learning, New Voices, nigeria, Preparation for work

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