Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

“It’s a pop culture phenomenon that comes from the kingdom perspective” “Chocolate and caramel ouu wee. Song of Solomon 1:5,” reads the first carousel of a May 2025 Instagram post from Street Church. The next slide quotes the original scripture from the Christian Bible: “Young women of Jerusalem, my skin is dark, but I am beautiful.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

Toyosi Alexis first went viral in 2021 for a letter she wrote to her hearing loss. “Couldn’t you just fix yourself and go away?,” she wrote in the post. “I fought to prove that I was worthy — more than just a girl with hearing aids and a weird accent.” It provoked a public outcry and raised awareness about the experiences of Nigerians living with deafness. Since then, she has become an advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities.

1 week ago | zikoko.com | Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

In just one year and 10 months, Sefunmi Alabi worked from six countries across three continents — all while employed at TikTok as part of their global cybersecurity team. From London to Singapore to his final stop in Japan, each trip was fully covered by the company. How did he pull it off? And more importantly, how can you do the same? I nestled into my room in Japan in a breeze. It was my first time in the country. By now, I was no stranger to settling in quickly in strange new lands.

2 weeks ago | zikoko.com | Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

Sure, in real life, some women do choose love over career. But where Nollywood fails is in presenting these decisions as the ultimate success — with the woman compromised and the man unscathed. At first glance, Biodun Stephen’s Labake Olododo seems like a promising story about an equestrian warrior in precolonial Nigeria, and how she wielded power in a male-dominated world.

3 weeks ago | zikoko.com | Dennis Da-ala Mirilla

Lagos nightlife for those with means is not for the faint-hearted. On what she thought would be one of her worst birthdays — broke, bored, and with no plans — Queen ended up having the wildest night of her life in Lagos. By a random stroke of luck, she linked up with a group of Lagos party monsters, and between 8:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. the next day, she hit eight locations: a house party, a bachelorette, four clubs, a bar, and finally, a Chinese restaurant. It was the 27th of December.