What鈥檚 Hertitude?

A large party for hot babes only. We think every woman is a hot babe, and we鈥檙e offering you a safe space to let your hair down, have fun and party till you drop.

Since the first dispensation in 2022, HERtitude has welcomed over 5000 women to redefine and celebrate what it means to be a 鈥渉ot babe鈥�. We鈥檝e witnessed iconic performances by Fave, SGawd, Bloody Civilian, Ria Sean and other spectacular artists on the HERtitude stage. 

Many hot babes have gotten their first and second tattoos ever, met their current closest friends and gained unrivalled confidence at HERtitude. That鈥檚 the kind of community we鈥檙e building, and hot babe, it鈥檚 time to go again. 

When and where is it happening?

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., the hot girls of Lagos will descend somewhere on the island 鈥� more details on this when you . Block your calendars now. Previous editions confirm that the side effects of attending HERtitude include not wanting to leave when it鈥檚 over.

What to expect?

The goal is to ensure you continue to feel VALUED, understood, confident and motivated to express yourself freely. In its third year, HERtitude is bringing you:听The usual games like scavenger hunt, karaoke, board games, jenga and more.

Opportunities to win prizes in a fashion show and dancing competition, and make new friends through our speed friendship sessions. Fun craft activities like paint and sip, candle-making, pottery, bracelet making and crocheting.

We also have the very best vendors to bring you spa services, tattoo booths, manicure and pedicure stations, a relaxation lounge, yoga and meditation sessions. And an exciting music experience with celebrity DJ sets and live performances.

We know times are hard, so here鈥檚 your heads-up to start girl-mathing and saving your coins to start curating your fits because hot babes can鈥檛 be caught lacking. PS: If you have to travel down to Lagos not to miss this, do it. Trust us, you can鈥檛 live vicariously through other babes鈥� pictures and tweets. 

FOMO is real, and hot babes don鈥檛 gatekeep, so make sure your girlfriends aren鈥檛 missing in formation.

Tips from last year that are still useful: Hot Babe Necessities to Attend 91大神鈥檚 HERtitude

Get ready, Lagos.

Mark your calendars and clear your schedules for 91大神’s latest agenda to bring you into the streets: “Strings Attached”, the social event brought to you by OneBank.

On Saturday, May 11, 2024, we want you outside for a day of link-ups, games, drinks and live performances at Muri Okunola Park, Lagos. Strings Attached is a real opportunity for friends to reconnect, lovers to bond and individuals to make friends and build community.

What exactly is Strings Attached?

Strings Attached is a celebration of oneness. It鈥檚 a chance to reconnect with old friends, deepen romantic bonds and weave new friendships.

Why “Strings Attached鈥�?

Whether you’re flying solo, rolling deep with your crew or cosying up with that special someone, Strings Attached has something for you.

It鈥檒l be the perfect rendezvous for you and the LOYL, you and your bestie or you and a frenemy. With speed dating and friendship-building activities to spark connections, thrilling games with prizes up for grabs, endless food, fun and a special salad of live music. Get ready to soak in electric live performances by some of your faves. 

How to get a ticket

Tickets for Strings Attached are FREE, as long as you follow these steps.

1. Download the from the Google or Apple store
2. Create a new account, punch in the referral code “ZIKOKO鈥� and your golden ticket awaits.

NOTE: If you already have a OneBank account, even better. Head over to the first pinned post on for the next steps.

Is it really free? 

Yes, the ticket is.

When’s this gathering? 

It鈥檚 on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos. Doors open at 2 p.m. and close at 10 p.m.

Can I bring the squad? 

Absolutely. Just get them to download the app too. 

What about food?

While tickets are on the house, food and drinks will be available for purchase from our vendors. 

offers a new way of life! You can open an account, Enjoy fast transfers, Save, Invest, Pay Bills, and get a Debit Card, all from the comfort of your mobile phone. OneBank is a product of Sterling Bank Limited.

So, join us for a feel-good time outside at Strings Attached.

Download today and secure your spot.

Burning Ram is a meat festival bringing you and other food enthusiasts, creators and curators together to celebrate the Nigerian culture of meat and grill. We鈥檙e inviting you to enjoy the best suya, kilishi, asun, burgers, and interesting takes on common Nigerian meat snacks on September 30, 2023.

Why is 91大神 doing this?

The short answer: for your enjoyment.

The better answer: A conversation around the lack of African cuisine representation in global conversations is brewing, and Burning Ram is our response. We鈥檙e elevating the world鈥檚 perception of food, one African dish at a time, by bringing together 3000 people to experience a world of expert grilling, spicing and meat.

Burning Ram is not just an event about meat; our goal is to become pioneers of innovation, conversation and new experiences around African cuisine, starting with meat in Nigeria. Changing perceptions and appreciating a culture’s cuisine is a gradual process, and it starts with one plate, one dish, and one experience at a time.

This is a big goal, and yes, we need your help to make it happen.

Why should you attend Burning Ram? 

If you love having a good time with your friends and family. If you love meat 鈥� from suya to kilishi that tastes like a rainy evening in Abuja. If you’re not afraid of trying new things, like akara burgers, then you should only be at Burning Ram on Saturday, September 30.

What to expect at Burning Ram

We promise you a spectacle. The festival will feature various activities including firebreather performances, eating contests, cooking competitions, tutorials, and music. Food lovers will have an opportunity to try out different types of meat in one place. 

Fans of 91大神 VRSUS will also enjoy the Suya VRSUS Wars, which will feature a culinary chef versus a mallam. A suya-making tutorial class is another activity that participants can look forward to at the festival.

We鈥檙e also running a raffle draw where one lucky attendee will win an actual ram. Yes, you read right. An actual live ram won to be prepared by experts and sent to the winner. 

Be the first to get more details about these activities and find out when ticket sales begin by signing up .

Interested in becoming a sponsor?

Burning Ram is bringing together over 3000 food enthusiasts, chefs, families, students, professionals, tourists and more. To share a part of this vision, kindly reach out to us .

How do you become a vendor?

You want to showcase your take on meat and everything that can be paired with it at Burning Ram, then , and we’ll be in touch in a couple of weeks.

Burning Ram promises to be an exciting festival for food lovers and meat enthusiasts. Come hungry.

In January, I packed two bags, hired a cab for 鈧�110k and moved to Cotonou with a friend. We鈥檇 had a couple of rough months and needed a break from Lagos.
Lagos wasn鈥檛 a city interested in my needs. I needed electricity, it gave me an anorexic power grid. I asked for an apartment close to work, and I lost my rented apartment to new house owners. Lagos was like a lover who ghosted once you started to want things. I needed better. Enter Cotonou.

鈥嬧赌�
I would鈥檝e gone anywhere 鈥� as long as I had electricity and the air was cleaner. But I chose Cotonou because it was four hours away by bus and I could finally use my dusty passport. 

Cotonou offered me three things in the first week we moved: 24/7 electricity, a clean city, thanks to cleaners who wiped the city at 2 a.m., and an apartment by the beach for the same price you鈥檇 get a boxy mini flat in the heart of Lagos mainland. 

At a party, weeks later, when I explained this to a new friend who asked why I was in her city, she contemplated my analysis for a few seconds, then said, 鈥淣igerians used to come to Benin Republic for trade or school鈥� now they just come.鈥�

It was my turn to contemplate. She wasn鈥檛 wrong. Nigerians at , the biggest market in West Africa, may have settled in Cotonou for trade, but I鈥檇 learnt about a growing community of Nigerians with mostly flexible jobs, who, like me, had just come. What were their reasons? How did they decide?

Jite, a friend of mine, is one of these Nigerians. She鈥檇 spent her 20s in Awka and Nnewi, and loved their 鈥渟mall-townness鈥�. Cotonou reminded her of those places. Friendly, quiet, with a passion to do very little.

鈥淭hat jet feeling you get in busy cities doesn鈥檛 exist. If you go buy something and they don鈥檛 have change, you better just stay and wait. If the woman selling fruits has three people buying something, she鈥檇 attend to each person one after the other, not at the same time. Everyone is fine with that.鈥� 

During a five-minute stroll the evening I arrived, she told me to tone down my 鈥淟agosness鈥�. We’d been tearing through the street as though we were being chased, and she鈥檇 realised she was starting to pant. We laughed about it.

In her late 30s, Jite鈥檚 priority was peace of mind. Since 2020, before the move to Cotonou, Jite had been considering moving out of Nigeria. She, however, knew she didn鈥檛 want to move to a 鈥渨hite people country鈥�.

EndSARS, the protest against police brutality was the trigger. 鈥淪omething broke in me,鈥� she said. She鈥檇 been a managing editor at a publication in Lagos for three years, and she quit. Six months later, she was in Cotonou for a friend鈥檚 birthday party, where she fell in love with the city. When she did make the move, she settled in quickly. 

Networks

To enjoy a city, you need to understand how it works, and Jite had lived in Cotonou long enough to build a network. She had a guy and hack for everything. A guy for changing money into her Mobile Money (MoMo) account, which she used for transactions in shops on the streets; she knew what fruit seller spoke Yoruba, the fastest way to get to Lagos and back, how much internet data would last the month (25k, 75gb unlimited, the data cap lasts two weeks at best). 

In my first week, Jite pointed out places and people I should know to have a good time: Her group of friends with whom she met once a month and checked out new places with, KaleBasse for the sensual, soft, classes (we never went), the restaurant by the beach with tasty Bissap and a grilled Barracuda that melted in your mouth. She reminded me not to dress like a hippie when we prepped for a night at the hotel rooftop where a Nigerian singer named hosted live sets. 鈥淚f you are black, you need to look wealthy in certain places to avoid disrespect.鈥�

Loneliness is a byproduct of relocation, and people find moving to new cities or countries difficult because of the distance it creates between loved ones. When I asked Jite how she stays connected to her friends and family in Lagos, she told me she saw them more now than when she was in Lagos. 

Since Jite started as a comms manager in a hybrid company in February 2022,  she has visited Lagos once a month; she only has to be at the office once a month, so she takes a boat ride from Porto-Novo to CMS. The trip is two and a half hours. On these trips, she visits her mum and friends. 

On our first night at the hotel rooftop, Jite introduced me to Ade, and the first thing I noted was that he spoke French to the waiter when he ordered a Mojito. For a second, I wondered if I could trust Cotonou bartenders with a glass of Moji baby, but I gestured for a Beninoise instead. As we drank and listened to Gracia belt Adele songs, he told me he鈥檇 lived in Cotonou for three years and knows the best spots. I鈥檇 meet Ade at various times in the following weeks. Twice at Jite鈥檚 for an evening of enjoying her meals and once at Erevan, the biggest supermarket in Cotonou. On one of those meets, we planned to visit one of his favourite spots: La Pirogue.

27-year-old Ade didn鈥檛 find settling into a new place with no friends as simple as Jite. Born in Shomolu to a strict dad who didn鈥檛 allow him to spend the night at anyone鈥檚 house 鈥� friend or family 鈥� he was shocked by his decision to move to a new city. He鈥檇 visited Cotonou for a short trip, a four-day work retreat in September 2021, and on his first night, he fell for the city.

鈥淭he time was 11 p.m. and everywhere was alive. I got to learn about the culture. For example, how it鈥檚 completely normal to have kids before getting married.鈥�

Ade wasn鈥檛 averse to big decisions. He dropped out of the University of Ilorin in 2016 because he hated his course, taught himself to create websites with a friend鈥檚 laptop, and started an unsuccessful coaching business. Moving to Cotonou would be the fourth biggest decision in his life. 

When I asked why he came, his reason was that he felt alive in Cotonou.

鈥淚 remember the moment I decided to move. I returned for another work retreat in December and found myself extending my trip. It was supposed to be for a weekend, but I stayed for two weeks. One night at a Sodabi joint, I immediately texted my mum, 鈥業鈥檓 moving here.鈥� She freaked out. Had I considered the language, people, all the barriers? I hadn鈥檛, but I didn鈥檛 tell her this. In fact, I had just paid rent for my apartment in Lagos.鈥�

Where to live in Cotonou was easy to figure out. His boss ran their office in his home, and there was space for Ade. But the next three months tested him.

Building new communities

The idea of moving to a new city comes with the daydream of choices unaffected by previous folly. Everything is fresh, exes are not one Friday night-out away from tearing open new wounds and the prospect of getting to know yourself some more is electrifying.

You meet new people, find new spots. There are decisions to be made about everything from your hair salon down to your biscuits. 

In reality, all of this was work, hard mental work that Ade, who hadn鈥檛 stayed longer than two weeks in a different country, was unprepared for.

鈥淢y first week was great. I was excited, checking out everywhere, taking pictures of everything. Second week was also great. I was working with my colleagues face-to-face as opposed to using virtual conferencing tools. From the third week, I started struggling.

鈥淚 realised I had to make new habits. If I felt low or had to talk, who would I go to? Living at work also didn鈥檛 help me. Even when I was done with work, it felt like I was still at work 鈥� the office was four doors away from mine.鈥�

The skill that proved most useful to Ade was his ability to just get into things. Just like he decided to move after a shot of hard liquor, once he knew he had to learn French, he spent time outside till it made sense; he wanted to try new food, so he did.

鈥淚鈥檇 jump on a bike and tell him to move. He鈥檇 be like, 鈥淨uel quartier?鈥� I鈥檇 say just go. If I saw a place with a lot of light, I stopped.

鈥淧aying attention to how places made me feel also helped. I found Luxury Lounge, the beach restaurant that helps me when I鈥檓 feeling overwhelmed. I also made friends to help me with my struggles here. They have context about how the people here are like and can give me contextual advice when I need help.鈥�

In three years, Ade now had a network of Nigerian friends he met at places like Jite鈥檚 rooftop, friends from work and an aunt he found had also moved to Cotonou. These people, finding new places to visit and work keep him grounded. It took Ade about a year to settle fully into Cotonou. 

When Life Gives You A Beninoise Passport 

27-year-old Eli was born in Cotonou and moved to Nigeria when his dad鈥檚 trading business started to fail. We were eating bowls of ice cream from Ci Gusta, the best ice cream spot in Cotonou when he told me about his parents, a dad who moved to Cotonou in the mid-80s to expand his business and a mum who moved with his dad to build a family. Eli鈥檚 voice was soft and measured, unlike mine which was loud, competing with the music playing above us. 

Eli’s dad left his import-export business in Abia, a state in South Eastern Nigeria when the Benin Republic opened its ports in the mid-80s. This is the story Eli was told to explain his Beninoise passport. His dad imported fabric from Gabon to Benin Republic, then exported them from Benin to the Netherlands. His business grew, and he built a house. He switched to importing clothes, towels, and fabric from Europe and selling them in Benin. When Eli was two, they moved to Lagos, and a year later, his dad was back in Abia State to continue his business. 

鈥淚t was too late to be 鈥楴igerian鈥�. I was already in love with Cotonou,鈥� Eli told me. He was back at the Cotonou house every school break, and once done with secondary school, he decided it was time to return. Eli had a plan. 

鈥淚 told my mum we should come back, and she agreed. She also missed the calmness of Benin, and we still had a house. She moved back with me.鈥�

Eli loved the city and the opportunities his passport affords him. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very easy to get admission into universities here. Once you have 5 C鈥檚 in your O鈥橪evels, you pay for a form, fill it, and you鈥檙e in. The quality of education is good, but the discipline is poor. No one will tell you to attend classes or punish you for not attending. So the bright students are very bright and the dull students are very dull. It鈥檚 entirely up to the students to succeed.

鈥淚 was a serious student. I studied Economics, and now I want to do a Masters in Social Work. I鈥檓 trying to transition because I want to travel. I鈥檇 like to do social work in a clinical setting, vulnerable people – giving care to people who need it. I鈥檓 working in a clinic now so I can do that.鈥�

Johnny Just Come

Most Nigerians I met in Cotonou are fond of Jite, and that鈥檚 because she鈥檇 either convinced them to move down or they tasted her cooking. Jite hosts a once-in-a-while hang-out on the rooftop of her house. I鈥檓 eating yam and palm oil sauce on this rooftop when I meet Runor, who鈥檇 been in Cotonou for three months and was house hunting. He told me he came for the quiet.

Runor preferred not to think about Lagos, where he ran his generator daily because his apartment belonged to the section of his estate with low current electricity, and he had to pump the entire compound鈥檚 water daily because no one else would do it.

From him, I found out how much it cost to get a place. 鈥淭he way these people build their houses can be very funny.鈥� We watched a video of an apartment where the restrooms are outside and there鈥檚 no roof from the living room鈥檚 door to it. 鈥淲hat if it rains?鈥� He bends his mouth in disapproval, but his forehead isn鈥檛 creased. It鈥檚 almost like he鈥檚 been enjoying the hunt. Runor knew he was very picky, and also knew that was a privilege he could only have in this city.

鈥淚 found a 2-bed with a small bathroom for CFA 85k. I found a two-bedroom place with a balcony. It costs CFA 20k per month. CFA 1.4m a year. One agent sent me a 3-bedroom flat for the same 鈧�120k. They showed me a one-bedroom with the toilet and kitchen in the same space, so I don鈥檛 ask for a one-bedroom again.鈥�

At the time, CFA 1k was changing for 鈧�850 at Ajali, Dantokpa market area.

Runor was waiting to settle down to really experience the city, and with the options he found weekly, he鈥檇 be ready soon. 

There are many reasons to enjoy Cotonou during a two-day work retreat, a month or three years. Everywhere is 20 minutes away, there鈥檚 24-hour electricity, and close to the airport is an Amazonian statue I never visit because what if it falls on me?

 For me, it鈥檚 my apartment.

My apartment is a two-storey white building which houses tenants I don鈥檛 hear or see. Security is a man in his late forties with whom I practise my bonjour, bonsoir, a demain. Francis is also the cleaner, gardener, and upholsterer of things.

He tries to teach me basic French, and I fail most times.

鈥淏onsoir madame, 莽a va?鈥�
鈥淏辞苍蝉辞颈谤鈥︹赌�
鈥淣o no. You say 鈥溍 va bien, merci. Et tu?鈥�

I repeat, and I鈥檓 rewarded with a smile, then disinterest. I cannot bear to fail him.

Two months of this, and I still stutter between je vais bien and 莽a va bien, et tu and et toi. I鈥檝e been religious with Duolingo, but tongue-tied in actual conversation. I know what it means to be happy 鈥� contente 鈥� but have no idea what conversation would lead to me saying I was happy, and if anyone would be kind enough to place one word after the other so I could follow. Very unlike the Duolingo owl, I chicken out.

In the middle of March, a week after Nigeria鈥檚 gubernatorial elections, we have a soiree on Sunday evening. There鈥檚 poetry, clinking glasses filled with zobo wine, a charcuterie board by Lara, my landlady; and art installations to mull over. Runor tells me he鈥檚 found a place. My struggles feel a globe away, even though I could get to them in four hours by road and two and half by boat. 

I contemplate the people in the room, some here to fill or assuage something, each looking for a sense of balance or just a space to dream 鈥� a space that fosters dreams. I wonder how long it鈥檇 last, how long just until the stain of being Nigerian became a difficulty they had to contend with even here. We focus on the lull of the beach, Dwin the Stoic鈥檚 鈥淕od Knows Where鈥�. Now is not the time for wondering; it鈥檚 for being contente.

Do you have a story about Nigerian communities around the world? You can contribute to this series. Click here for our guidelines.

91大神 is now accepting submissions from Nigerian creators worldwide!

We are excited to announce that we鈥檙e now accepting submissions from Nigerian creators located anywhere in the world. We鈥檙e looking for stories that explore themes such as migration, food, culture, music, friendships, and more. These stories can be based on your personal experiences, or distinct stories that capture the essence of what it means to be Nigerian.

We鈥檙e not looking for your everyday article. We鈥檙e looking for visual stories that pack a punch. They dive into specific themes and explore that entire universe. Our audience should feel things and know things they wouldn鈥檛 have ordinarily known.

At 91大神, we are passionate about sharing diverse perspectives and unique stories with our audience. By submitting your work, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with our readers and show them a side of life they may not have experienced before.

These are the formats we鈥檙e interested in:

• Photojournalism: we want images from Nigerians across the world that tell a story.
  

• Visual stories: these stories have strong visual elements, like images, and illustrations. They can [should] feel interactive and create a sensory experience.
  

• Videos: these can be documentary-styled, human interest focused, etc. The important thing is that they tell a strong story.
  

• A series of limited stories: These are pockets of stories that share a specific theme. They can take any of the formats listed above.

Here are some reference stories

• Jollof Road
• Now They Just Come: A Story of Nigerians Living in Cotonou听

Theme

For this submissions period, we鈥檙e exploring the question: how does moving countries affect Nigerians through food, loneliness, community and language?

In the last few years, we鈥檝e seen a new wave of migration hit Nigerians. Through Abroad Life, we covered some of these stories, but now, we鈥檙e interested in the cultural shift that happens when a person migrates.

We鈥檝e witnessed several brain drains throughout our collective history as Nigerians, and we鈥檝e heard the recurring stories that show the impact of leaving: the classic tale of a bank manager who had two houses and left Nigeria to wait tables at McDonald’s and clean toilets because they needed a better life. Or stories around access to innovation, better education and more opportunities. We鈥檝e even heard stories about regret. People who regretted leaving. The people who miss Nigerian food. We鈥檝e heard it all.

We鈥檙e looking for a different set of stories.

With social media and the internet, what does this new age of migration bring to the table? What does it mean to leave family behind? Are there any patterns we鈥檝e seen in previous peak periods of migrations that we can see now? How are people building and maintaining community? How are people navigating food? We want to explore why and how people are moving.

We鈥檝e taken four sections that are core to humanity: food, loneliness, community, language, and want our contributors to apply them to the stories they produce. But we don鈥檛 want you to limit yourself to these. Think creatively. Step outside the box.

Submissions Guideline

• Fill out this form to submit your pitch. We do not accept complete drafts. We want to work with you in shaping the idea. We encourage you to be as detailed as possible in the pitch form.
  
• Submissions close at 11:59 pm WAT on June 24, 2023. If you鈥檙e interested in pitching a story, we encourage you to do this as soon as possible, instead of waiting until the last minute.

• Once you submit your form, you can expect to hear from us within three weeks.
  

• We will publish at least six stories from July to November. If you鈥檙e submitting a pitch for a series, you should aim for at least two stories, but no more than four stories. These will be published in a specified month within the July to November timeline. We will reach out to you with the specific month should your pitch be accepted.
  

• If your pitch is accepted, you鈥檒l be expected to work on your story within a two-week timeline, after which an editor will work with you to beat the story into shape.
  

• For accepted video pitches, we will share detailed guidelines on the visual appearance of your work.
  

• For articles, we have no set maximum length or minimum length, though most of our stories are less than 2000 words. This also applies to videos. We encourage you to share a pitch for a video idea that is less than three minutes. You might however submit a pitch for multiple videos in a series, which in total can be up to 12 minutes.
  

• For articles, remember, we鈥檙e super keen on stories that use visuals: photography or animation. Please keep this in mind as you submit your pitch.
  

• If you have any questions that haven鈥檛 been responded to here, please reach out to me ruth@bigcabal.com with Contributor Submission in the subject line.
  

• Last but not least, we pay contributors!

Airtable

Please find the list to the form .

Agreement

You are expected to send your story within a month after your pitch is accepted. The editing process includes 1 set of developmental edits and a proofread. We expect fully formed stories that do not need a lot of work. The developmental edit would include any changes that鈥檒l be made to the final work that鈥檚 published.

The editing process will take a week.

We’re excited to see your ideas!

Hello Hot Babes, it鈥檚 quarter to time for you to come out and party with other hot women at Hertitude. Hertitude is back, and this time, we鈥檝e taken your feedback from last year and made it hotter.

For the babes here for the first time, let us tell you about the hottest party of the year for women, Hertitude.

What鈥檚 Hertitude?

You already know that at 91大神, we carry women’s agenda on top our heads. Aside from our category dedicated to women, and the many stories we write about women, we鈥檝e added a party to celebrate women.听

Who鈥檚 invited?

Every woman in Lagos. We have an activity for all types of knees: cracking or bending. We have activities for those who want to sit down, meet new people, show they鈥檙e gym baddies, etc etc.

When is it happening?

On the last Saturday in May: the 27th of May 2023, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. There鈥檚 space to sit down when you鈥檙e tired, so you can go again. Block your calendars now.

What to expect?

We鈥檝e lined up exciting free and paid experiences for you. Board games, field games, a fashion show, karaoke, Who鈥檚 That Girl aka Speed Friendship, DJ performances and artist performances are open to everyone. 

Sip and paint, pottery class, and candlemaking class can be paid for here. Spa sessions and tattoo sessions are available at the event.

What to wear?

That fit you鈥檝e been saving for the best turnup? Wear it. We want to see the hottest, wildest outfits. We鈥檙e setting up a red carpet for this single reason.听

What to bring?

Yourself, your wallet, another hot babe, your energy. Trust us to set up the rest.

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We heard your feedback, called our builders and designers, and worked on this for a year. And now, it鈥檚 finally ready. 91大神 has a new look and it鈥檚 fresher than agege bread from the akara woman on a Saturday morning at 9 a.m.

It鈥檚 been seven years since 91大神 went live, and in that time, so much has happened. Young people have become more interested in politics and history, the influencer economy saw a boom once the Nigerian president picked up travel blogging, afrobeats was represented at the Grammies鈥�

Even 91大神 has seen some changes. We鈥檝e influenced conversations around important, sometimes taboo topics through our flagships, broke the internet a few times, launched a new vertical called 91大神 Citizen, and now, we鈥檝e redesigned our website.

What鈥檚 new with our look?

We wanted to make navigating our website more enjoyable for our audience. We鈥檝e heard all the things you didn鈥檛 like about www.zikoko.com: you didn鈥檛 know what Stacks were, some of our pages loaded too slowly, and let鈥檚 not get into the hassle of finding that column you really like on a random afternoon. So, we moved things around.

We started with the homepage

Our homepage is now designed to help you discover what鈥檚 on 91大神 in a way that doesn鈥檛 overwhelm you. The navigation bar takes you straight to our categories. And for the fans, there鈥檚 a sidebar for flagships, so you have the option to go straight to that flagship you love.

The first thing you鈥檇 probably notice on the page, however, are the labels. We have a section for what鈥檚 fresh out of the oven and what鈥檚 trending, what our partners want you to see, our flagship videos, and really, anything you might want to reach once you land on the site.

Anything, like the 91大神 Categories

You can find everything written or created for a category right on the same page.

What does this mean? If you鈥檙e a fan of money conversations, you can find everything we do about money under the money category. From Naira Life to that quiz about how much you鈥檒l find on the floor today, the Money category has everything. If we do a podcast about money, you鈥檒l find it there. If we do a video on money, you鈥檒l watch it there.

Like videos

Probably my favourite section. You can now find all 91大神 videos under Shows. It鈥檚 been optimised for streaming, which means you can easily find episodes and seasons of your favourite 91大神 show.
Like newsletters? Love community? We got you.

Interested in relationships? Join the SHIPS newsletter. Money? We recently redesigned the Money newsletter for you. Women鈥檚 stories? HER newsletter beckons. And for all the fun that 91大神 shares daily, Z! Daily is ready for your inbox. You can find what newsletter fits your needs easily. 

All this, for an agenda

It鈥檚 pretty simple what our agenda is.

There鈥檚 so much we鈥檝e been up to that you may have missed in the last two years.  We鈥檝e launched flagship events, delved into platonic relationships with columns on friendships, dug into more money conversations with a career-building flagship, launched flagship videos like Astor vs Hassan, and built newsletter communities around our most-loved flagships.

These formats, experiments, and conversations are to push our mandate, which remains to create smart and joyful content for young Africans everywhere. 

And you can see it all on our brand new website.

Welcome to a new season of 91大神. There鈥檚 more coming.

Hustle is a brick, solid word that chased me through childhood. Whoever was hustling was someone to be like. They were grinding, 鈥減utting food on the table鈥�. The hairdresser with the matchbox shop behind my house was a hustler. Each month when I went for my hair retouch, her shop was full of women who had problems with their hair or their men 鈥� and they all paid for her time. The barber across the street that married my aunt was a hustler. He was one of the first to get a Tiger generator on the street. 

Hustle is a word that grows with you. Once it鈥檚 big enough, it climbs on your lap and holds tight, forcing your attention on it. 鈥淵ou must do me,鈥� it says. Because you鈥檙e an adult now. And it knows what adults do to feel like adults. You must hustle.

I felt the weight of hustle for the first time after university. I鈥檇 just graduated with a second-class lower, unsure what to do next. I knew what I wanted. I鈥檇 felt my mouth water when I found a good sentence in a book enough times to be certain my life would revolve around books. But with a dad at home waiting for the fruits of his 20-year-old labour and a degree that questioned my last four years, I didn鈥檛 know what my next step was.

You鈥檝e probably had a phase where you didn鈥檛 know what to do. Deciding what to have for breakfast, whether to chase a master鈥檚 or stay at your job, japa to an unknown country for better alternatives or stay where you鈥檙e comfortable.

Tega was thinking about this problem when she decided we should talk to people who were having trouble making career decisions 鈥� who specifically didn鈥檛 know what to do when they were interested in a field or wanted to move to a new one. 

How do you start a food business in a new city? How do you become a Nollywood star? We鈥檙e speaking to people who鈥檝e done it and creating helpful guides using these conversations, for you.

Hustleprint stories will drop biweekly from today, Tuesday, January 31st, 2023, at 12 p.m. WAT, and Hustleprint guides will drop in the interim weeks. 

So you can follow each drop, Hustleprint will be published in .

We consume so much information, and most times, it鈥檚 about how bad things are or will be. Our reality can get despondent, but we believe it’s not all bad there鈥檚 a healthy balance in shining a light on the good things.

The world might be burning, but people are putting out those fires. HundredGood is about why their efforts matter, and how it makes the world better.

The list covers all the good stuff happening in policy and development, science and innovation, entertainment and culture, and so much more.

To put HundredGood together, we assembled a team of researchers, set up a framework for what we defined as good and went scouring for good news. What the jury has come up with, and why, is available at . 

For the first curation of this list, we鈥檙e focused on Africa and actions tied to people of African nationality across the world. Join our Twitter Space at 8 PM WAT on Saturday, 31st December 2022, as we talk about the good things we experienced in 2022.

91大神 is hosting a meme competition for the next week, starting today, December 9, 2022.

What鈥檚 this about?

91大神 is relaunching its meme bank, 91大神 Memes, with a fresher design and more features. To make sure everyone is aware they can now get their memes, edit them and save them in one place, we鈥檙e doing this competition.

Which is why you鈥檙e here.

How to enter the Battle of the Meme competition

Friends in arms, this battle is in three steps.

First, you select the meme for this competition from memes.zikoko.com.

Click on the on the #BattleoftheMemes banner, Click on the on the #BattleoftheMemes banner, and click on the Remix icon.

Remixing

This means you add your own caption to make it funky. What鈥檚 a better caption on that welcome to a new dispensation meme, for instance? Bring that originality here.

Finally, you submit with the hashtag #Battleofthememe

If you don鈥檛 add the hashtag, we won鈥檛 see your entry.

And now, the most important part: What鈥檚 the prize?

We have 3 prizes for three winners.

• 1st Place: 鈧�30k + 1 month Canva Pro Subscription
• 2nd Place: 鈧�20k + 1 month Canva Pro Subscription
• 3rd Place: 鈧�10k

How do you win?

Follow our guidelines, share your meme on your social media and hope for the best!

Friends, it鈥檚 time to channel your inner wordsmith and 91大神 crack, and let鈥檚 BATTLE.

apply.