#WithChude

The Boo of the Booless is my guest today, and this is Chike like you have never heard him before. He tells me how he did not even know music would be his thing until after university. How he would just sing and disturb everybody around him. How the road here was tough. How he had to act for two years just to generate income. He talks about people calling him arrogant. Says he hears it a lot. About...

From living in a room with 10 people in Mushin Idi- Araba to lifting trophies on the international stage and becoming a National VIP, Rasheedat Ajibade’s journey will break your heart and inspire you all at once. She tells me about growing up in a compound with over a hundred people. About washing toilets and bathrooms for money. About selling kunu and zobo just to get by. She played for FC Robo i...

Not everyone cheats. Some just choose to love more than one, openly, honestly, and without shame. Hermes lives in a polyamorous relationship with two women in different parts of the world. One of them, Blessing, has been with him for three years and chooses not to date anyone else. The other is in Germany. All three are aware of each other. They’ve had conversations together, not just about love b...

His mother woke up one morning and abandoned him, his father and siblings without a reason, he watched his father being slapped by touts right in front of him in the uncompleted building where they lived, as the man tried to navigate debilitating poverty with dignity and grace, and he survived multiple moments when his life could have been destroyed. Yet, Hermes Iyele is that rare human being who...

These are not just stories. They are testaments. From people who have lived through it. And survived. One lost her innocence to someone in the same house. One tried to run but was pulled back by her braids. One got pregnant and was taken to Ibadan for an abortion at five months. One was told to stay quiet because “things like this happen.” One was asked by a nurse what she was wearing. One lost ch...

Gen Zs may not know, but in the ‘90s, she was the moment, starring alongside RMD and lighting up every screen she graced. But then, she walked away from acting. Why? “It was boring,” she told me. And so, she pivoted, and made history behind the scenes instead. She produced Keeping the Faith, the film that introduced Genevieve Nnaji to the world. She created A Hotel Called Memory with Akin Omotosho...

He’s one of the most phenomenal actors of this new generation. Brilliant. Sharp. Deep. I’ve been a fan since Ajoche, and for the past 3–5 years I’ve watched him pour himself into every role, with intention, with grit, and with incredible range. The world finally caught up with him when he lit up the screen in Kemi Adetiba’s blockbuster, and since then, he hasn’t looked back. One of the smartest cr...

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There are still many happy marriages in the world today — yes, even among celebrities! Today, we celebrate the beauty of love and marriage — and the men and women who’ve been blessed or have worked hard to build joy-filled families. From my guests - Rita Dominic Omoni Oboli Lateef Adedimeji Toyin Lawani Obi Cubana Obiwon Obiora Victor Thompson Desmond Elliot Daniel Etim-Effiong Segun Arinze Toyin...

Everyone’s fave is my guest today, Jay On Air. But before the millions of views and the hosting gigs, he was just a young man trying to find his way. In 2020, he sent a message asking to intern on this show. He had just lost his radio job, couldn’t find another, and was battling depression. He tried PR, PA work, even started selling okrika. Business was just picking up, then COVID hit. And it all...

“NO TURNING BACK!” Just five years ago, after 13 years professionally as a singer and 3 years after he got a word from God, Gaise Baba wanted to quit music. He went to his mentor and said “I can’t do this anymore like this, I am going to get a corporate job”.  Then God found a way to reach him. God sent his incredibly supportive wife of about a decade, — Funto to tell him “No, you have to kee...

He is one of Nigeria’s most recognisable faces. The laughter, the energy, the viral “I don port o” ad that shifted culture. But behind the comedy is a man who has lived many lives. In this moving conversation, Afeez Oyetoro, popularly known as Saka, lets us into the parts of his story we don’t always see. He tells us about his growing up how his uncle beats him which eventually turned him into a l...

Daniel Bwala once called him President-select. Today, he is the official spokesperson to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. How does that happen? He told me plainly: “The number one rule of opposition is to oppose." And so, when he was with Atiku, that’s exactly what he did. But he never called Tinubu a drug lord or a drug pusher. “Never,” he said. Now, he says, “Atiku would have made a great president...

Some people carried too much truth for the world to hold at the time. Too bold. Too different. Too honest. Emmy Collins was one of them. If you’re Gen Z, you may not know him. But there was a time he lit up Nigeria’s fashion scene, not just with colour but with conviction. In this conversation, he talks about leaving Nigeria in 2014, calling out public figures, and what he’s learned since. That ev...

This Black American man, David Mounds connected with over 15 Nigerian creators on TikTok - including some married women - charmed them, promised them marriage or passports, and proceeded to scam them at the same time.   The victims include the late Mr Ibu’s daughter, Jasmine. He promised them marriage and children while he was on the run from the law in America, and had done a vasectomy that...

Mike Afolarin became famous for a role. But what he shared with me on set may be the most powerful thing he has ever done. He said many actors are suffering and smiling. Even though Far From Home made him a breakout star, the weight he carries behind the scenes is softer, sadder, and far more complex. He found photography through heartbreak. Work became a way to outrun the pain. One day, he picked...

“You need to forgive God.” In this episode, my guests opened up about faith, pain, and the complicated relationship many people have with religion. They shared what it’s like to grow up loving a God you’re told to fear—a God who feels so far away when life hits hard.  From the sting of loss, to the scars of abuse, to the heavy weight of grief, they opened up about wrestling with a God who did...

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She’s 73. A Nigerian woman. A fighter in every sense of the word. Rosalind Umar didn’t go looking for fame — but somehow, fame found her. And now the internet can’t get enough of her. In her words: “I’m not the stereotypical woman that the average man want to marry. I box. I do martial arts. And I hate the word ‘submissive.’” She speaks with unfiltered truth about life, about aging, about mar...

“My father was jailed when I was one years old, my mother died in an accident on her way to visit him in prison when I was 4”  I spoke with one of Nigeria’s finest actors, and he shared stories from his life that have deeply shaped him—how he loves, how he shows up for the people he cares about, and what motivates him to work. This episode peels off layers beyond the fine actor who is loved i...

Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.com Buy ‘How Depression Saved My Life’, #TheDailyJoy and #TheDailyVulnerable books here: shop.withchude.com Donate to the work here: partner.withchude.com Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/c/chude Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I bled for 127 days, I was the woman with the issue of blood” “I lost 55kg in 14 months and I found God” This episode will show you strength, courage, and peace amidst great adversity. Bunmi George tells me deep truths that have formed her to become the person she is from bleeding for days to losing weight, and how that shaped her faith even as a Pastors’ kid.  She shares with me the story o...

What does it mean… to be told you will never have children? To pray, to hope, to fight—and then, finally, to hold the miracle in your hands. And then—less than 21 months later—they tell you she has cancer. Aggressive. Spreading fast.  But this is not a story of death. This is the story of survival. The miracle baby they said was impossible. The one they said wouldn’t come.  The one they...

“I threatened God, and something told me to jump into the water instead of threatening Him.” Popular hit song "Able God" singer, Chinko Ekun—once signed under Olamide’s record label— shares with me how he lost it all. He talks about having one of the biggest hits in Nigerian music history with Able God, and how he never imagined it would blow the way it did. A few years later, the fame turned quie...

In this deeply personal conversation, Desmond Elliot, actor and politician, sets the record straight, and it’s not what you expect. He opens up about how finding work back then was an extreme sport. “I did a lot of ‘waka pass’ roles,” he says, laughing. But the grind was real and the rejection was even more real. Desmond also shares how a chance introduction to Asiwaju by Adams Oshiomhole complete...