Why Am I Still Single?

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here! Last week, Nkechi left my house. This week, she entered my bank account. First it was her younger brother. Then her mother. Then her grandmother. Every emergency came with tears, prayers, and an account number. Then a pastor prayed, a miracle happened, and somehow I became an investor in the Nigerian stock market. I did not ask for any o...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here!  I did something my friends and family begged me not to do. I thought it would help me find love faster. It did. Kind of. A stranger slid into my WhatsApp asking if I was the real Edgar. She was sweet. She was pretty. She said my podcast saved her life. Four days later, she was inside my house. And she was not leaving. My friends wa...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here!  This year, Nnamdi Agbo and I shared a stage in Waterside. Two men. More than 17 characters. 90 minutes.  I thought I knew him.  Then I sat him down and asked the one question we never rehearsed.  Nnamdi, why are you still single?  We talked about his career. We talked about relationships. We talked about who he is when the cameras go of...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here!  This year, Nnamdi Agbo and I shared a stage in Waterside. Two men. More than 17 characters. 90 minutes.  I thought I knew him.  Then I sat him down and asked the one question we never rehearsed.  Nnamdi, why are you still single?  We talked about his career. We talked about relationships. We talked about who he is when the cameras go of...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! I stopped to help a woman whose car broke down on the expressway. I raised the bonnet, knocked something with a stone, and diagnosed her car with a list of problems I completely made up on the spot. She believed me. What followed was one of the best days I have had in a long time. Until someone knocked on my door. One knock. One per...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! I went to the cinema yesterday and missed my movie. So I joined the popcorn queue instead. And then someone tapped my shoulder. It was a woman I had spent five years looking for. A woman who, one random Tuesday in 2021, sent me a single text message that said "please do not call or text me anymore" and then disappeared com...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! This is not a regular episode. I wouldn't even call it an episode. But you should listen to it. No montage. No theme music. No crazy sound effects. Just me, sitting in my wardrobe, talking to you about my problems. The reason I am in the wardrobe is a story for another day. Just know there is something under my bed that looks l...

Chat with Check Edgar Hey CheckMates , it's Check Edgar here! I went to a party to find love. Lancelot invited me. He gave me four rules before we even stepped out of the car. Simple rules. Easy rules. Rules I had absolutely no business breaking. I broke three of them. What followed was the most chaotic night of my life. A truth or dare game that went completely off the rails. A slice of dark...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! I read an article this week about a man who spent 16 years raising children that were not his. The father of those children was his best friend. The same man he built a business with. The same man he trusted with his life. When I finished reading, I could not close my mouth for five minutes. But then I remembered I had my own story. My girlfriend. My bes...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! This week, Edgar wakes up to a marriage proposal happening right outside his window. Live band, a brand new car, a diamond ring, the whole thing. But the real story is not the proposal. It is what saved the relationship two years earlier, after a fight so bad the police got involved. One folded letter. No envelope. Just a few words that did what six year...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! This is the final chapter of Tobi's Wedding. And I promised you everything, so that is exactly what you are getting. After everything you heard last week, the group chat, the spare tyre, and Chibuzor, I had a decision to make. And I made it. What followed was a confrontation, a phone call I should never have picked up, and a wedding I attended with...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! In this episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I want to tell you about an experiment. A four-month experiment. With a woman called Tobi. I did not ask Tobi out because I was in love. There were no butterflies. No sparks. Nothing like that. But everyone around us could see something we refused to see her friends, my friends, our families, and one completely...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here!  In this deeply personal and completely unfiltered episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I take you inside a dream that has been following me since April 2022.  Not a dream about success. Not a dream about love. A dream about a baby. My baby. A girl with my face and no teeth, crying in my arms, at a filling station, surrounded by bags of clothes, while I s...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here!  In this chaotic, deeply personal, and completely unfiltered episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I take you inside what was supposed to be a simple birthday celebration. Good food, good music, good people. A day to feel appreciated and loved.  What I did not expect was betrayal. Friendship betrayal. The kind that makes you question why you even bother ha...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! In this hilarious, awkward, and absolutely chaotic episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I share the unbelievable story of how a simple Valentine's Day date turned into a 30-minute wardrobe nightmare. What was supposed to be a romantic home date with Netflix, jollof rice, and maybe even "the do" quickly spiralled into hiding like a criminal,...

Hey CheckMates, it's Check Edgar here! In this hilarious, chaotic, and entrepreneurial episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I share the unbelievable story of how I became Lagos's most unlikely Christmas delivery man. What was supposed to be a simple side hustle selling 50 chickens for Christmas quickly turned into house-to-house chaos, awkward encounters, and an unexpected marriage propos...

What would you do if someone you once liked disappeared from your life… and then returned years later with a child calling you Dad ? In this hilarious and chaotic episode of Why Am I Still Single? , Nigerian comedian and storyteller Check Edgar shares one of the wildest stories of his dating life. What started as a simple car accident in Lagos in 2021 turned into unexpected chemistry, weekend foot...

This episode features my appearance on the So Nigerian Podcast , where we discuss the realities of being a Lagos bachelor—dating challenges, relationship dynamics, friendzone signals, awkward encounters, and the chaotic but hilarious world of love in Lagos. The conversation covers ideal Lagos dates, why people struggle to find love in the city, and whether cheating can ever be considered a “mistak...

Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here! In this hilarious, chaotic, and action-packed episode of Why Am I Still Single? , I share the unbelievable story of how a simple cinema date turned into a full Lagos blockbuster. What was supposed to be a cute Superman movie outing quickly escalated into loud laughter, flying popcorn, insults, threats, and three angry men waiting for me outside like final-bos...

Hey CheckMates , it’s Check Edgar here!  In this hilarious yet shocking episode of Why Am I Still Single? , Edgar shares the unbelievable story of how a simple phone call turned him into a fake “Doctor Chris.” What started as a harmless mix-up quickly spiralled into confusion, heartbreak, and near-arrest levels of embarrassment! From phone therapy sessions to emotional misdiagnosis, Edgar finds hi...

In this hilarious and chaotic episode of “Why Am I Still Single?” , Edgar takes us to a red cup party he had no business attending. What starts as a night of fake smiles, bad traffic, and Star Radler quickly turns into unexpected romance — and then a full-blown crime scene. After meeting a gorgeous lady named Niffy, everything seems perfect… until she asks Edgar to watch her phone while she goes t...

Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here.  Today’s episode is called “Mary Magdalene.” And no, not the one from the Bible… but close. This is the story of a woman who almost turned our first date into a full-blown deliverance service.  From asking me whether God knows me, to pulling out a big leather Bible at a restaurant, to making me sit through fasting, Bible study, and a prayer that nearly called...

Hey CheckMates , it’s Check Edgar here!  This episode starts with me in bed, dreaming of food because I’m fasting. Only for one loud Lagos bus horn to drag me back to reality. I look out the window, and boom… a moving truck. A new tenant . My dad did mention someone was coming, but I didn’t know it would be her.  Her name is Ada . Pretty. Glasses. Smart. Funny. The kind of neighbour you immediatel...

Hey CheckMates, it’s Check Edgar here!   Welcome to another special episode of Why Am I Still Single? – and this one? This one is all about YOU, my amazing CheckMates!  Today’s episode is titled TGIF 3 , and it’s our way of celebrating the love, laughter, and support you’ve been giving this podcast. I’ll be diving into your funniest emails, wildest DMs, and most unexpected voice notes—you people n...

Hey CheckMates , it’s Check Edgar here! Welcome to another painfully honest episode of Why Am I Still Single?  and this one? This one might just leave you staring at your ceiling at 2 a.m., thinking about the one that got away. Today’s episode is titled “T Junction” ,  but it’s not about cars or traffic. It’s about life, choices… and the kind of crossroads that can change everything. In this episo...