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“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...

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“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...

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— Be a part of Africa’s biggest talk concert on Sunday, April 27, 2025. #WithChudeLive - with Chimamanda Adichie, Pastor Jerry Eze, Funke Akindele, Falz and Bovi Ugboma! Register now on https://www.felefun.com/events/with-chude-live. 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 Do...

— Be a part of Africa’s biggest talk concert on Sunday, April 27, 2025. #WithChudeLive - with Chimamanda Adichie, Pastor Jerry Eze, Funke Akindele, Falz and Bovi Ugboma! Register now on https://www.felefun.com/events/with-chude-live. 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 Do...

Today, I celebrate 50 Nigerian TV icons that paved the way for me. Frank Olize  Levi Ajuonuma Yinka Craig  Sadiq Daba Abike Dabiri  Funmi Iyanda  Agatha Amata  Cyril Stober  Gina Harry  John Momoh  Teni Aofiyebi  Kenny ‘Keke’ Ogungbe  Dayo ‘D-One’ Adeneye Alero Edu Adesuwa Onyenokwe  Ohi Alegbe Nonye Osi  Chukwudi Okolie-Ugbaja &nbsp...

“I spent 40,000 dollars on IVF only to lose the baby. I wanted to die!” “I had a couple of miscarriages and I got a surrogate, I was tired of trying.” Where else would you hear these kinds of truths about ‘infertility’? These kinds of deep vulnerability and authenticity and raw, unfiltered honesty? This special episode to help men and women struggling with having kids is now up on withChude.com.&n...

“I ask myself sometimes if I am going to live long… whenever God decides that I am going to die, I am going to die and I am cool with that.” This is a 19-year-old talking. It’s the Afrobeats star, Khaid - who was signed by content creator, Sidney Talker in 2022. For the first time ever, he speaks (even if with a lot of fear) about the gang war in his hood that almost killed him last year and left...

Everyone loves Chimezie Imo. A love cemented after Breath of Life and the AMVCA Trailblazer of 2024 prize that everyone was rooting for him for … after he wasn’t nominated for any of the prizes at all. But Chimezie tells me he doesn’t care about these accolades—he just wants to act and make money. He recalls how his first acting role as a child left an entire room in tears at his RCCG parish in Ab...

One of the most powerful women in African media shares her story with me today. This is the woman who broke major Chibok stories, amplifying it to the world via CNN, and has since continued to give life to countless stories—including EndSARS and many more. But Stephanie Busari tells me her life hasn’t been all rosy. Yes, she has won every highly coveted journalism award, including an Emmy, but she...

The powerful, viral-before-the-internet praise song ‘Today’ came from a place of pain and hurt and tribulations - and the singer, Pastor Wale Adenuga tells me the story today.  He is the singer of hits songs including -  — Olowogbogboro with Nathaniel Bassey  — You alone are worthy, Lord  — Lord because of me  And many others.  He tells me how he learnt to have faith...

The brightest stars working in the media today - not entertainment, not content creation; but my one true love, media - join me in this stemwinder of a panel to ask me questions from the 25 years of my career. From Jay On-Air who everybody knows to Flourish Ubanyi who you may not have heard of but who hosts the biggest faith-based podcast from Nigeria, they came loaded.  It is a masterclass i...

The brightest stars working in the media today - not entertainment, not content creation; but my one true love, media - join me in this stemwinder of a panel to ask me questions from the 25 years of my career. From Jay On-Air who everybody knows to Flourish Ubanyi who you may not have heard of but who hosts the biggest faith-based podcast from Nigeria, they came loaded.  It is a masterclass i...

Is Babangida a Bad Man? I spoke with one of Nollywood’s most critically acclaimed producers—known for hits like Mirror Boy, Last Flight to Abuja, and Badamasi—about Nigerian’s former head of state Ibrahim Babangida, and he insists Babangida is a good man. Born in 1985 when IBB took over office, I’ve long held a grudge against Babangida, the man who annulled Nigeria’s most peaceful election, “democ...

Yale, Harvard, LSE, Oxford and others. Working on presidential elections in Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Sierra Leone and others.  Big Brother, The Apprentice, Idols, Got Talent. And CNN, Aljazeera, BBC.  The Future Awards reaching 26 countries across Africa over the past 19 editions.  From the Nigeria Media Merit Awards to African Business of the Year. Forbes 30 under 30 to the...