#WithChude

For years people have been asking me: What’s your own story? This year, I am finally saying yes and sharing a part of my story. The part I think the world needs to hear today. When my show hit its stride, I stopped saying yes to interviews because I wanted to focus on listening, on hearing, on being a channel for others. I wanted to have something significant to say to the world before speaking ag...

I don’t have guests twice on my show - unless there is a deeply compelling reason. Pastor Bolaji Idowu is only the second guest I have gotten back on the show. Because, I attended the Next Level Prayer Conference in London last year and I was blown away. He has been a brother for over a decade, but to actually see him on stage minister to tens of thousands of souls who had come for freedom and hea...

After leaving Nigeria in 2017 to make a better life for himself in America, Tolu Michael suddenly collapsed from a heart condition. The doctor said if he had been just 5 minutes late, he would have died. That literally life-changing situation made him realise how short and fleeting life is. Because of it, he has written 8 books in the past four years, and he has developed a business that transform...

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The enfant terrible of the food industry is my guest today! The fear of Opeyemi Famakin is the beginning of wisdom for chefs, restaurants, food bloggers and content creators everywhere. But how he got here is incredibly inspiring. He tells me that he heard the voice of God literally and clearly telling him this is his path, and so he quit his job as a senior editor in his twenties to do this thing...

“I give you one year and you will fail in this industry.” That’s what the man who trained Lateef Adedimeji in the Yoruba movie industry told him after his training. Today, on our show, Lateef has a message for that man, who is still alive and still in the industry. He face; that same lack of faith for his viral Lisabi movie. Lateef says all the people whopromised to support him, the ones he actual...

“People say we are barren because we’ve been dating for 10 years and don’t have a child” — Kassia and KellyRae #BBNaija Promo caption  #BBNaija’s Kassia broke up with the winner winner Kelly Rae because he wasn’t being responsible about money. Then later he tried to break up with her because he thought she deserved better and he couldn’t provide for her.  Little did he know that in 2024,...

Frank Edoho is regarded by many as the greatest TV host alive - but this interview was not about ‘Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?’ It’s about the Frank Edoho you’ve never heard about - and the exclusive stories he has never told anyone anywhere.  Like the details of how the sponsors of ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ called him to a meeting in Ikoyi, Lagos to fire him because his wife had acc...

How do you escape a toxic relationship or marriage? How do you even identify it in the first place? What are the signs?  What do you do when you are in it?  And how do you rebuild your life when you come out of it? My guests over the years have shared deeply and honestly about this - and we have a special YouTube episode with some of the most powerful stories.  It’s now up on @WithC...

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I stumbled upon a Steve Hills (Stephen Ogbonna Orijinta) live worship session on YouTube a few months ago after watching a video of EbukaSongz - and I caught the fire!  Immersing myself in viral hit ‘Fire and Light (The Supernatural Anthem)’ was like jumping two-feet first into Heaven on Earth.  I am Fire! I am Light! I am Glory, oh! The Supernatural! I immediately changed all my plans f...

When Shopsydoo’s (Adesope Olajide) father came to visit him in the UK he couldn’t believe the life his son was living. He asked him - “You left a life as a prince to come and live like a pauper here?” But he stuck with his dreams for himself and his family.  Now, no major Afrobeats concert in Europe and the United Kingdom is complete without Adesope. He is of the country’s biggest hype men an...

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There is nothing more beautiful than seeing a ‘hard guy’ get vulnerable and open hearted.  Blaqbonez (Emeka Akumefule) is one of Nigeria’s brightest rappers and he has often been called controversial. But this interview we see a side we have never seen before, as this ‘hard guy’ gets vulnerable and open hearted. We start from his dad who simply disappeared from the house while he was young an...

Titi Oyinsan (known then as ‘Titi Fanta’) was famous as one of hottest models in Nigeria. But while she was working hard as a model, there were the rumours that her trips and lifestyle were being funded by men.  Titi says she didn’t care - she was focused on building a life for herself and her family, who had been duped by the man who they sent money to while they were in the UK. They were so...

Pastors Emmanuel and Laju Iren are a gospel power couple. They are one of the most influential pastors for the Gen Z generation and one of Nigeria’s most influential gospel figures today. And this year marks 10 years of their marriage.  Laju says she is a fan of our work here at #WithChude, but I told her I am a bigger fan of hers. She is a pioneer - pushing the boundaries of gospel content f...

Peace Lotus says she was with Bimbo the late wife of popular car seller, IK “IVD” Ogbonna on the day when she was set on fire - leading to her death.  She shared the exclusive videos to the blogs that went viral and called the attention of the public to the plight of her friend.  For the first time ever, she tells me the story of what she saw and experienced on that terrible day.  S...

The ‘Super Story’ song is one of the most viral tunes our country has seen. The singer, Essence (Okoro Uwale) has one of the most beautiful voices you have ever had.  But for some time, she disappeared from the mainstream and I wanted to know what exactly was going on with her.  For her first interview in a very long time, we had one of the most wholesome conversations you will watch - a...

I did something I try never to do and I asked AbimBola Craig directly: Why are you not married? She had done a video a while ago saying ‘marriage is a scam’, amd as we talked about that video I knew that this was a question she was going to tackle with flair. Of course, she delivered. Right moment. Right person. bold question. Perfect answer.  We talk about marriage, and we talk about the bea...

This was such an emotional interview. Ashmusy has seen hell from the media and the comment section - they have questioned her talent, questioned her source of income, questioned her wealth, questioned her morals… and just thinking about all of the attacks she has had to endure, she broke down in tears on our set.  She had to consciously change her dress sense, she tells me, because that was o...

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Kemz Mama, or Mummy Wa as many know her, may be buzzing because of her first movie - Nigeria’s first Korean drama - but her journey here was an almost impossible one.  First, her father didn’t support her, calling her career ‘irrelevant irrelevancies’. Then Mr Macaroni didn’t call her back after her first appearance as ‘Mummy Wa’ on his channel. THEN, when she finally got a small role on Tins...

They own perhaps the biggest web series in Nigeria and Africa - and the biggest Gen Z series ever.  Without making any noise about it and with no media campaigns, their videos rack up millions of views. One of them has over 11 million views!  Jesi, Jemima and Jeiel Damina are YouTube OGs, and the youngest is barely out of her 20s.  They are also fantastic singers.  First I was...

First, she lost her younger brother to chronic kidney disease. Then last year, Ufuoma McDermott was also diagnosed of Stage 3 kidney disease - after battling with it for 12 years.  She was told to slow down at work and rest. But she thought she had more time and negotiated with her doctors.  That delay turned out to be costly.  She was shortly diagnosed of Stage 4 kidney diseas...

For 6 months last year, Oluwadolarz suffered from depression - and no one knew about it. He couldn’t function. He couldn’t create. He couldn’t even leave his room.  He finally opens up about this in this exclusive interview.  What caused the depression? He suddenly saw his career crater and felt he was ‘un-blowing’ while watching his colleagues grow in leaps and bounds.  It’s a fami...