Zikoko, the social magazine owned by Big Cabal Media, has spent years asking Nigerians deeply personal questions—about money, sex, and love. Now it’s bringing those same questions to the screen with Zikoko Life.
Zikoko ‘Life’ is an anthology film series created by Anita Eboigbe that adapts three of its most-read editorial franchises—Naira Life, Sex Life, and Love Life—into intimate screen stories. Produced by BluHouse Studios and led by ‘Freedom Way’ producer Blessing Uzzi, ‘Life’ is built on the same raw, unfiltered storytelling that made those interviews viral mainstays.
But this time, the emotions aren’t on the page. They’re in the performances, the silences, and the faces of women confronting what it means to want more—from their relationships, their bodies, and themselves.
“These films are emotional time capsules,” Uzzi says. “We wanted to create work that is honest and rooted stories that feel like ours.”
Each short in the ‘Life’ series stands alone, but they share one thing: a refusal to shrink the lives of women into easy lessons or cautionary tales. They’re messy, tender, and bold—sometimes all at once.
‘My Body, God’s Temple’ | A Personal First for Uzoamaka Power
Uzoamaka Power (The Weekend, Mami Wata), ‘My Body’ marks her second time writing, directing, and starring in the same film, following her AMVCA-nominated ‘Love Language’. The camera lingers on the quiet moments between a young woman and her partner as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of desire, shame, and tradition inside a new marriage. Power plays the lead with raw vulnerability, and her direction resists easy judgement. Instead, the film asks: what happens when a woman wants, but can’t ask for it?
‘Something Sweet’ | Directed by Dika Ofoma
Dika Ofoma is best known for his emotionally sharp work (The Way Things Happen, A Japa Tale), but in ‘Something Sweet’, he trades in cynicism for soft romance. The film follows a woman in her 40s, played by Michelle Dede, who falls for a younger man. It’s a love story that unfolds in stolen glances and awkward hesitations—and Ofoma directs it with just enough discomfort to make it honest. The age gap is less a plot twist than a mirror, reflecting how women are often told they’re too much or not enough at once.
‘Something Sweet’ also features Ogranya, Oladozie Chiedoziem, and Kanyinsola Eros.
‘What’s Left of Us’ | Directed by Victor Daniel & Olamide Adio
In ‘What’s Left of Us’, co-directed by Victor Daniel and Olamide Adio, when a woman decides she doesn’t want more children, the fallout ripples through her family, her community, and even her sense of self. There are no villains here, just inherited expectations that refuse to die. Daniel, who wrote the story, treats the subject with care, letting tension build in glances and unspoken exchanges. It’s a film that doesn’t shout—but still hits deep.
‘What’s Left of Us’ stars Caleb Richards and Tolu Asanu.
Life doesn’t just borrow Zikoko’s brand—it deepens it. The films feel like spiritual cousins to the anonymous voices that shaped Sex Life or Love Life. But where those interviews ended in print, these films begin on screen, and Zikoko isn’t just reflecting culture. It’s participating in it.
The series premieres on Zikoko’s YouTube channel on July 12, 2025.
