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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 ensured he could never have childr...

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 up a camera — and that be...

“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 didn’t seem to show up when t...

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 marriage, and about battling ...

“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 in all his films. He shares st...

“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 of losing three of the most...

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 said wouldn’t stay.

And yet, here s...

“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 quiet, and  everything a...

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 completely changed the course of his ...

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Watch all new and old full episodes here: www.withchude.com

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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

Donate to the work here: partner.wit...

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  

Elaine Otuije 

Mariam Anazodo 

Jumobi Ad...

“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.  

These guests...