Victoria Oyedepo Blog

Stories & Reflections

The Kind of Hugs That Heal You

Because sometimes the strongest thing you can do is fall apart into someone's arms and let yourself be held.

I love hugs. Not the flimsy, barely-there kind, I mean the full-bodied, heart-pressed-to-heart, don’t-let-go-yet kind. ...

Purpose & Influence/Social Conversations

Nepo Baby vs Lapo Baby: The Conversation Nigeria Can't Afford to Ignore

because this goes beyond Twitter talk; it is about systems, survival, and future legacies.

A few days ago, billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, father to DJ Cuppy, Temi Otedola, and Fewa, shook the internet—quietly. It was not ...

Business & Impact

Kiddly Space: Childcare Without Guilt

How one mother turned her struggles into Kiddly Space — a safe haven for children and relief for parents.

Parenting is beautiful, and parenting is hard. I first met Mobolaji Idowu at the JDFrank Conference for International Women’s Day. She...

Stories & Reflections

The Day Nigerian Jollof Made History - Largest Serving of Jollof Rice Ever

Hilda Baci sets a Guinness World Record in Lagos with 8,780 kg of Nigerian-style jollof.

Greatness does not always show up alone. Behind every record broken is a quiet village that believed. On Friday, September 12, 2025, Lag...

Stories & Reflections

The Story Behind RentAChef

Chef Bee is redefining private dining, training hundreds of chefs, and building a platform that connects passion with opportunity.

Cooking for a living is one thing. But building a platform that trains, empowers, and connects hundreds of chefs—that is another level...

Stories & Reflections

Six Years of Silence, One Nudge to Return

A heartfelt return to the words I once left behind

In 2019, I stopped blogging. Not because I had nothing to say. But because life started saying too much, all at once. If you have ever been...

Purpose & Influence/Social Conversations

When a woman gets married, does she have to take her husband's surname or keep hers?

One surname change, endless opinions: what Temi Otedola's wedding teaches us about women, identity, and freedom

Temi Otedola got married. She changed her surname on social media. That was all it took. The internet lit up like Lagos traffic after rain. ...

Lifestyle & Growth

To the Girlfriends Who Cheer, Cover, and Carry You - Happy Girlfriends Day

A love letter to the women who pray for you, support your hustle, celebrate your glow-ups, and never let you walk alone.

This Girlfriends Day, I am raising a toast to the girls who make life softer. Who feel like answered prayers. This one is for them. The ones...

Lifestyle & Growth

There Is No Award for Pain: A Nigerian Woman’s Honest Hair Journey

For every girl, lady or woman who cried in a salon chair, here is proof that ease is allowed.

Someone tweeted recently: "There is no award for pain. If natural hair is giving you problems, relax it!" And I laughed. Not because it was ...

Faith & Growth

The Muslim Holiday I Grew Up Loving: Ileya (Eid-el-Kabir) Through a Christian Lens

Find out why Ileya (Eid-el-Kabir) became a treasured part of my childhood story

There are memories so richly layered, so full of color, aroma, laughter, and love, that even time dares not fade them. For me, Ileya was one...

Lifestyle & Growth

Your Love Language Did Not Start in Adulthood.

How childhood roles shape the way we love and what happens when we finally understand it.

Growing up as the second-born and first girl in a Nigerian home, I did not need anyone to tell me what was expected of me. I felt it. It was...

Faith & Growth

Do You Want More, or You Just Want More Than Others?

You, Me, and the Algorithm That Keeps Us Wanting More

The day #JP2025 hit the internet, it felt like everything else paused, especially last week when the wedding officially broke the timeline. ...