At the beginning of her academic journey at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in South West Nigeria, Oluwabusolami Salami nurtured the dream to not just pursue an academic degree in law but also stand out to become one of the best among others. She never had to worry about finances because the income of her […]
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In the mornings, you will find Ephraim scrambling home from his night shift. He dashes into a tiny bathroom where he takes a quick shower before rushing off again to a full day of lectures. After the day’s classes, he sneaks in a nap -whilst ensuring he doesn’t oversleep, as he must also attend to […]
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Smoke flowed into houses around Oja-tuntun market in Ile-Ife, Osun State, in the early hours of Dec 2, 2020. Before Khudrot Azeez could make sense of what was happening, she heard a sound like thunder. She ran out of her house that looked onto the market. Fire! “Everywhere was filled with fumes. While some people […]
Read MoreAdetayo Sadiq, 42, has had to depend on his wife and well-wishers to sustain his family of five since he broke his leg about two years ago. One morning in Dec. 2022, as he made to cross a highway, a bike on the wrong lane ran into him. In February, after spending two months in […]
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Soldiers have opened fire on crowds of young people as they raided food stores in North East Nigeria. The raids on government owned grain stores in the cities of Yola and Jimeta in Adamawa State were reportedly triggered by fuel-price-induced economic hardship and hunger. Large crowds targeted government warehouses and grain stores, and the chaos […]
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As soon as he woke, Sanda Ali saw it was overcast and rain was coming …at last! He grabbed his hoe and ran to the side of the road. In the drizzling rain, he joined a group of displaced people, all carrying their tools, as they gathered along the quiet Bama-Maiduguri roadside in Borno, North […]
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