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How I fell in love with visual art – Nine-year-old pupil
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Calls for justice reforms highten as minors spend productive years behind bars
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Ten years after, young man awaits trial at Kirikiri
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How corper met untimely death at brother’s graduation party
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Trampled to death: Hunger, desperate search for food drive citizens to early graves
How goitre, loss of food business pushed me to hook-up — 26-year-old sex worker
Godfrey George feels the pulse of a 26-year-old lady, Chinaza Nwaezere, who went into sex work to save money for goitre surgery The last thing I ever thought to do in my life was to sell my body to me...
28th April 2024
How I fell in love with visual art – Nine-year-old pupil
BANKOLE TAIWO writes about a nine-year-old boy’s passion for visual art and how he is harnessing his talent for the benefit of society Joshua Morenikeji is just nine but his dream to be the most sou...
28th April 2024
Calls for justice reforms highten as minors spend productive years behind bars
While Nigeria grapples with various socioeconomic challenges, minors who have run afoul of the law often become casualties of a system ill-equipped to provide them with the support and rehabilitation ...
27th April 2024
Ten years after, young man awaits trial at Kirikiri
VICTOR AYENI writes about the continuous detention of a 29-year-old man, Chidozie Ajokuji, 10 years after he was arrested as a teenager for robbery in 2014 Behind the iron bars of the Kirikiri Correct...
27th April 2024
How corper met untimely death at brother’s graduation party
The killing of a serving corps member, Damilola Iyanda, by a policeman while celebrating the convocation of his younger brother who recently graduated from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology...
24th April 2024
Trampled to death: Hunger, desperate search for food drive citizens to early graves
VICTOR AYENI writes about how Nigerians gripped by hunger pangs lose their lives while struggling to benefit from food palliative distribution due to poor planning and safety measures by authorities O...
21st April 2024
I told Tinubu in 2001 he would be president — Primate Ayodele
Founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Babatunde Ayodele, speaks with AJIBADE OMAPE on the circumstances surrounding his prophecies and how he told then-Governor Bola Tinubu in 2001...
20th April 2024
Reign of terror: Lagos blackspots where hoodlums rob, assault citizens in broad daylight
VICTOR AYENI writes about the violent attacks meted out to Lagos residents by louts who rob, extort, and harass hapless passers-by in different parts of the state When a barrage of slaps landed on Pet...
20th April 2024
Excited corpers find love serving fatherland in NYSC camps
BABATUNDE TITILOLA writes about former corps members who found their life partners while serving under the National Youth Service Corps programme “One does not seek love… it should find you al...
14th April 2024
10 years after, endless wait for 89 Chibok girls worsens pain of grieving families
NATHANIEL SHAIBU writes about the continued stay in captivity of the remaining 89 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, despi...
14th April 2024
With ruined means of livelihood, Kaduna women widowed by farmer-herder clashes languish in misery
Unending clashes between farmers and herders are leaving women and children in communities badly impacted by the crisis in the Zago Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State double jeopardy, writes ...
13th April 2024
Facing uncertain future, Dosunmu market fire victims count losses in hard times
In the wake of the fire outbreak at Dosunmu market in Lagos, BABATUNDE TITILOLA writes about the loss of businesses suffered by the victims amid calls for safety culture Alhaja Mainat Bakare’s voice...
13th April 2024
Why we profess Islam despite discrimination in S’East – Igbo Muslims
AMARACHI OKEH writes about the growing popularity of Islam in the South-East and how Igbo Muslims are coping in a region largely dominated by Christians and adherents of the African Traditional Religi...
7th April 2024
Shattered hope: Families of slain soldiers struggle with grief, unfulfilled dreams
VICTOR AYENI captures the pain and grief suffered by families of Nigerian soldiers who grapple with the tragic loss of their relatives and loved ones killed in the line of duty The weathered face of r...
7th April 2024
Economic hardship leaves trails of dust, losses in Taraba relaxation spots
As the present hardship in the country continues to bite harder, residents of Jalingo, the Taraba state capital, are abandoning beer joints to adjust to economic reality, writes JUSTIN TYOPUUSU It was...
7th April 2024
Assailants who killed my husband weren’t robbers – Niger photographer’s widow
CHIKA OTUCHIKERE writes about the grief of a 33-year-old nursing mother, Rachel Zacchaeus, whose husband, Zacchaeus Salawudeen, a photographer, was killed by armed men in the Tudun Fulani area of Minn...
6th April 2024
Newborns for sale: How poverty, ignorance expose girls to traffickers
GODFREY GEORGE writes that rising poverty is exposing vulnerable girls to sexual and economic exploitation by human traffickers and operators of ‘baby factories’ Chinwendu (surname withheld) grew ...
6th April 2024
Weighed down by mounting debts, commercial drivers on hire purchase come under pressure
BABATUNDE TITILOLA writes that commercial driver and riders operating with vehicle obtained on hire purchase are facing hard times, striving to meet their weekly or bi-weekly financial targets and ins...
31st March 2024
Single mothers relive battle with hardship, discrimination in search of love
VICTOR AYENI writes about how single mothers in Nigeria face stigmatisation, neglect, and financial difficulties, and how these factors result in mental health issues due to wrong perceptions On most ...
30th March 2024
How aging parents of japa Nigerians battle loneliness, anxiety
Travelling abroad for a more convenient lifestyle has become a common practice among middle- and high-income earners in Nigeria, but the practice, while good, could be leaving risky mental marks on ag...
24th March 2024
Squatters of abandoned Lagos building tagged criminal hideout fear eviction
VICTOR AYENI writes about an abandoned building in the Ajuwon axis of Lagos housing destitute residents but labelled a haven of criminals by the local government council, leaving the fate of the occup...
24th March 2024
Blighted by rising food prices, Lagosians find succour in discount markets
With Nigerians struggling to cope with the impact of the harsh economy on their lives, GODFREY GEORGE and AMARACHI OKEH write that Lagos residents are find succour in the Ounje Eko initiative of the s...
23rd March 2024
How journalists battle harassment, assaults under repressive ‘democratic’ govts
In this feature, VICTOR AYENI writes about the consistent pattern of harassment, threats, and violence meted out to journalists in the course of discharging their constitutional duties A pure wave of ...
23rd March 2024
Lagos community recalls tales of hardship as bulldozers reduce buildings to rubble
As Nigerians battle with housing deficits, slum settlements have been an alternative option for low-income earners. Dayo Oyewo in this report writes about the forceful eviction of residents of the Mos...
19th March 2024
Inflation, soaring prices of materials leave developers in battle for survival
As property developers grapple with the effects of inflation, they find themselves locked in a fierce struggle against the soaring cost of building material which have surged by 700 per cent over the ...
17th March 2024
Aba power plant spark 24-hour supply debate, divides netizens
Amarachi Okeh writes on the claims and counterclaims on the 24-hour power supply in Aba, Abia State that swept through social media following the inauguration of the first independently owned power-ge...
17th March 2024
Incompatibility impedes cross-border financial transactions in Africa despite opportunities
SODIQ OJUROUNGBE writes on how the lack of compatibility between different banking systems across African countries makes cross-border payments a frustrating and time-consuming process Laolu Adegoke w...
17th March 2024
How poor maintenance, unsafe practices send electricity consumers to early graves
The poor maintenance of critical electrical equipment by service providers and low level of safety practice among consumers have led to avoidable deaths and injuries, writes GODFREY GEORGE She ran as ...
16th March 2024
Nigerians in throes of biting hunger as economic crisis pushes many into poverty
GODFREY GEORGE writes on the impact of the worsening economy and the rising prices of food and important items on the underprivileged Six mouths, excluding hers, are what a petty trader and single mot...
10th March 2024
Northern communities fret as rising food prices bite harder
The continuous rise in the cost of living amid widespread poverty is forcing some residents in the North to break into warehouses, and farms and waylay trucks in desperate search of food, writes GODWI...
9th March 2024
How craze for popularity drives risky pranks among desperate content creators
Extreme stunts, pranks, and skits by content creators are exposing citizens to potential health hazards, injuries and deaths, writes VICTOR AYENI In January, a Nigerian skit maker, who was simply iden...
9th March 2024
