
Breast ironing, its dangers, and why you shouldn't try it
Repressive cultures have a way of finding a foot in society. For some reason, these harmful practice...

"I so much love barbing,' Abuja female barber says, 'it's easier to deal with men'
Jennifer Ogbonna is a secondary school leaver living in Jikwoyi, a suburb in Nigeria's Federal Capit...

The Nigerian school where plastic bottles have replaced school fees
When a neighbour recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three years ago and told her the tuition was paid not in cash but through pla...
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For better livelihood, Kenyan farmers rush to climate-adaptive sunflower
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"I so much love barbing,' Abuja female barber says, 'it's easier to deal with men'
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Smaller African countries breaking the ceiling to produce more millionaires
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How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn
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The Nigerian school where plastic bottles have replaced school fees
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The retired home keeper creating dignity, visibility for Kenya's domestic workers
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Breast ironing, its dangers, and why you shouldn't try it
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Why I use chess game to inspire poor kids back to school - 22-year-old Nigerian
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Child marriage, almajiri system: Why child rights violations continue in northern Nigeria despite prohibiting laws
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Smaller African countries breaking the ceiling to produce more millionaires
Smaller African nations are giving rise to a new generation of millionaires, challenging the 'big fi...
The retired home keeper creating dignity, visibility for Kenya's domestic workers
Kate Karuri worked as a domestic worker in Kenya for over ten years before calling it a day.During t...

Why I use chess game to inspire poor kids back to school - 22-year-old Nigerian
Although primary education in Nigeria is free, about 20 million children aged 5-14 are not in school...
Made from worms, this porridge could beat down malnutrition in Zimbabwe
As the wind blows through the Mopane woodlands of Gwanda, a rural district in Zimbabwe, Silibaziso D...

For better livelihood, Kenyan farmers rush to climate-adaptive sunflower
When cooking oil and animal feed prices became too high for Marystella Wabwoba, she decided to produ...

The Nigerian school where plastic bottles have replaced school fees
When a neighbour recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three years ago and told he...

Traditional leaders, midwives lead charge against cholera in Nigeria, Malawi
BLANTYRE, MALAWI: Residents of Machinjiri stand on their doorsteps, watching, in a mixture of curios...

In Kwara, documentary films bring healing to people with addiction
TANKE, ILORIN - Zacheus' father stressfully shouldered the burden of his family's daily sustenance a...

'Miracle meals': How a group tries to restore dignity of older Nigerians
Femi Idowu spent most of his youth into his 50s as a backup singer for Sunny Ade, a famous Nigerian...

Child marriage, almajiri system: Why child rights violations continue in northern Nigeria despite prohibiting laws
Yahuza Umaru, 16, wakes up at 6 am nearly daily, ties his bowl around his neck, and shabbily walks b...

Breast ironing, its dangers, and why you shouldn't try it
Repressive cultures have a way of finding a foot in society. For some reason, these harmful practice...
INVESTIGATION: How 51 people died after Gov. Ayade's administration abandoned a water project
EKUREKU, CROSS RIVER: On December 14, 2022, Eleng Orji Imoke's life was torn apart after his wife be...
Kano Youths Fight Corruption In Constituency Project Execution Using Tracking Skills
RUNKUSAWA, KANO: She wipes tears from her eyes with a handkerchief, her crackling voice communicatin...
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For his dance, boy with disability who had no wheelchair gets one free
OGOJA, CROSS RIVER: Joseph Ofem is a trumpet player in Southern Nigeria's Cross River State. On Dece...

The coffee growers' grandson powering marginalised West African communities with solar energy
Almost 4,000 families living near the forest areas of Djoum, a town in Cameroon's southern region, h...

In Boko Haram's epicentre, 'Feel&heal' helps kids with mental health problems cope
For the over eight years (2009-2017) that the jihadist group, Boko Haram, was most active in northea...

Lady explains why she cooked for homeless people living under bridges
LAGOS: About 200 people gathered in excitement under the popular Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos State, Ni...

"I so much love barbing,' Abuja female barber says, 'it's easier to deal with men'
Jennifer Ogbonna is a secondary school leaver living in Jikwoyi, a suburb in Nigeria's Federal Capit...
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'Skill has no gender': Female barber enduring pains for livelihood
There are nearly uncountable millions of barber shops catering to tens of millions of citizens acros...
'I'll not stop till I earn FIFA badge' - 21-year-old Nigerian female referee
Women's involvement in football activities is growing but still largely unpopular. Without question,...
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I like careers reserved for men - Anambra female shoemaker
After her secondary education in 2014, Blessing Okonkwo could not immediately proceed to university...

Sokoto cuts number of out-of-school kids by half, but abandons those in conflict areas
In 2019, nearly 1.2 million children in Sokoto State did not have access to primary education. But A...

A 30-year-old Malawian is turning farmers into tech entrepreneurs
In a suburban housing area in Lilongwe, Malawi, 25-year-old Providence Maliro stares at a computer s...

Hoodlums destroy ballot boxes in Kano as voters resist thugs In Lagos
Violence has overtaken some parts of Kano State, as at least 10 ballot boxes have been damaged acros...

Low voter turnout in Kwara South as voting continues
As elections continue peacefully, people are not coming out in mass numbers to vote compared to the...