Crime

A Nigerian couple have put their wedding celebrations on hold after gunmen abducted at least 29 guests travelling home from the ceremony. A survivor told the BBC the groom was "devastated" by the attack. Jafar Kanoma said the…

I am Abdulfatai Olagunju Tijani Ifeanyi. I’m from Erin-Ile in the Oyun Local Government Area of the Kwara State of Nigeria. I was born in the South-East, but my father is from Erin-Ile. I am 23 years old. I was a student of the University…

My name is Ladi Ishaku. I am 27 years old. I reside in Badirrisa, Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. I am a student of the Federal College of Education, Yola, nearing the completion of my national certificate of education in…

Before I could jump off the motorcycle one of my hands had already been chopped off. I saw it on the ground. It was like a dream.

Everything was grey. I could hear my friend Priscilla screaming and voices all around me, but I couldn’t see anything.

The pain, anger and sorrow that resulted from the death of his 3-year old son, Cyril was enough to break Aguibou Bougobali Sanou, a professionally trained dancer. He found healing in what he did best – dancing.

One day in August 1995 a man called Foutanga Babani Sissoko walked into the head office of the Dubai Islamic Bank and asked for a loan to buy a car. The manager agreed, and Sissoko invited him home for dinner. It was the prelude, writes…

It's been on my mind to share this on abusive marriage. I am a victim and it was my very own husband who strangled me from behind as I was preparing for Palm Sunday Mass last year. Reason he did that, till date I best don't know. But even…

John Dwayne Bunn, a 43-year-old African-American loves his books. His all-time favourite is Sister Souljah’s ‘The Coldest Winter Ever’ where a mother advocates for the improvement of her black community as she witnesses losing her loved…

On a day in 2015, the school day started out as just any other. Miche Solomon had just commenced a new academic year; new students also wandered the corridors of the school navigating their new environments. As Miche stood, she…