Tag: Nigeria

Jummai Karofi: Life as a member of the banned Shia group

Jummai Karofi has not seen her three children since a government crackdown…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

‘My wife would still be alive had she got treatment’

My journey to widowerhood began three years ago in an oncologist's office…

Andrew Gift, BBC Andrew Gift, BBC

#EndSARS protests: ‘I felt I was going to die there’

One week after the Nigerian armed forces shot peaceful anti-police brutality #EndSARS…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

Kim Emenike: ‘I made it to university, but then I fell through the cracks’

University life is tough and if there's no support you can barely…

 Sarah McDermott, BBC Sarah McDermott, BBC

‘I made a new hand for my younger brother’

This is a story of how after a life-changing accident, a man…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

The making of hip hop and rap artist Ice Prince Zamani

Growing up in the city of Jos in central Nigeria, Ice Prince…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

August Browne: The Nigeria-born man who joined the Polish resistance

Among the hundreds of thousands of patriots that Poland celebrates for serving…

Nicholas Boston, BBC Nicholas Boston, BBC

Temitope Akinnusi: The blind photographer from Nigeria

Temitope Akinnusi was just 10 years old, when he lost an eye…

Akorfa Searyoh Akorfa Searyoh

Nigeria’s Kelechi Nwakali: Visa issues nearly derailed my career

A light seems to have shone at the end of the tunnel…

Debola Adebanjo, BBC Debola Adebanjo, BBC

The Nigerian filmmakers risking jail with lesbian movie Ife

Two Nigerian filmmakers face the prospect of imprisonment if they ignore the…

Azeezat Olaoluwa, BBC Azeezat Olaoluwa, BBC