Tag: Nigeria

Ikponwosa Ero: The first UN independent expert on albinism fighting the stigma

Ikponwosa Ero was born in Nigeria with albinism, a rare condition that…

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Nigeria’s slave descendants prevented from marrying who they want

In a tragedy reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet, a couple in Nigeria…

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Old age has nothing on the 72-year-old Nigerian model, Segilola Grey

When Segilola Grey’s son asked her to be his model, she thought…

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Ernest Nkwocha: The tyre sculptor of Lagos aims to be Nigeria’s legendary artist

Tyre sculpting is the art of taking tyres considered junk and up-cycling…

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Risikat Moromoke Azeez: ‘My husband rejected my children and I because we have blue eyes’

Risikat Moromoke Azeez was born with blue eyes. Though rare, it’s not…

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Tanitoluwa Adewumi: The eight-year-old Nigerian who won a state chess championship in US

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, second son in the Adewumi family is a rising chess…

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The Adewumi family: The day Boko Haram militants came to our home

The Adewumi family have fled from knocking terror in their home country…

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Precious Orji on turning talent into Paralympic gold for Nigeria

It was love at first lift for Josephine Precious Orji, the Nigerian…

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Babatunde Olatunji: The Nigerian drummer who set the beat for US civil rights

Three years before Rosa Parks' bus boycott, Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji protested…

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Ernestina Okwuchukwu: ‘I hustled my way to success’

Living happy, carefree and with few of life’s luxuries available to her…

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