Tag: Nigeria

Surrogacy makes child-bearing dream come true for Canada-based African couple

Procreation is normal. The ups and downs associated with preparing for the…

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Afeez Agoro Oladimeji: ‘My 7ft height is a blessing’

Standing at an amazing 7 ft 4 inches (2.24m), Afeez Agoro Oladimeji…

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Meet Nigeria’s rebel artist families

In the early years of the fight for freedom and ensuring the…

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‘Tortured’ and shackled pupils freed from Nigerian Islamic school

Police in northern Nigeria have freed 67 people who had been found…

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Kike Oniwinde: The young Nigerian woman whose company rivals LinkedIn

Black Young Professionals (BYP) Network, founded and run by Kike Oniwinde, is…

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I was sexually molested by our housemaid for years

You all see Kings, Mentors & Queens in a regalia with crowns…

Love yourself so much that you don’t feel the wanting from loneliness

I can’t believe you're 38! THIRTY EIGHT. F***ing eight years older than…

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I was raped at 14, suicidal for years

So sometime last month, I opened up about my struggle with depression…

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Sweet Sweet Codeine: The battle to end codeine abuse amongst Nigerian youth

This is a BBC Africa Eye project launched in April 2018 with…

Dreadlocks in Nigeria: ‘People with locs are seen as drug addicts/dealers’

Nigerians who have their hair natural styled in dreadlocks sometimes find themselves…