A day with the boatmaker of Jimeta
On the Benue River bank snaking between Nigeria and Cameroon, Dauda Irmiya, has carried on his fathers’ career of making boats that form a lifeline fo
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Rise of Nigeria’s killer children
Between August 2017 and August 2018, 20 parents lost their lives at the hands of their own children in cases reported in the media. For a society that
The boreholes that saved Osun communities from water shortages
Away from the buzz of Osogbo, the capital city of Osun State, lies Oke-Ila, the ancient capital of the old Igbomina-Yoruba city-state. Today it lies i
32m Nigerian children missing
When Brian Adeyemi was born three years ago, his birth was recorded in the maternity register of a private hospital—and certified on a hospital letter
Meet the women paid to cry at the funerals of strangers
Some people find it hard to cry when their loved-ones’ die, but wailing and mourning are a big part of funerals in Ghana, as it is indicative of the d