I was a girl sold for the price of a used motorcycle at 17
There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a village when the rains fail and the yams come up stunted and grey.
Synagogue Church Collapse: Questions over non-compliance with housing laws
LOCATED in the heart of Ikotun Egbe, a popular suburb in Lagos, this building stands out not only in the area but the entire Africa. Its architectural design and finishing is such that would leave the masters of architecture marvelling.
Red card for Almajiris in Niger
Alms are for the poor who are confined in the way of Allah-they cannot go about in the land; the ignorant man thinks them to be rich on account of (their) abstaining (from begging; you cannot recognize them by their mark; they do not beg from men importunately; whatever good thing you spend, surely Allah knows” – Q 2:273.
Mystery of the Pregnant Pope
For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has tried to bury her story
The most dangerous day in a woman’s life
Today, in Africa, the most dangerous day in a woman’s life is the birth day!
Almost one third of all maternal deaths globally are concentrated in two countries: India and Nigeria!
$100,000 couldn’t tempt me — Orphan who found money left in hotel
His name does not ring a bell and he is not the type that seeks public attention. But Yusuf Umar, 38, and Chief Receptionist with Jigawa Hotels, is now a celebrity and cynosure of all eyes because of what he did in June this year, lifting the name of the hotel and his family from obscurity to limelight.
