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Many years ago, my father came to Kaduna as an Almajiri child. The odds were stacked against him, there was no way he wouldn’t live all his life on the streets. Unlike many of his peers, he was able to…

I have always been interested in computers.  Curious and fascinated by it since when I was in primary school, so much so that anytime I saw an adult opening a laptop or sitting by a desktop, I’d eagerly go and…

I knew these days would come.  I saw it, what I didn’t see was how fast they were going to come.  As a young man who only had a dream, I started a global nonprofit, Church on the Streets, with…

If I build a model that can predict the rate of unemployment in Nigeria, and recommend interventions to bridge the gap, for instance between now and 2030, what would it mean for policymakers? I always think of the last man.…

The slums are a beautiful place to live in. Not so beautiful when you look at the living conditions, yes, but you find the beauty in community; how the people love each other, how no one is a stranger and…

“Medicine has had its highs and its lows, but no matter the difficulties I have faced, there has never been a moment of doubt that I’m in the profession for me” Dr. Popoola Margaret Owoloyi MBBS, MPH ‍Orthopedic work for…

“If empowering a lot of women is what I am able to do in my lifetime, I would have lived a happy and satisfying life”. I just finished an interview on a Television station, and I was smiling from ear…

“Mummy Mo!” is what some friends and people in my community call me. In Nigeria and (I assume) in other places in Africa too, there is a tendency for people to venerate you. I didn’t want to become a “Mother…

I am pro-leave Nigeria and there are reasons why.  A friend asked me if I think leaving Nigeria is necessary, and my response to her;  “See, I don’t even know how to tell you, I don’t know how to describe…

My name is Rose and this is largely the story of my educational journey. My journey is one of continuous learning; understanding life through my eyes and expanding my knowledge through the eyes of others, both in and out of…