Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga
Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga is a Freelance Journalist and a final year student of political science from the University of Ilorin. Her works have been published in Guardian UK, African Arguments, The Continent with Mail and Guardian and elsewhere. She tweets @OlayideO_Soaga.
The ‘Beautiful Gate’ Where Polio Survivors in Nigeria Find Hope
Plateau, Nigeria: As a child, Najib Murshid always felt a yearning for something his littlehands could not grasp and a life that seemed out of his reach. His earliest childhoodmemories were seeing his peers running around and playing hide-and-seek...
How NGOs Tried To Beat Voter Apathy Ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 Poll
ILORIN, NIGERIA: A month before the 2023 general elections, Muiz Oyekola, a student at the University of Ibadan, walks through the nooks and crannies of Gbagi Market, a local market in the capital city of Oyo state. He is there...
Mental Health: How Nigerian Students are Getting the Support They Need
A student led initiative is leveraging peer counseling to help students across tertiary institutions in Nigeria deal with their mental health challenges
