By Chinonso Kenneth  LAGOS, NIGERIA: * Emerald Johnson, 41, was utterly confused and devastated after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Before her diagnosis, Emerald, a medical laboratory technician in Lagos had no prior knowledge of PD. “I felt I...

Chinonso Kenneth (Lead Writer) LAGOS, NIGERIA: Hamzah Opemipo's farming dreams began to wither in 2019. The young farmer, barely out of his teens, was overwhelmed by worry and anxiety as his five-hectare rice farm in Ejiba, Kogi State, Nigeria, consistently...

By Chinonso Kenneth FCT, Nigeria: Victoria Linus’s world was turned upside down with the sudden passing of her husband in 2015 throwing her into a state of uncertainty. As a mother committed to equipping her four children with formal education,...

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Lead Writer: Muritala Abdullahi SOKOTO, NIGERIA: On a hot Sunday afternoon in July 2023 at Gidan-yaro community in Wammako Local Government Area of Sokoto state, Lawal Umaru gets set to join his father in his kiosk where they will sell...