Investigative Stories
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How Facebook, misinformation, legal loopholes throw Nigerian women into surrogacy ditch
When Temitope Afolabi realised her husband could get imprisoned due to a N48 million debt he incurred from a bad business deal, she resolved to become a surrogate to earn money to save him. She…
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Game of Loans: How Female Entrepreneurs in Gbagi Market Are Navigating Financial Tightrope
In the heart of Ibadan, Nigeria’s third-largest city, lies the renowned Gbagi Market, one of West Africa’s largest textile hubs and a place where colours, commerce, and culture merge. The air pulses with movement: traders…
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BRT Driver, Andrew Ominikoron, Sentenced to Death for Bamise’s Murder
A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer, Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Justice Sherifat Sonaike…
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#Femicide: Awana’s calculated murder of wife for “unsubmission”
Yakaka Alhaji Aisami did not know it when she woke up that morning in April this year, but two things were going to happen to alter the trajectory of her life. She would receive a…
