“My Voice, Our Equal Future,” is the theme for this year’s International Day of the Girl-Child as stipulated by the United Nations and we mark October 11, 2020 as the day this year to commemorate the fearless, relentless, and yet grossly unheralded part of the human race. There are about 1.1billion girls under the age…
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” – Fred Rogers As someone who has struggled with mental health instability in the past, I have experienced, first-hand, how limiting and oppressive the culture…
The afternoon was hot and annoying; Aisha had to keep wiping the sweat off her forehead as she thwarted the flies off her face while standing under the mango tree. She was impatiently waiting in front of the medical tent at the south end of the Bakassi IDP camp (internally displaced people’s camp) in Borno:…
My journey began with the famous NYSC (for non-Nigerians here today, it’s an a.k.a for National Youth Service Corps). You could call it the extra year that comes with that extra grace just in case you passed through elementary school, high school, tertiary institution and you still had no clue what you wanted to do…
While growing up, I never knew I would be a teacher someday. I didn’t appreciate a profession that promised rewards only in heaven. I was of the opinion that if one worked tirelessly for eight hours, 5 days a week; impacting lives and molding future leaders, the relevant rewards should be non-negotiable. The saying, “life…