A Nigerian woman has gone viral after asking social media personality VeryDarkMan to help her unemployed husband find work, only for the discussion to take an unexpected turn. According to a video from VeryDarkMan’s livestream shared widely online, the woman said her husband had been looking for work for about eight years after completing his…
Nigerian actress Chidera Dior Adiele has turned a deeply personal family dispute into a wider conversation about parental expectations, financial responsibility and the right to set boundaries with family. The 32-year-old actress recently shared an emotional account online, saying she wants her mother to leave her home. Adiele claimed that she had been paying rent…
The arrest of a 19-year-old woman in Kebbi State over the alleged theft of a newborn has raised a disturbing question that goes beyond the crime itself: how much pressure can young women face to prove that they are becoming mothers? Khadija Ibrahim, a resident of Rikoto in Zuru Local Government Area, was arrested on…
Social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has been conferred with the traditional title of Atayese of Yorubaland by the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, Telu I, during a ceremony at the royal palace in Iwo, Osun State. The monarch said the honour recognizes VDM’s outspoken advocacy, influence among…
National President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has sparked widespread debate after saying his life experience and practical knowledge have made him “more knowledgeable than many graduates,” despite having little formal education. Speaking at the 50th birthday celebration of Islamic singer Hafsat Adegoke in…
