She was 15. She lived in London. Went to school. Came home to a family that loved her. And in February 2015, Shamima Begum walked out of her home, boarded a flight, and traveled to Syria to join one of the most violent groups on earth. She told no one. Not her mother. Not her
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Eight days. Sit with that number for a moment. Eight days after a young Lagos woman buried her husband, her father-in-law reportedly walked to the gate of her matrimonial home, brought out a padlock, and locked her outside. Her name is Tosin. She is 28. She has two little boys. According to reports, her in-laws
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The phone was handed over in love. That’s what makes this story so hard to tell and so necessary. A Story Every Parent Needs to Hear A mother went to work each day and left her young son in the care of his uncle. Not a stranger. Not a hired hand. Her own brother. To
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Geh Geh is a Nigerian content creator who built an enormous following over a million on Instagram alone—by advising young men on money and relationships. He does not call it a channel. He calls it a university. His followers do not call themselves viewers. They call themselves students. The platform has no campus, no examiners,
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She was asked a simple interview question: “What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?” Her answer stunned me. At 17, she travelled out of Nigeria with her boyfriend. Her parents never knew she’d left. But it was her next sentence that truly broke my heart: “My mum doesn’t know who I am or what I
There’s a question I’ve carried with me through more than two decades of working with families, and it’s one that many parents and educators quietly avoid: Is school really for every child? When a child struggles academically, our instinct is to look for someone to blame. We question the child’s ability. We question the parents.
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Nigeria has been grieving since last week, and so am I. Favour Agbro was 20 years old. A nursing student. A twin sister. A daughter. Like millions of young Africans, she dreamed of building something online — and when a popular content creator known as “Odogwu of Asaba” allegedly offered to train her to monetise
Growing up in the 80s and 90s, many of us remember a familiar midnight ritual: a parent’s footsteps in the hallway, a door easing open, a quiet check that all was well. There were no mobile phones then. No tablets glowing under blankets. And yet, they checked. Not every old parenting style is obsolete. I
It rarely starts with a slammed door. It starts with a shrug. A one-word answer. A teenager who used to tell you everything is now telling you nothing while telling a group chat everything. As a registered nurse, midwife, and mental health nurse, and as a mother, I have learned to watch for the quiet
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By Latifah Ajetunmobi | Parent & Teen Coach, Nurse, and Author. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while. Today, at last, I can. The children of Oriire are home. After 56 days in captivity, the schoolchildren and teachers abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been
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