Every naira is budgeted down to the last kobo. But I never complain too loudly. They never complain, either.
SOMETIMES, I FEEL LIKE I’VE WASTED MY LIFE HERE
Day after day, I come here doing the same thing over and over again. I sweep and mop. But this place knows me only as a cleaner.
DEM DEY FIND ME FOR VILLAGE
I was a science student, so I would like to continue from where I stopped.
ESCAPING A PREDATOR ON FACEBOOK
I was too uninformed to imagine anything wrong. But he had a mission.
ALABUKUN POWDER AND A CHILDHOOD MEMORY
They said to me: if I insulted anyone again, I would die instantly.
EVER SEEN A GROWN MAN CRY?
I lost my confidence, and it took quite a while to get it back.
ONE DAY AT A TIME
I called family and friends and told them, “I don’t think I can do this.”
MEDICINE GOES BEYOND WHAT YOU READ
At a point, it felt like a lot.
I NEARLY DIED OFF-CAMPUS
I simply lay there, waiting for whatever would happen next.
WEEKS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
Here, nothing works the way it should: not the training, not the practice, not the care.