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“Washing cars, cleaning homes, bricklaying, mechanic work, name it. I am the jack of all trades. “As a kid; there was nothing I couldn’t fix. Other kids in the yard would bring their broken stuff and toys to me and ...

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“This sun ‘na die’ and I ‘never chop’ today. “When you eat before doing this type of work; your body gets lazy and tired very quickly. That’s why I prefer to get it done and then get some money before ...

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“I’m the third child and I’m preparing for my junior WAEC exams. “It’s very difficult combining school with selling groundnuts on the streets. I used to feel bad when I walked by the homes of my classmates yelling “Go’nu groundnut”.  ...

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“Nwanne Onwero! As long as hair keeps growing on people’s heads, I’m in business. “I’ve been doing this for a while. It started out as my way of helping out with school fees, but now and it’s taking care of ...

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By Obi Odenigbo A 13-year-old boy, Friday, discovered a ‘high-calibre’ bomb placed in a car parked near a Mosque in Kano; and promptly alerted the police.The police spokesperson in Kano, Magaji Majiya, informed PREMIUM TIMES on Friday that the boy ...

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By Obi Odenigbo On the day I got my visa to the United States; I was stunned at the number of people crowded at the US embassy in Lagos- gunning for the “American dream”. My taxi dropped me off at ...

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Angry reactions yesterday trailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s last minute cancellation of a trip to Chibok, where over 200 female students of the Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, were abducted last month by Boko Haram insurgents. Parents of the abducted girls ...

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By Obi Odenigbo Weddings are remarkable events as they bring not just soul mates together, but they also bring families and communities into a single unit. The irony about weddings is the fact that two separate people become one by ...

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The terrifying news began to spread before the gun-wielding Islamist militants made it into Chibok last month. Villagers began to receive cell phone calls that the feared extremist group Boko Haram was on the way. No one knew what the ...

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By Obi Odenigbo It’s not every day that you come across young men driven to succeed in differing fields of human endeavor; but then, why else would we sing their praises or write about them?  When we say “differing fields ...

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