Day: May 7, 2025
10 Remote Jobs That Pay in Dollars – And Where to Find Them in 2025
In today’s digital world, more people are ditching the 9–5 lifestyle and working from anywhere with a good internet connection. The best part? Many of these remote jobs pay in U.S. dollars, making them especially attractive to workers in countries with weaker currencies. If you’re looking to earn in dollars in 2025, here are 10 […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 7
Episode 7: Finding My Feet From Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad I always heard people say, “The beginning is the hardest.” But no one ever says how long that beginning can last. For me, the storm didn’t calm overnight. It took months of grinding, humility, and small wins that didn’t make the headlines […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 6
Episode 6: When Everything Almost Fell Apart From Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad I always thought the hardest part of being abroad was getting here. Visa applications, flight bookings, saying goodbye to your old life — those are all brutal in their own way. But no one tells you what happens after you’ve […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 5
Episode 5: The Highs and Lows of Love in a Foreign Land (From Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad) They say loneliness hits harder in a foreign land. I used to think I was strong enough to handle it, but nothing prepared me for the weight of quiet nights in my tiny flat in […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 4
Episode 4: School, Stress, and Sudden Realizations The days had started to blend together — a continuous loop of school, job hunting, and the weight of being in a foreign country. The initial rush of excitement had faded, and now I was left with the harsh reality of balancing academics with the pressures of daily […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 3
Episode 3: Budget Struggles, Job Hunts, and the Dream of Love It had been almost a month since I arrived in London, and I had begun to feel the weight of reality settling in. The initial excitement of being in a new country had worn off, and now I was grappling with the everyday challenges […]
Read MoreFrom Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience Episode 2
Episode 2: Touchdown in London: The Cold Reality The next morning, I woke up to the relentless drizzle of rain tapping against my window, the gray sky casting a somber light on everything around me. I had hoped that it was just an anomaly, a rainy day in London, but as the hours passed, I […]
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From Lagos to London: My First Year Abroad – A True-Life Experience
A Coolvalstories Original Episode 1: The Dream to Escape I had always dreamed of leaving Lagos — escaping the chaos of the city, the daily grind, and the weight of unfulfilled promises. For as long as I could remember, my heart longed for a change, and that change, I believed, would come in the form […]
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of Bobo the Yahoo Prince” episode 5
Episode 5: The Ghost of Bobo (~1,200 words) You know what they don’t tell you about dying? It doesn’t always happen with a gunshot or a scream. Sometimes, it’s slow. Quiet. A fading heartbeat in the middle of a peaceful morning. That’s how I became a ghost. I didn’t get buried. I vanished. After Taye’s […]
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of Bobo the Yahoo Prince” episode 4
Episode 4: Blood Brothers and Bullet Promises (~1,200 words) You can silence a man. You can bury his body. But you can’t bury blood. Not when it screams for revenge. Razor’s corpse was barely cold when word got out. Not in the newspapers—no, this kind of news doesn’t make headlines. It spread on the streets […]
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of Bobo the Yahoo Prince” episode 3
Episode 3: The Betrayal Blueprint (~1,200 words) I once read somewhere that betrayal never comes from enemies. It always comes from the people you call “baby,” the ones you let sleep beside you with a loaded gun and your secrets under the pillow. Amaka was that for me. That night after I saw the messages […]
Read MoreThe Rise and Fall of Bobo the Yahoo Prince” episode 2
Episode 2: Oaths, Jazz, and the Rise of a King (~1,150 words) I had become a god among men—or at least that’s what it felt like. By the time I was 23, my face was already a fixture at Quilox, Cubana, and Club DNA. I didn’t enter places quietly. I came with an entourage—boys in […]
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The Rise and Fall of Bobo the Yahoo Prince
A Coolvalstories Production Episode 1: From Aba With Ambition (~1,050 words) They call me Bobo now. Bobo the Yahoo Prince. But before the cars, the girls, and the dead bodies, I was just Obinna Dike — a nobody from Aba. I grew up in the heart of Ariaria, where the air always smelled like smoke […]
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