True Stories
What It Feels Like to Be the Firstborn in a Poor Nigerian Family
I was born in 1996, the first child in a family of five. From the moment I could walk, I became the second adult in the house—except no one gave me a choice. While other children were playing outside and living carefree lives, I was helping my mum watch over my siblings, boiling rice, running […]
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My Parents Forced Me Into Marriage — Now I Regret Everything
“They said he was responsible. That I’d grow to love him. But no one warned me that regret lives in silence… and I sleep next to it every night.” My name is Amara. I’m 27 years old, and I’ve been married for two years now.But if I’m being honest, I’ve felt like a widow since […]
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He Opened a Shawarma Business for His Girlfriend—She Left Him Broke
In Nigeria, when a man truly loves a woman, he goes all out. I did too. I believed in her dreams more than she believed in herself. At the time, I was working as a customer service officer in a commercial bank in Enugu. The salary wasn’t great—₦95,000 monthly—but it was stable. My girlfriend then […]
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How I Turned My Heartbreak Into a Million-Naira Skincare Brand
– The Breakup That Shattered Me I met Seyi during my NYSC in Akwa Ibom. He was everything I had ever prayed for—kind, ambitious, and always smiling. We started as friends, but it wasn’t long before we were doing everything together: CDS, church, cooking, and long walks back to the lodge under the hot Uyo […]
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