Tijani Abdulkabeer

1 week ago | thexylom.com | Tijani Abdulkabeer

After being bedridden with a serious illness for a month, law student Afọlábí Saheed realized that he and his family had exhausted all their resources to pay for his treatment, and yet there were still more bills to pay. While his health insurance allowed him to pay discounted prices for some tests and drugs, it only covered a meagre part of the major medical bills. Saheed and his family felt helpless until crowdfunding from neighbors and friends saved the day.

1 month ago | medium.com | Tijani Abdulkabeer

(This piece was written for African Argument but for some wierd reasons, the editor disappeared after commissioning me, and it never made the light of the day. Painful!)Tijani Abdulkabeer— On May 23, in the Nigerian parliament, a process for the reintroduction of the old national anthem started. On this same day, the bill passed the first, second, and third readings in the lower chamber in one sitting and the first and second readings in the upper house.

Jun 18, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Tijani Abdulkabeer

Ibadan, Nigeria — When Gloria Mofifoluwa’s friend informed her in March that the price of inhalers had risen in Nigeria, she did not think much about it. The following week, when she went out in Ibadan city to replace her old Ventolin inhaler, the asthma sufferer was shocked to see that many pharmacies were out of stock and the only place it was available sold it for 7,500 naira ($5) – more than double the 2,800 naira ($1.86) she had paid months before.

Jan 31, 2024 | universityworldnews.com | Tijani Abdulkabeer

NIGERIA Two years ago, Sunday Odu was struggling to access available opportunities to write ‘competitively’. What was amiss, he believed at the time, was a community of writers who could share information with fellow students about ongoing writing contests – and the art of writing. For instance, when he was applying for an essay competition of the Nigerian Communications Commission, he was unsure about several of the requirements. Not even the organisers could help him. Odu has not been alone.

Aug 24, 2023 | morebranches.com | Tijani Abdulkabeer

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