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Nov 20, 2024 | solutionspaper.com | Chinonso Kenneth

By Chinonso Kenneth LAGOS, NIGERIA: * Emerald Johnson, 41, was utterly confused and devastated after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Before her diagnosis, Emerald, a medical laboratory technician in Lagos had no prior knowledge of PD. “I felt I was the only one with this medical condition [because] when I was diagnosed, I didn’t know anybody as young as me who had Parkinson’s or someone who even had Parkinson’s, I only watched them on [television],” Emerald said.

Jul 17, 2024 | solutionspaper.com | Muritala abdullahi

SOKOTO, Nigeria: On a hot afternoon in June, Fatima-Zahra Ahmad, a 22-year-old student at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto, made her way to the Dandima Bus Stop, the gateway to her journey home. With a fatigued yet eager expression, she boarded an 18-seater bus, settling in alongside other passengers. Fatima-Zahra, who resides at Sokoto State Polytechnic Staff Quarters, about 11 kilometres away, had previously endured a stressful and costly commute between her home and university.

Jun 12, 2024 | solutionspaper.com | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga |African Arguments

Plateau, Nigeria: As a child, Najib Murshid always felt a yearning for something his littlehands could not grasp and a life that seemed out of his reach. His earliest childhoodmemories were seeing his peers running around and playing hide-and-seek in hiscommunity—in Jos, the capital of Plateau State—with smiles on their faces. Much as he desired to join them, he could not as he was paralysed. At age 4, Murshid’sbody was hit with polio.

Dec 5, 2023 | solutionspaper.com | Rukaiyatu Idris

BORNO, NIGERIA: The decade-long insurgency in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, has had a devastating impact on the lives of many women, including Yagana Ibrahim*, a mother of five who was captured and enslaved by Boko Haram terrorists. After four years of captivity, Yagana Ibrahim* finally managed to escape from the clutches of Boko Haram, only to face further hardships in the form of stigma and discrimination.

Jun 25, 2023 | solutionspaper.com | Olayide Oluwafunmilayo Soaga