Life in the Creeks

‘It seems the costlier the price of petrol, the less distance it covers’

Having lost his mother to the cold hands of death at the age of 18, Aloysius Udesen Udom 49, took…

11 months ago

‘The country is suffocating us; they want to choke us out of this life’

She’s a septuagenarian. She was sighted comfortably sitting beside her wares of biscuits, sweets, groundnuts and other articles under a…

11 months ago

‘I had to start afresh after someone carted away my goods worth N120,000’

Hope Imoh Monday. from Ika Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, is 22 years old. Her parents, who are…

12 months ago

‘The more I put money in my business, the more unprofitable it is’

Petty traders in the creeks of the Niger Delta are not smiling. Heavy blows of pump price increase and naira…

12 months ago

‘Life is not easy for us, widows with children’

She was sighted walking slowly alone and hawking white granulated sugar measured in small nylons along Okere Road, Warri, Warri…

1 year ago

Two years after my husband’s death, his family threw me and our children out of his house

Her sonorous voice was the bait that attracted the attention of our correspondent on a sunny Monday morning. She was…

1 year ago

Man who sells hair attachments says high prices have driven customers away

Many Nigerians are not finding it funny in making ends meet since inflation set in due to the removal of…

1 year ago

‘Increase in petrol price is taking a toll on my life’

"My name is Solomon Nyong Okon, I'm from Nsit Atai Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. "I have three siblings.…

1 year ago

‘I was asked to abort the pregnancy, I said no’

She was comfortably seated on a stool a few meters away from the gate of the University of Uyo Town…

1 year ago

The country is hard but market women and men are making it harder

He’s a cobbler plying his trade in front of the University of Uyo, Town Campus, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.…

1 year ago

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