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by Staff writer They are billionaires today and well known across continents but they hadn’t been born that way. Here are top 5 entrepreneurs whose stories of how they turned …

by Cammi Pham This is the story of my life. I was born into old money, grew up with the new money, and now have no money. The line above …

by Staff writer As it has always been said: Nigeria’s NYSC scheme remains the oldest and most successful scheme the Nigerian government has ever installed. While with its cons, the …

by Staff writer Victoria Island, with its high-rise apartments, gleaming streets, and exclusive boutiques, is easily one of the plushest areas of Lagos State. But only a few miles away …

by Staff writer Thousands of social media users have switched their Instagram and Twitter avatars to blue. Most of their posts now come with the hashtag: #blueforsudan. Even celebrities like …

by Staff writer Earlier this year, Ethiopia (a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa) banned foreigners from adopting children from the country. The ban happened amid reports that the …

by Victor Uma True that certain things in life defile law and principle but there are a quite a few habits that have been found to be detrimental to the …

by Staff writer The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday noted that Nigeria is home to world’s highest number of poor people. Speaking in Cape Town, South Africa, May …

by Staff writer Brenda Ann Spencer is the first modern school shooter ever known. On January 29, 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine when she fired …

by Daniel Kakuru We had barely settled down for supper when the door flew open and hurled itself against the wall, scrapping off tonnes of dust, some of which found …

by Staff writer This is an excerpt from a speech Michael Jackson gave at Oxford University in 2001: “You probably weren’t surprised to hear that I did not have an …

by Staff writer Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, according to a new report by the World Poverty Clock. …

by Maduabuchi Ejiofor Frankly speaking, ‘Nigerians think less of Buhari as a leader and more as a power drunk politician who crave to cling to power at all cost and …

by Johan Fourie One of my favourite scenes in Love Actually is right at the beginning of the movie. The setting is an airport arrivals terminal. As travellers arrive through …

by Staff writer Every 40 seconds a person dies by suicide somewhere in the world, the WHO says. Over 800, 000 people die by suicide every year. Suicide accounted for …

by Staff writer The United Nations recently released its annual Human Development report, which measures levels of well-being in nearly 200 countries. The UN looked at nearly 200 countries across …

by Staff writer Life in America is not that rosy for all. The combination of soaring real-estate prices and stagnant family incomes is squeezing New York’s working class to poverty, …

by Staff writer She has a beautiful 6-year-old daughter named Genesis. Born in a one-room shack on a former slave plantation near St. Matthews, South Carolina, with no running water …

by Brenden Shucart When I tested positive in the spring of 2005, it felt like the end of the world. HIV was this boogieman that I had been taught to …

by Shannon Liao Cultural critics have had a lot to say about how Black Panther’s Erik Killmonger is a sympathetic villain, and how black viewers can identify with his point …

by Staff writer Viola Davis is one of the brightest stars in Hollywood today, even gone on to achieve the much coveted ‘Triple Crown of Acting’ position (a term used …

by Josh Hoxie It takes a level of pomposity inconceivable to most of us to describe another country as a “shithole.” It’s unfortunately just one more of the obnoxious, racist, …

by Keith Albert There is a quick and basic explanation as to why most Americans are broke. Firstly, the odds that one will succeed financially in the US are stacked …

by Staff writer Norwegians have expressed solidarity with Haiti and several other African nations maligned by President Donald Trump by saying they do not want to go to the US, …

by US Lady You can never truly understand the mind of a human being. I met Sylvester Mumba in 2012 in Livingstone, Zambia when I went there on vacation. Sylvester …

by Staff writer According to report released in 2014 by the World Bank Group (WBG), nearly two-third of the world’s extreme poor — that is, those who live on less …

by Staff writer It has always been believed that murderers share a particular connection with their mothers. This is possibly because of the great impact the mum factor has on …

by Alexa Eva Golda Australians do not know anything about Nigeria. If you tell them you lived in Nigeria, they will mention how they went on a trip to Tanzania …

by Staff writer In life, it looks like we are all struggling for one thing: success. And to a lot of people success easily translates to money; wealth; possessions. So …

by Richard Anderson I have lived in Tanzania for 9 years. It is a pretty safe country to live in. Tanzania is very broad, but as a person who has …

by Daniel Nkado I always hear people saying that happiness is a choice. I call this statement bullsh*t. First, happiness is not a choice, it is an emotion. We cannot …

by Odumorun I almost always find the common rivalry between the Igbos and Yorubas quite amusing, if occasionally trying. Tribalism is not caused by the presence of tribes. It is …

FOUR Rita pushed the door gently. ‘Please come in,’ she said. Ejike stepped into the room. ‘You didn’t lock your door?’ ‘Couldn’t have—ran out in a hurry.’ Ejike looked round …

 by DNB staff writer Mental illness is a taboo subject that attracts stigma in much of Africa. A study conducted in Uganda revealed that the term ‘depression’ is not culturally …

by DNB All-Editors Genetic and some other factors aside, technically, any profession where you constantly give in a lot more than you gain is prone to lead to depression. In …

by Staff writer The world has never known a trillionaire before. But financial experts are now saying it is possible. And, most likely, that first trillionaire would be Microsoft co-founder …