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Amina's Epiphany

Amina's Epiphany  "Cmon, that money is small" Amina lamented over the phone.  "See I understand, its not my fault I want to pay more but there is a budget and we can't increase the budget" the person replied. Amina was tempted to turn down the offer because she took pride in her work and knew even if they paid peanuts she would do a premium job. One of her core principles was "never accept the work if you won't do it well." She needed the money, Iye's drugs was almost finished and the bills were piling. The pay for the gig was just enough to buy her mom's drugs and pay the bills. She knew the client paid more, but the middlemen were greedy and exploited young talents. Away from her thoughts, a boy pushing his younger sister in a wheelbarrow caught her attention, the happiness and smile on the little girl's face was contagious, immediately she brought out her camera and took a picture of them. Two weeks later, she received a DM from...
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Nigerians Don't Hate Oppression, They Just Hate Being Oppressed

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Photo Credit: I3ayo_ It rained heavily that day in Lagos, and I was more worried about the traffic than getting wet. To be honest, in a city where everybody seems to be in a hurry, we spend too much time in Lagos traffic.  I lost my ATM a few weeks back, and I have procrastinated going to the bank to get a new one, thank God for POS agents, I can still make withdrawals.  Sorry I digress, on this particular day, I was coming from VI and had taken a bus to CMS, I was low low cash, but had just enough money to take me home or so I thought. I contemplated using POS, but my intuition kept telling me what if the network is bad? What if the transaction fails and I get debited? I just respected myself and said I was going to do it the next morning. I got to the bus stop and met a battalion of workers struggling to catch a bus, all of a sudden they started to come down. I wondered why they were coming from a bus they were struggling for less than a minute ago, only for me to find out t...
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