Prostitution And Nigeria’s Gloomy Global Image By OMONU NELSON

Prostitution is as old as humanity, but the trade has however assumed international dimension, dealing a deadly blow to Nigeria’s global image. The situation has degenerated to a sorry reality of a secondary slavery, OMONU NELSON writes. The Nigeria criminal system prohibits national and trans-national trafficking of women for commercial sex or forced labour. Nigeria …

Millennials in Ghana are working hard to ‘make farming sexy’ © New York Times

Young Ghanaians are quitting their jobs to become farmers and encouraging others to do the same, and, as Sarah Maslin Nir finds out, it’s helping people to protect their country’s economy Sarah Maslin Nir 5 days ago After he graduated from university, Vozbeth Kofi Azumah was reluctant to tell anyone – even his mother – what he planned …

How to Overcome Failure By Rachel Simmons

Learning to fail is a skill like any other — which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.  Introduction ILLUSTRATIONS BY SEIJI MATSUMOTO Earlier this year, I suffered an anxiety attack while giving a speech in front of 250 people. It was disorienting and embarrassing; I’m …

Nigeria suicide blast ‘kills 30 football fans in Borno’ by BBC

At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide attack in north-eastern Nigeria, while watching a televised football match, officials say. Another 40 have been injured in the triple suicide bombing, according to the State Emergency Management Agency. The bombers detonated their explosives outside a hall in Konduga village in Borno State. Militant Islamist …