Azara Tswanya

For most of his life, Ade* (24) lived under his father’s rich but abusive rule. After enduring years of financial and emotional damage, he eventually ran away in 2025, a move he could barely afford. In this story, Ade shares what it was like growing up privileged yet stifled, the rocky journey toward earning his own money, the breaking point between him and his father, and why, despite struggling to eat and pay rent, he can never go back to his comfortable childhood home.

It constantly feels like Nigerians are being priced out of everything. But no matter how steep the cost of living gets, they make an effort to go out and have fun. These Nigerians share the most exorbitant prices they paid to attend social events, and what it cost them to make the sacrifice. In February, I spent 1 million to host my birthday with my friends.

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has been dabbling in people’s love lives. Earlier in August, he used ₦1.5 billion to sponsor a mass wedding for 1,500 couples in his state. With the youngest among those brides being 17, the event lasted two days and included ₦200,000 for each couple’s dowry. Evidently, there’s no price too high for the governor when it comes to securing a husband for his girls.