I first came across Ndubuisi’s Instagram profile last year through a university colleague who asked if I could help tell his life story. The first thing...
Basirat Adigun is a beneficiary of the advocacy and medical support of one of our NGOs, Sickle-cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (Sami) – an organisation that...
In this episode of I Said What I Said (ISWIS), hosts FK and Jollz are joined by Dr. Annette Akinsete and Precious Gaza to discuss the reality...
Sickle cell disease is a serious and lifelong health condition that predominantly affects people from African or Caribbean backgrounds. Symptoms include bouts of pain, strokes, organ...
Nigeria has the largest case of Sickle Cell in the world. 1 out of every 4 Nigerians is a carrier of the Sickle Cell gene. Research...
Makeup artist and YouTuber Fáàrí By Sisi Ope is opening up about being a sickle cell warrior. In a lengthy video shared on her YouTube page,...
It’s Sickle Cell Awareness month, and Sisi Ope has decided to open up about living with sickle cell, and the journey so far in her vlog....
This World Sickle Cell Day, 1K4Sickle Campaign is bringing awareness to the disorder, and to the struggles of those living with it. The folks at 1K4Sickle...
During that same hospitalization, I was in bed and my mum had gone to speak to her friend’s help, who wanted to run away. My mum...
Hey BellaNaijarians, We’ve officially kicked off a weekly segment born of our love for movies and series, titled BN Movie Feature. This Saturday we’re featuring 1996 film: Mortal...
In 2016, Bukola Bolarinwa, was selected as a nominee for the Queen’s Young Leader Awards – for her work with blood donors for people living with...
Bukola Bolarinwa and Nasir Yammama, who were last year selected as one of the 2017 Queen’s Young Leaders were presented with the award on Thursday. Bukola Bolarinwa...
In the concluding episode of Wana Udobang‘s enlightening series Warriors, Timi Edwin discusses growing up with sickle cell with a severe honesty that stuns as much...
A warrior’s story needs to be told over and over, far and wide. It is the story of survival against the tide of pain, medical bills,...
Wana Udobang continues to put out work that makes us look at our humanity; to see people for people, and what lies beneath the surface. With...
Prodigy, one-half of the popular rap group Mobb Deep, has died at the age of 42. He co-founded Mobb Deep with Havoc. A statement by his...
A warrior’s story needs to be told over and over, far and wide. It is the story of survival against the tide of pain, medical bills,...
Gorgeous mum to be (for the second time) Anne Welsh celebrated her baby shower in London at the Berkeley Hotel with her son, family and friends. The...
BattaBox presenter Odunayo visits spoke to Professor Michael Kehinde, a doctor who treats sickle cell patients at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, and he gave us...
I can’t say I know Dr. Amina Sobodu very well and I can’t say I don’t know her at all. We were classmates at the College...
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