Chronycles

For the mundane and oddly specific. 🌹

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What is it like earning between ₦5,000 and ₦20,000 after spending over 10 years on a full-time job?

Find out in our latest series, where @taiwobankole0 documents the experiences of ten casual workers in Adamawa.

https://t.co/0pEDmovA3O

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We spent the last four months documenting the 2023 election crisis through the eyes of the people who lived it. It wasn't just a threat. It was more than an election.

#NotYourLagos full documentary drops next Friday, June 12.

Get ready!!!

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During Nigeria’s last elections, Lagos saw an unprecedented wave of weaponised bigotry, where voters were profiled and turned away from polling units.

​We spent months documenting these stories directly from the electorate.

#NotYourLagos drops Friday, June 12. ​🎬🌹

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MY FIRST OJUDE OBA

https://t.co/WtfarCiFJt

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The first thing that caught my attention was the elegance. Everywhere I looked, there was colour, confidence, and beauty.

— Timilehin Olawale Kalejaiye (Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria).

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Ojude Oba is growing, and that growth is exciting to witness. With better planning and more space, it can become even greater.

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WAITING FOR THE HORSES

https://t.co/ulhnNN3Ab1

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I am from Lekuti House in Ijebu-Ode. For as long as I can remember, Ojude Oba has been part of my life.

— Ibipeju (Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria).

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As a child, I did not fully understand the history behind the festival. What drew me there every year was the excitement.

[Damilola Olufemi @TheOluwadarmie]

No pension. No health insurance.

Some waited for years. Some are still hoping to be 'converted' from temporary to permanent staff after many years.

Chronicles of Adamawa casual workers...

https://t.co/TwiSEgyOy4

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WE HAVE NINE MOUTHS TO FEED EVERY DAY

https://t.co/MWZpCqXqHp

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I remember the first few months after I started, there was no pay at all. I worked mornings, guarding these properties and the empty offices, and at night I would go back home hungry and tired, trusting that they would come through.

— Adamu Ibrahim (Jimeta, Nigeria).

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In the end, I try not to regret. I will remain here. I have become used to this place. Even if I become a permanent staff member one day, I’ll probably retire soon after, but that’s not a failure. If it happens, I will be thankful. Until then, I have no choice but to wait.

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ON PROBATION FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT PAY

https://t.co/F61jmRsRsl

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People like me are easy to admire but hard to protect. They lift us up in speeches as “the backbone of our institutions,” then quietly they remind us that backbone is not part of the payroll.

— Gaddafi Bendo (Girei, Nigeria).

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We keep waiting while other colleagues and I make up 90% of the workforce within the station. The truth is, the so-called permanent staff are ghost workers; they don’t appear at work because we are the ones doing their work.