The first 15 years of my life was bliss. I was born in the city of Abeokuta, Nigeria, in 2000, as an only child to my parents...

My mom gave birth to me in...Lagos State, Nigeria...but I should say, I come from a polygamous background. My dad had two wives...

My father was a police officer, and my mother ran a small shop. My life started out normal...

...Lagos, Nigeria, a sparsely over-populated city with a mix of lifestyles and cultures. It was like the America of Nigeria...

I, on the other hand, couldn’t focus on academics and seemed to always fall behind my peers. My teachers were telling me...

What makes a happy life? Wealth? Success? Passion? For many years, I tried to figure out how to be happy. Turns out...

Maybe it would have been a lot different if life had stayed peaceful and carefree like when I first came into this world...

They raised me in one of the fiercest neighborhoods in Lagos where petty thieves and prospective armed robbers were groomed...

In fact, I was 16th in the rankings, including my father’s children from his two older wives, who each had six children before...

My family was considered small because it was common in our country for families to have more than four children...

I was born into a conservative Christian family in Nigeria in 1991 as the fifth born of six kids. Our days were happy, but strict...

I was born in 1987 and grew up in Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria with a younger sister and hard-working, loving parents who encouraged me...

My mom was a nurse, and my dad was a realtor in Lekki, Lagos. My dad was strict with me since I was the first born, but my mom had a warm...