The Xpress Special

Although fate denied him his childhood dream of becoming a military officer, Sani Abacha, a cripple, currently controls traffic at the junction of Olowu Street in Ikeja area of Lagos State. The self-appointed traffic officer took Amidu…

When Tunde Fabunmi left journalism for bee farming some decades ago, his colleagues, friends and relatives thought he was not serious.  Today, he has moved notches higher than just harvesting honey and selling. He has gone into apitherapy,…

A distressed mother, who has been carrying the burden of taking care of three sickle cell anaemic children for over 20 years cries out for help after one of the children, Precious, a 500-level Law undergraduate of Ajayi Crowther University,…

The image that comes to mind at the mention of a carpenter is always that of a man dressed in an overall, handling different tools to carve one item or another.  But Dayo Tukuru has defied this. A carpenter with great style, she told…

    For many in Abiodun Pius’ shoes, the common idiom, ‘once beaten, twice shy’ is unarguably a lifetime watchword. As a commercial bus driver, who lost his two legs in an auto accident while on duty, considering driving a…