In Nigeria, women whose husbands have died can face stigma, suspicion and families who take their homes from them.
![Monsurat Omobonike’s parents died when she was very young. Her much older husband stepped in to support her when she was just a teenager but he died of a stroke in 2003 at the age of 60. She has struggled to support her children since and also lost her son at the age of 30 [Femi Amogunla/AL Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_1659.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Femi Amogunla is a multimedia artist who works with stories, photography, and film. He lives in Ibadan, Nigeria. In 2018, his work "Three Siblings who... Beat 100" was exhibited at the Welkulturen Museum. He can be found on Instagram and his website.
In Nigeria, women whose husbands have died can face stigma, suspicion and families who take their homes from them.
![Monsurat Omobonike’s parents died when she was very young. Her much older husband stepped in to support her when she was just a teenager but he died of a stroke in 2003 at the age of 60. She has struggled to support her children since and also lost her son at the age of 30 [Femi Amogunla/AL Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMG_1659.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
On Nigeria’s Children’s Day, we profile children who are working to support themselves and their families.
![“People are shocked sometimes when they compare my physical size to the amount of work that I do.” Kunle*, 13, apprentice bricklayer [Femi Amogunla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Children-and-Apprenticeship_Kunle_-Bricklayer-Repairer_01.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
From social distancing as a visually impaired person to coping with closed hospitals, five Nigerians tell their stories.
![‘I can’t count the number of times I had fallen sick since Covid -19 started and I dare not go to any of the hospital for fear of contracting the virus,’ says Ifeoma [Femi Amogunla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Covid_and-_Disability_Ifeoma_001.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
As the world struggles to manage its waste, residents of Ibadan present alternative ways to recycle.
![Jumoke Olowokere’s giant Christmas tree, constructed from discarded bottles, has become a permanent fixture on the street near her office in Ibadan [Femi Amogunla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/World_Recycle_Day_Jumoke_Olowokere_003.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Each year, Yoruba people in Nigeria offer thanks to the goddess of the river and mother of all other Yoruba gods.
![One of the Bata drummers during the procession to the river [Femi Amogunla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CY_Amogunla_10.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Young Ghanaians who travelled to Nigeria to work as farm hands show the most precious possession they took with them.
![Thirteen-year-old Koffi left Ghana for the first time when he came to Nigeria to work as a farm hand [Femi Amogunla/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Bits-from-Home_Koffi_-E1.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)