Africa Health Report

Nigeria’s Missing Doctors: Can the Diaspora Fill the Gap? Nigerian healthcare workers in a hospital ward

Nigeria’s Missing Doctors: Can the Diaspora Fill the Gap?

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius August 10, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria- The video consultation can cross borders in seconds. Expertise can travel from Maryland to Abuja,...

Beyond the Pay Rise: Will Higher Police Salaries Really Make Nigeria Safer? nigeria-police-salary-increase-police-reform-security

Beyond the Pay Rise: Will Higher Police Salaries Really Make Nigeria Safer?

Oluwafunbi Bello August 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – For a Nigerian police officer standing at a checkpoint, responding to a kidnapping report...

The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price Large roadside refuse dump beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, Abuja

Large roadside refuse dump beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, Abuja

The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price

Abah Felicity August 8, 2026

NASARAWA, Nigeria – The smell reaches motorists before they see the rubbish. Beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in...

Too Young to Drink: Why More Nigerian Teenagers Are Turning to Alcohol Teenager interviewed by Africa Health Report discussing underage alcohol consumption in Abuja.

Teenager interviewed by Africa Health Report discussing underage alcohol consumption in Abuja.

Too Young to Drink: Why More Nigerian Teenagers Are Turning to Alcohol

Oluwatobi Adu August 6, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The first drink often comes long before adulthood. Sometimes it is offered by a...

Harvesting Hunger: Why Nigeria Still Cannot Feed Itself Nigerian-farmers

Harvesting Hunger: Why Nigeria Still Cannot Feed Itself

Korede Abdullah August 4, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria has some of Africa’s largest expanses of fertile farmland. Yet millions of families...

The Fuel Nigerians Can’t Buy: Inside the CNG Crisis Cars on a queue to refuel their Cylinders at NIPCO refuelling gas station, Kubwa, Abuja.

The Fuel Nigerians Can’t Buy: Inside the CNG Crisis

Oluwafunbi Bello August 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – At dawn, commercial drivers lined up outside Abuja’s handful of compressed natural gas (CNG)...

“My Tummy Looked Like I Was Pregnant”: Why Fibroids Keep Returning for Many Nigerian Women A Nigerian woman recovering after fibroid surgery, highlighting the growing burden of recurring uterine fibroids.

A Nigerian woman recovering after fibroid surgery, highlighting the growing burden of recurring uterine fibroids.

“My Tummy Looked Like I Was Pregnant”: Why Fibroids Keep Returning for Many Nigerian Women

Oluwatobi Adu August 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When 35-year-old Mrs. Hassan noticed that her stomach remained unusually swollen after giving birth...

Nigeria’s Lithium Gamble: Can the New Oil Avoid the Old Mistakes? The official commissioning of the Nasarawa lithium processing plant with President Tinubu's representatives, the Solid Minerals Minister and the processing facility in the background.

The official commissioning of the Nasarawa lithium processing plant with President Tinubu's representatives, the Solid Minerals Minister and the processing facility in the background.

Nigeria’s Lithium Gamble: Can the New Oil Avoid the Old Mistakes?

Hussaini Ibrahim August 1, 2026

NASARAWA, Nigeria – For decades, crude oil has dominated Nigeria’s economy, generated billions of dollars while exposing...

The Game That Cost Nigeria Billions How Nigeria Lost Millions by Missing the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Game That Cost Nigeria Billions

Korede Abdullah July 30, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was widely seen as...

The Next School Attack Starts with an Open Gate An unfenced LEA Primary School in Katampe, Abuja. Security experts warn that the absence of perimeter fencing and controlled access leaves many Nigerian schools vulnerable to criminal attacks.(Photo credit: Edino Cornelius/AHR)