Africa Health Report

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis children buying from food vendors

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis

Koko Maxwella December 4, 2025

NASARAWA, Nigeria – When 12-year-old Mariam lifted a chilled cup of zobo to her lips that Wednesday...

Behind Abuja’s Storefront Labs: Inside the Hidden Diagnostic Crisis Putting Lives at Risk Small diagnostic laboratory along Airport Road in Lugbe, Abuja

Small diagnostic laboratory along Airport Road in Lugbe, Abuja

Behind Abuja’s Storefront Labs: Inside the Hidden Diagnostic Crisis Putting Lives at Risk

Chukwu Obinna December 3, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the fast-growing satellite communities surrounding Abuja, the promise of quick, affordable medical testing...

Inside the Battle to Save Northern Children from a Malnutrition Crisis Fuelled by Theft, Conflict and Failing Systems

Hussaini Ibrahim December 1, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – In northern Nigeria, where conflict and climate pressures collide with weak public systems, child...

Nigeria’s Debt Time Bomb: Why A Nation Earning More Than Ever Is Borrowing Faster Than It Can Breathe Line chart showing Nigeria’s rising public debt from 2023 to 2025. Debt increases from ₦87 trillion in 2023 to ₦120 trillion in 2024, then to ₦152.4 trillion in 2025.

Line chart showing Nigeria’s rising public debt from 2023 to 2025. Debt increases from ₦87 trillion in 2023 to ₦120 trillion in 2024, then to ₦152.4 trillion in 2025.

Nigeria’s Debt Time Bomb: Why A Nation Earning More Than Ever Is Borrowing Faster Than It Can Breathe

Korede Abdullah November 30, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Despite historic revenue gains from subsidy removal, expanded taxation and FX reforms, Nigeria’s public...

A City Stuck: Abuja’s Idle Terminals, the Criminal Networks Preying on Commuters Front view of the locked Mabushi bus terminal in Abuja with empty walkways and closed gates.

Front view of the locked Mabushi bus terminal in Abuja with empty walkways and closed gates.

A City Stuck: Abuja’s Idle Terminals, the Criminal Networks Preying on Commuters

Juliet Jacob November 29, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Commuting in Abuja has never been easy—especially for residents who do not own cars....

When the Clinic Cannot Heal: Elewura’s Struggle for Survival in Nigeria’s Failing PHC System “Mother waiting with child outside dilapidated Elewura PHC

“Mother waiting with child outside dilapidated Elewura PHC

When the Clinic Cannot Heal: Elewura’s Struggle for Survival in Nigeria’s Failing PHC System

Oluwatobi Adu November 28, 2025

Elewura, Oyo State – At dawn, the first light fell not on the bustle of a working...

Protected as Children, Exposed as Adults: Inside Nigeria’s Silent Immunisation Gap A nurse arranges vaccine vials inside a clinic in Abuja, highlighting Nigeria’s lack of adult immunisation services.

A nurse arranges vaccine vials inside a clinic in Abuja, highlighting Nigeria’s lack of adult immunisation services.

Protected as Children, Exposed as Adults: Inside Nigeria’s Silent Immunisation Gap

Koko Maxwella November 27, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In Nigeria, the word immunisation instantly evokes familiar scenes: crying infants wrapped in patterned...

Life on the Edge: Abuja’s Communities Grapple with Sachet Alcohol Ban Market stall with sachet alcohol in Abuja

Life on the Edge: Abuja’s Communities Grapple with Sachet Alcohol Ban

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius November 26, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the bustling markets of Katampe, the familiar sight of sachet alcohol—tiny plastic pouches...

Priced Out of Protection: Abuja’s Poorest Families Face Health Crisis Without Insurance

Oluwafunbi Bello November 25, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a sweltering Tuesday morning at Wuse Market, Mama Amina, a petite trader balancing...

“When Faith Closed the Door”: A Daughter’s Plea After Her Mother Chose Belief Over Blood Daughter in the Ette community holding her late mother’s photograph, symbolising the human toll of refusing blood transfusion.

Daughter in the Ette community holding her late mother’s photograph, symbolising the human toll of refusing blood transfusion.

“When Faith Closed the Door”: A Daughter’s Plea After Her Mother Chose Belief Over Blood

Juliet Jacob November 22, 2025

On a humid evening in Ette, Enugu State, as the last traces of sunset washed the village...

Special Reports

Dirty Drinks, Sick Pupils: Inside Mararaba’s Hidden School Food Safety Crisis

Behind Abuja’s Storefront Labs: Inside the Hidden Diagnostic Crisis Putting Lives at Risk

Inside the Battle to Save Northern Children from a Malnutrition Crisis Fuelled by Theft, Conflict and Failing Systems

Nigeria’s Debt Time Bomb: Why A Nation Earning More Than Ever Is Borrowing Faster Than It Can Breathe

A City Stuck: Abuja’s Idle Terminals, the Criminal Networks Preying on Commuters

When the Clinic Cannot Heal: Elewura’s Struggle for Survival in Nigeria’s Failing PHC System

Protected as Children, Exposed as Adults: Inside Nigeria’s Silent Immunisation Gap

Life on the Edge: Abuja’s Communities Grapple with Sachet Alcohol Ban

Priced Out of Protection: Abuja’s Poorest Families Face Health Crisis Without Insurance

“When Faith Closed the Door”: A Daughter’s Plea After Her Mother Chose Belief Over Blood

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