Africa Health Report

Held Down by Tradition: Nigeria’s Unfinished War Against Female Genital Mutilation

Korede Abdullah November 5, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) remains one of Nigeria’s most persistent and painful cultural legacies....

Where Fear Lives: Shanono’s Slow Collapse Under Bandit Violence A rural road along the Kano–Katsina border near Funtua, through which bandits reportedly cross into Shanono villages at night.

A rural road along the Kano–Katsina border near Funtua, through which bandits reportedly cross into Shanono villages at night.

Where Fear Lives: Shanono’s Slow Collapse Under Bandit Violence

Hussaini Ibrahim November 3, 2025

SHANONO, KANO – At sunset, when the last call to prayer fades across Faruruwa village, silence descends...

Locked Out of Safety: How Abuja’s Broken Rental System is Pricing Residents into Danger In Abuja, rising rent, illegal fees, and weak tenant protection are forcing residents into unsafe settlements. How housing insecurity is becoming a survival risk.

In Abuja, rising rent, illegal fees, and weak tenant protection are forcing residents into unsafe settlements. How housing insecurity is becoming a survival risk.

Locked Out of Safety: How Abuja’s Broken Rental System is Pricing Residents into Danger

Chukwu Obinna November 2, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where grand boulevards and gleaming estates are...

Nigeria’s Hidden Kitchen Crisis: How Cheaper Cooking Oils Are Fueling a Silent Health Emergency vegatable oil and health crisis report

Nigeria’s Hidden Kitchen Crisis: How Cheaper Cooking Oils Are Fueling a Silent Health Emergency

Juliet Jacob October 30, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – When food vendor Mrs. Chinyere sits before her frying pan each morning in Dutse,...

Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe Abandoned classroom in Zamfara State symbolising Nigeria’s school safety crisis.

Abandoned classroom in Zamfara State symbolising Nigeria’s school safety crisis.

Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe

Hussaini Ibrahim October 27, 2025

ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Eleven years after the world was jolted by the abduction of over 270 schoolgirls...

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years A Nigerian nurse attends to a patient in a rural clinic, symbolising the country’s fragile healthcare system.

A Nigerian nurse attends to a patient in a rural clinic, symbolising the country’s fragile healthcare system.

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years

Korede Abdullah October 26, 2025

ABUJA, NIGERIA — In the heart of Africa’s most populous nation, a quiet emergency is unfolding —...

Nigeria’s Power Paradox: From Darkness to Dawn A young Nigerian solar technician installing rooftop panels under bright sunlight in Abuja. Image Description

A young Nigerian solar technician installing rooftop panels under bright sunlight in Abuja. Image Description

Nigeria’s Power Paradox: From Darkness to Dawn

Juliet Jacob October 24, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria stands at a pivotal energy crossroads — where the hum of generators drowns...

Clean Hands, Fragile Hope: How an Abuja School Is Defying Nigeria’s Hidden Hygiene Crisis Student washing hands

Clean Hands, Fragile Hope: How an Abuja School Is Defying Nigeria’s Hidden Hygiene Crisis

Chukwu Obinna October 23, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In a small public school along Abuja’s Airport Road, the sound of splashing water...

Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy A vandalized crude pipeline leaking oil into the Niger Delta swamps.”

A vandalized crude pipeline leaking oil into the Niger Delta swamps.”

Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy

Korede Abdullah October 22, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s oil wealth — once the symbol of national pride and prosperity — has...

Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano Entrance of Turai Umaru Musa Yar’adua Maternity and Children Hospital.

Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano

Hussaini Ibrahim October 20, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – As Nigeria edges closer to the high-risk months for Lassa fever transmission, the bustling...

Special Reports

Held Down by Tradition: Nigeria’s Unfinished War Against Female Genital Mutilation

Where Fear Lives: Shanono’s Slow Collapse Under Bandit Violence

Locked Out of Safety: How Abuja’s Broken Rental System is Pricing Residents into Danger

Nigeria’s Hidden Kitchen Crisis: How Cheaper Cooking Oils Are Fueling a Silent Health Emergency

Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years

Nigeria’s Power Paradox: From Darkness to Dawn

Clean Hands, Fragile Hope: How an Abuja School Is Defying Nigeria’s Hidden Hygiene Crisis

Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy

Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano

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