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Nigeria’s Cholesterol Crisis: The Young Lives Lost Before the Warning Signs Young Nigerian adults exercising as cardiologists warn about rising cholesterol-related heart disease

Young Nigerian adults exercising as cardiologists warn about rising cholesterol-related heart disease

Nigeria’s Cholesterol Crisis: The Young Lives Lost Before the Warning Signs

Oluwatobi Adu December 7, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a humid Lagos morning, the news spread quickly through a neighbourhood gym: a...

At the Forest’s Edge: How Banditry Creeping from Nigeria’s Heartland Is Testing the South-West’s Resolve Security summit of South-West governors in Ibadan

Security summit of South-West governors in Ibadan

At the Forest’s Edge: How Banditry Creeping from Nigeria’s Heartland Is Testing the South-West’s Resolve

Korede Abdullah December 6, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – As dusk settles over the thick forests and winding farmlands that separate Nigeria’s South-West...

The Day the Pots Went Cold: Inside Nigeria’s School Feeding Breakdown After Years of Scandal and Silence Schoolchildren waiting in an empty feeding area after the suspension of Nigeria’s school feeding programme.

Schoolchildren waiting in an empty feeding area after the suspension of Nigeria’s school feeding programme.

The Day the Pots Went Cold: Inside Nigeria’s School Feeding Breakdown After Years of Scandal and Silence

Juliet Jacob December 5, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – When the lunch bell rang at Ansarudeen Elementary School in Osogbo on a warm...

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...

Special Reports

Nigeria’s Cholesterol Crisis: The Young Lives Lost Before the Warning Signs

At the Forest’s Edge: How Banditry Creeping from Nigeria’s Heartland Is Testing the South-West’s Resolve

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

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