Special Reports

Kano’s Education Power Shake-Up: Reform Revolution or Political Recalibration? Kano State Ministry of Education building exterior in Nigeria

Kano State Ministry of Education building exterior in Nigeria

Kano’s Education Power Shake-Up: Reform Revolution or Political Recalibration?

Hussaini Ibrahim April 15, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – Kano State has triggered a fierce national debate after dismantling its long-standing Ministry of...

The Pills We Trust, The Damage We Ignore: Inside Nigeria’s Quiet Painkiller Crisis Office worker in Abuja taking painkillers during work hours

Office worker in Abuja taking painkillers during work hours

The Pills We Trust, The Damage We Ignore: Inside Nigeria’s Quiet Painkiller Crisis

Koko Maxwella April 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In a country where survival often demands relentless motion, millions of Nigerians are turning...

Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis Health worker measuring child’s arm for malnutrition screening

Health worker measuring child’s arm for malnutrition screening

Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis

Korede Abdullah April 13, 2026

In a country endowed with vast arable land and a reputation as one of Africa’s largest food...

“I Had No Choice,”: Fears, Secrecy and Nigeria’s Deadly Abortion Crisis Young Nigerian woman reflecting on unsafe abortion trauma

Young Nigerian woman reflecting on unsafe abortion trauma

“I Had No Choice,”: Fears, Secrecy and Nigeria’s Deadly Abortion Crisis

Oluwatobi Adu April 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In the quiet desperation of student hostels and the dim backrooms of unregistered clinics,...

Tollgates of Fears: How Nigeria’s Checkpoints Turn Security into a Daily Tax Police checkpoint stopping vehicles on Abuja highway

Police checkpoint stopping vehicles on Abuja highway

Tollgates of Fears: How Nigeria’s Checkpoints Turn Security into a Daily Tax

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius April 11, 2026

On a humid morning along the Nyanya–Keffi road in Abuja, traffic slows not from accidents but from...

Civic Rights at Risk: Uncollected PVCs and the Growing Threat to Youth Participation in Nigeria’s 2027 Elections Stacks of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards inside INEC office Abuja(Photo credit: Oluwafunbi Bello/AHR)

Stacks of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards inside INEC office Abuja(Photo credit: Oluwafunbi Bello/AHR)

Civic Rights at Risk: Uncollected PVCs and the Growing Threat to Youth Participation in Nigeria’s 2027 Elections

Oluwafunbi Bello April 10, 2026

Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the instruments through which Nigerian citizens exercise their civic right to elect leaders...

Kobo by Kobo: The Silent Siphon Draining Nigeria’s Bank Accounts A Nigerian checking a mobile banking app showing multiple transaction alerts and deductions

A Nigerian checking a mobile banking app showing multiple transaction alerts and deductions

Kobo by Kobo: The Silent Siphon Draining Nigeria’s Bank Accounts

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius April 6, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The alert tone is now part of Nigeria’s daily rhythm — a soft ping...

Pain After Every Meal: The Hidden Infection Millions of Nigerians Live With Young Nigerian woman experiencing stomach pain linked to H. pylori infection and poor sanitation

Young Nigerian woman experiencing stomach pain linked to H. pylori infection and poor sanitation

Pain After Every Meal: The Hidden Infection Millions of Nigerians Live With

Oluwafunbi Bello April 5, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Misdiagnosed as diet or stress, a silent bacterial infection thrives in Nigeria’s water and...

Sculpted Bodies, Silent Risks: Nigeria’s Deadly BBL Obsession BBL Surgery

BBL Surgery

Sculpted Bodies, Silent Risks: Nigeria’s Deadly BBL Obsession

Oluwatobi Adu April 4, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – In a Lagos hospital ward, a young woman lay fighting for her life—her body...

Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs Cement and construction materials displayed in Abuja market amid rising costs

Cement and construction materials displayed in Abuja market amid rising costs

Nigeria’s Housing Dream on the Brink: Inside the Relentless Rise of Building Costs

Chukwu Obinna April 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a dusty stretch of Kubwa, where half-built homes stand like abandoned promises, the...