Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s oil wealth — once the symbol of national pride and prosperity — has turned into a pipeline of plunder. Every…
Special Reports
Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano
KANO, Nigeria – As Nigeria edges closer to the high-risk months for Lassa fever transmission, the bustling streets and markets of Kano thrum with…
Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind
ABUJA, Nigeria – Three years after President Bola Tinubu launched sweeping economic reforms to rescue Africa’s largest economy, a new World Bank report has…
Dying to Live: Nigerians Face Soaring Drug Costs
ABUJA, Nigeria – At a crowded pharmacy in Abuja, 59-year-old Rose Odu clutches a worn prescription slip, her voice trembling as she asks for…
Toilets, Dignity, and Learning: FCT’s Hidden School Sanitation Crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria – At first glance, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), projects modernity — broad highways, manicured boulevards, and gleaming government complexes. Yet…
Grains Are Cheaper, But Hunger Persists: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Silent Economic Crisis
KANO, Nigeria – Across the vast markets of northern Nigeria, sacks of maize, rice, and millet now sell for nearly half of what they…
Nigeria’s Cancer Gamble: Can Local Scientists Turn Hope into Discovery?
LAGOS, Nigeria – In a quiet laboratory tucked inside Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigerian researchers believe they may have stumbled upon something extraordinary —…
The Girl Who Carried Her Mother’s Secret
BENUE, Nigeria – In the quiet traditional district of Shagev-Yav, nestled within Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, a small girl with shy…
How a Curable Disease Is Wrecking Fertility, Families, and Futures
ABUJA, Nigeria – In the heart of Abuja’s diplomatic district, a young woman’s dream of studying abroad ended abruptly during her medical visa. A…
Kano’s Drug Crisis Fuels Surge in Deadly Phone Snatching
KANO, Nigeria – Kano State is confronting a dangerous surge of drug-fuelled urban violence, where phone snatching has evolved from petty theft into a…