Special Reports

Nigeria Trains Them, Others Pay Them: The Quiet Exodus Emptying Our Wards Kubwa General Hospital nurses on duty

Kubwa General Hospital nurses on duty

Nigeria Trains Them, Others Pay Them: The Quiet Exodus Emptying Our Wards

Oluwafunbi Bello February 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a humid afternoon inside Kubwa General Hospital, the rhythm of care never slows....

When the Taps Run Dry: Inside Abuja’s Quiet Water Emergency Lower Usuma Dam, a major water source for Abuja

Lower Usuma Dam, a major water source for Abuja

When the Taps Run Dry: Inside Abuja’s Quiet Water Emergency

Oluwatobi Adu February 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a warm afternoon in Kpana village, Jabi, Mrs. Blessing waits patiently beside her...

Northern Nigeria’s Unsung Architects: How Women Are Redefining Agriculture, Economy, and Society 455767

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Northern Nigeria’s Unsung Architects: How Women Are Redefining Agriculture, Economy, and Society

Hussaini Ibrahim February 16, 2026

KANO, NIGERIA – Amid insecurity, economic turbulence, and mounting pressure on food systems, a quieter revolution is...

When the Streets Turn Toxic: In Abuja’s Jabi, Sewage Runs, Health Runs Out Sewage flowing across a major road in Jabi, Abuja

Sewage flowing across a major road in Jabi, Abuja

When the Streets Turn Toxic: In Abuja’s Jabi, Sewage Runs, Health Runs Out

Chukwu Obinna February 15, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The smell reaches you before the water does. In Jabi, one of Abuja’s busiest...

Feeding on Faith: Nigerian Parents Gamble with Baby Food Safety in a Market of Doubt Mother checking expiry date on baby food tin in a Nigerian supermarket 2

Mother checking expiry date on baby food tin in a Nigerian supermarket 2

Feeding on Faith: Nigerian Parents Gamble with Baby Food Safety in a Market of Doubt

Koko Maxwella February 14, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a humid afternoon in Lagos, Amaka Johnson stood in the baby food aisle...

Free Meter, Vanishing Power: Abuja Homes Pay More for Less Light Prepaid electricity meter installed in an Abuja residential home

Prepaid electricity meter installed in an Abuja residential home

Free Meter, Vanishing Power: Abuja Homes Pay More for Less Light

Oluwafunbi Bello February 13, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When Mrs. Omebi Ijeoma watched officials remove the old prepaid electricity meter from her...

Riding Free: Inside Abuja’s Zero-Fare Metro Experiment Abuja light rail train in operation during rush hour

Abuja light rail train in operation during rush hour

Riding Free: Inside Abuja’s Zero-Fare Metro Experiment

Chukwu Obinna February 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – As dawn breaks over Nigeria’s capital, the familiar snarl of traffic builds along Abuja’s...

Homes on Water, Lives in Limbo: How Lagos’ Push for Development Is Unmooring Makoko’s Poor Children in school uniform standing on makeshift structures in Makoko

Children in school uniform standing on makeshift structures in Makoko

Homes on Water, Lives in Limbo: How Lagos’ Push for Development Is Unmooring Makoko’s Poor

Korede Abdullah February 11, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The first sound was not an announcement or a siren. It was the slow,...

Silent Exodus: How Kano’s Street Violence Is Emptying Homes Without a Trace Kano neighbourhood experiencing youth gang clashes

Kano neighbourhood experiencing youth gang clashes

Silent Exodus: How Kano’s Street Violence Is Emptying Homes Without a Trace

Hussaini Ibrahim February 9, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – They do not travel in convoys. There are no camps, no registration desks, no...

Cheap Food, Costly Harvests: When Falling Prices Push Nigeria’s Farmers to the Brink cheap-food-costly-harvests-nigerian-farmers-crisis

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Cheap Food, Costly Harvests: When Falling Prices Push Nigeria’s Farmers to the Brink

Otamere Gladness February 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a humid morning in Utako Market, Abuja, shoppers pause longer than usual at...