Africa Health Report

“My Tummy Looked Like I Was Pregnant”: Why Fibroids Keep Returning for Many Nigerian Women A Nigerian woman recovering after fibroid surgery, highlighting the growing burden of recurring uterine fibroids.

A Nigerian woman recovering after fibroid surgery, highlighting the growing burden of recurring uterine fibroids.

“My Tummy Looked Like I Was Pregnant”: Why Fibroids Keep Returning for Many Nigerian Women

Oluwatobi Adu August 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – When 35-year-old Mrs. Hassan noticed that her stomach remained unusually swollen after giving birth...

Nigeria’s Lithium Gamble: Can the New Oil Avoid the Old Mistakes? The official commissioning of the Nasarawa lithium processing plant with President Tinubu's representatives, the Solid Minerals Minister and the processing facility in the background.

The official commissioning of the Nasarawa lithium processing plant with President Tinubu's representatives, the Solid Minerals Minister and the processing facility in the background.

Nigeria’s Lithium Gamble: Can the New Oil Avoid the Old Mistakes?

Hussaini Ibrahim August 1, 2026

NASARAWA, Nigeria – For decades, crude oil has dominated Nigeria’s economy, generated billions of dollars while exposing...

The Game That Cost Nigeria Billions How Nigeria Lost Millions by Missing the 2026 FIFA World Cup

The Game That Cost Nigeria Billions

Korede Abdullah July 30, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup was widely seen as...

The Next School Attack Starts with an Open Gate An unfenced LEA Primary School in Katampe, Abuja. Security experts warn that the absence of perimeter fencing and controlled access leaves many Nigerian schools vulnerable to criminal attacks.(Photo credit: Edino Cornelius/AHR)

An unfenced LEA Primary School in Katampe, Abuja. Security experts warn that the absence of perimeter fencing and controlled access leaves many Nigerian schools vulnerable to criminal attacks.(Photo credit: Edino Cornelius/AHR)

The Next School Attack Starts with an Open Gate

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius July 28, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – After security forces rescued abducted pupils and teachers from a school in Oyo State,...

Beyond Akara: Can Selling Street Food Really Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty?

Oluwatobi Adu July 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria — When Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, encouraged unemployed youths to consider small businesses...

The Festival Fear Could Not Stop—But Hunger Might New yam festival

The Festival Fear Could Not Stop—But Hunger Might

Oluwafunbi Bello July 22, 2026

KWARA, Nigeria- The talking drums still echoed through Oja Obada as dancers celebrated, hunters fired ceremonial gunshots...

Lagos Street Begging: Why Government Crackdowns Alone Cannot End the Growing Social Crisis

Korede Abdullah July 20, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Every day, at Lagos’ busiest junctions and traffic lights, the same scene unfolds children...

‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis Conflict, Banditry and Funding Cuts Leave 17 Million Facing Starvation

Conflict, Banditry and Funding Cuts Leave 17 Million Facing Starvation

‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis

Hussaini Ibrahim July 19, 2026

KANO, Nigeria – For millions of families across northern Nigeria, hunger is no longer driven by drought...

Nigeria’s Health Insurance Boom: Why NHIA Patients Still Queue Before Dawn 1001636282

Nigeria’s Health Insurance Boom: Why NHIA Patients Still Queue Before Dawn

Oluwafunbi Bello July 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Before the first rays of sunlight reach Kubwa General Hospital, the day’s race for...

Nigeria Hired 37,000 Health Workers. Why Are Doctors, Nurses Still Leaving? A crowded public hospital waiting area

Nigeria Hired 37,000 Health Workers. Why Are Doctors, Nurses Still Leaving?

Korede Abdullah July 16, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Every day, Nigeria loses some of its most experienced doctors and nurses to hospitals...

Special Reports

“My Tummy Looked Like I Was Pregnant”: Why Fibroids Keep Returning for Many Nigerian Women

Nigeria’s Lithium Gamble: Can the New Oil Avoid the Old Mistakes?

The Game That Cost Nigeria Billions

The Next School Attack Starts with an Open Gate

Beyond Akara: Can Selling Street Food Really Lift Nigerians Out of Poverty?

The Festival Fear Could Not Stop—But Hunger Might

‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis

Nigeria’s Health Insurance Boom: Why NHIA Patients Still Queue Before Dawn

Nigeria Hired 37,000 Health Workers. Why Are Doctors, Nurses Still Leaving?

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