Why Nigeria’s Hospitals Keep Getting Caught in the Strike Cycle
ABUJA, Nigeria – One disagreement can bring an entire hospital to a standstill. Operations are postponed; clinic appointments disappear from hospital schedules and anxious…
Special Reports
One Illness Away from Poverty
ABUJA, Nigeria – For millions of Nigerians, getting sick is not just a health emergency—it is a financial one. A hospital visit can mean…
Palaces or Priorities? Inside Nigeria’s ₦22.15bn Royal Budget Debate
LAGOS, Nigeria – As millions of Nigerians struggle with soaring food prices, rising transport costs and shrinking household incomes, one line in the Federal…
On the Brink: How Years of Official Neglect Turned a Mararaba Community into an Erosion Disaster Zone
NASARAWA, Nigeria – Every time dark clouds gather over Mararaba, anxiety settles over Calavary Road in Aso Pada. Residents no longer see rain as…
She Was Only 19
ABUJA, Nigeria – She was only 19. Hindatu had barely begun adulthood when pregnancy complications ended her life, days after losing her premature baby.…
Nigeria’s Missing Doctors: Can the Diaspora Fill the Gap?
ABUJA, Nigeria- The video consultation can cross borders in seconds. Expertise can travel from Maryland to Abuja, from London to Lokoja, and from Toronto…
Beyond the Pay Rise: Will Higher Police Salaries Really Make Nigeria Safer?
ABUJA, Nigeria – For a Nigerian police officer standing at a checkpoint, responding to a kidnapping report or patrolling a dangerous community, a higher…
The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price
NASARAWA, Nigeria – The smell reaches motorists before they see the rubbish. Beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, a mountain of discarded plastic, food…
Too Young to Drink: Why More Nigerian Teenagers Are Turning to Alcohol
ABUJA, Nigeria – The first drink often comes long before adulthood. Sometimes it is offered by a friend behind a school gate, handed over…
Harvesting Hunger: Why Nigeria Still Cannot Feed Itself
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria has some of Africa’s largest expanses of fertile farmland. Yet millions of families skip meals, healthy diets have become unaffordable…