Africa Health Report

HOOKED, HUNTED, AND SOLD: Inside Nigeria’s Booming Kidnap Economy Where Trust Is the Bait Abandoned building used by kidnappers in Port Harcourt Nigeria”

Abandoned building used by kidnappers in Port Harcourt Nigeria”

HOOKED, HUNTED, AND SOLD: Inside Nigeria’s Booming Kidnap Economy Where Trust Is the Bait

Chukwu Obinna March 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In Nigeria’s bustling cities and quiet suburbs alike, a new rule is taking hold:...

Dark Signals, Deadly Crossings: Abuja’s Traffic Light Crisis El-Rufai Road Kubwa traffic light malfunction causing confusion

Dark Signals, Deadly Crossings: Abuja’s Traffic Light Crisis

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – At one of Abuja’s busiest intersections, a flickering amber light struggles to command obedience....

Toxic Beauty: The Hidden Cancer Risk in Nigeria’s Hair Extension Obsession Women braiding hair in a Nigerian salon highlighting widespread use of extensions

Women braiding hair in a Nigerian salon highlighting widespread use of extensions

Toxic Beauty: The Hidden Cancer Risk in Nigeria’s Hair Extension Obsession

Oluwafunbi Bello March 21, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – For millions of Nigerian women, hair is not merely aesthetic—it is identity, culture, and...

Black Gold, Burning Questions: Can Nigeria Turn a $100 Oil Surge into Real Prosperity? Nigerian oil refinery infrastructure at sunset

Black Gold, Burning Questions: Can Nigeria Turn a $100 Oil Surge into Real Prosperity?

Korede Abdullah March 20, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – As oil tankers inch through tense waters and global markets tremble, Nigeria finds itself...

Oil Wars, Empty Wallets: How Distant Conflict is Rewriting the Cost of Living in Nigeria How US-Iran Tensions Are Driving Nigeria’s Fuel Crisis and Cost of Living Surge

How US-Iran Tensions Are Driving Nigeria’s Fuel Crisis and Cost of Living Surge

Oil Wars, Empty Wallets: How Distant Conflict is Rewriting the Cost of Living in Nigeria

Oluwatobi Adu March 19, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On the streets of Abuja, the price of petrol is no longer just a...

The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future Poultry birds in a Nigerian farm illustrating antibiotic use in livestock and its link to antimicrobial resistance.

Poultry birds in a Nigerian farm illustrating antibiotic use in livestock and its link to antimicrobial resistance.

The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future

Chukwu Obinna March 18, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A Crisis Without a Sound It does not announce itself with sirens. There are...

Fasting Before the First Bell: Inside the Quiet Struggle of Nigerian Children Balancing Ramadan and the Classroom Muslim school children attending classes during Ramadan after early morning fasting meal

Muslim school children attending classes during Ramadan after early morning fasting meal

Fasting Before the First Bell: Inside the Quiet Struggle of Nigerian Children Balancing Ramadan and the Classroom

Koko Maxwella March 17, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Before the first school bell rings in many Nigerian cities, thousands of Muslim children...

Toothless Bulldog? Nigeria’s Sachet Water Crisis Endangering Millions Satirical illustration of a bulldog labelled “NAFDAC DG” surrounded by leaking sachets of “pure water,” symbolising weak regulatory enforcement and Nigeria’s contaminated sachet water crisis.

Satirical illustration of a bulldog labelled “NAFDAC DG” surrounded by leaking sachets of “pure water,” symbolising weak regulatory enforcement and Nigeria’s contaminated sachet water crisis.

Toothless Bulldog? Nigeria’s Sachet Water Crisis Endangering Millions

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius March 15, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a hot afternoon in Abuja, a young boy tears open a small plastic...

Silencing the Drums of Ramadan: Inside Kano’s Tashe Ban and the Battle Between Culture, Security Hausa children performing Tashe drama during Ramadan in Kano streets

Hausa children performing Tashe drama during Ramadan in Kano streets

Silencing the Drums of Ramadan: Inside Kano’s Tashe Ban and the Battle Between Culture, Security

Hussaini Ibrahim March 14, 2026

KANO, NIGERIA – The streets of Kano during Ramadan have long echoed with the laughter of children,...

Policing the Nation: Nigeria’s High-Stakes Debate Over State Police and the Future of Security

Chukwu Obinna March 13, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – In a nation where the echoes of insecurity stretch from the forests of the...

Special Reports

HOOKED, HUNTED, AND SOLD: Inside Nigeria’s Booming Kidnap Economy Where Trust Is the Bait

Dark Signals, Deadly Crossings: Abuja’s Traffic Light Crisis

Toxic Beauty: The Hidden Cancer Risk in Nigeria’s Hair Extension Obsession

Black Gold, Burning Questions: Can Nigeria Turn a $100 Oil Surge into Real Prosperity?

Oil Wars, Empty Wallets: How Distant Conflict is Rewriting the Cost of Living in Nigeria

The Silent Siege: How Invisible Superbugs Are Rewriting Nigeria’s Public Health Future

Fasting Before the First Bell: Inside the Quiet Struggle of Nigerian Children Balancing Ramadan and the Classroom

Toothless Bulldog? Nigeria’s Sachet Water Crisis Endangering Millions

Silencing the Drums of Ramadan: Inside Kano’s Tashe Ban and the Battle Between Culture, Security

Policing the Nation: Nigeria’s High-Stakes Debate Over State Police and the Future of Security

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