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Nigeria’s Hidden Kitchen Crisis: How Cheaper Cooking Oils Are Fueling a Silent Health Emergency vegatable oil and health crisis report

Nigeria’s Hidden Kitchen Crisis: How Cheaper Cooking Oils Are Fueling a Silent Health Emergency

Juliet Jacob October 30, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – When food vendor Mrs. Chinyere sits before her frying pan each morning in Dutse,...

Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe Abandoned classroom in Zamfara State symbolising Nigeria’s school safety crisis.

Abandoned classroom in Zamfara State symbolising Nigeria’s school safety crisis.

Broken Promises, Empty Classrooms: Why Northern Nigeria’s Schools Remain Unsafe

Hussaini Ibrahim October 27, 2025

ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Eleven years after the world was jolted by the abduction of over 270 schoolgirls...

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years A Nigerian nurse attends to a patient in a rural clinic, symbolising the country’s fragile healthcare system.

A Nigerian nurse attends to a patient in a rural clinic, symbolising the country’s fragile healthcare system.

Dying Too Soon: Why Nigerians Struggle to Live Beyond 54 Years

Korede Abdullah October 26, 2025

ABUJA, NIGERIA — In the heart of Africa’s most populous nation, a quiet emergency is unfolding —...

Nigeria’s Power Paradox: From Darkness to Dawn A young Nigerian solar technician installing rooftop panels under bright sunlight in Abuja. Image Description

A young Nigerian solar technician installing rooftop panels under bright sunlight in Abuja. Image Description

Nigeria’s Power Paradox: From Darkness to Dawn

Juliet Jacob October 24, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria stands at a pivotal energy crossroads — where the hum of generators drowns...

Clean Hands, Fragile Hope: How an Abuja School Is Defying Nigeria’s Hidden Hygiene Crisis Student washing hands

Clean Hands, Fragile Hope: How an Abuja School Is Defying Nigeria’s Hidden Hygiene Crisis

Chukwu Obinna October 23, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – In a small public school along Abuja’s Airport Road, the sound of splashing water...

Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy A vandalized crude pipeline leaking oil into the Niger Delta swamps.”

A vandalized crude pipeline leaking oil into the Niger Delta swamps.”

Nigeria’s Vanishing Oil Billions: Inside the Hidden Network Bleeding Africa’s Largest Economy

Korede Abdullah October 22, 2025

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s oil wealth — once the symbol of national pride and prosperity — has...

Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano Entrance of Turai Umaru Musa Yar’adua Maternity and Children Hospital.

Rodents, the Market and the Race to Stop Lassa in Kano

Hussaini Ibrahim October 20, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – As Nigeria edges closer to the high-risk months for Lassa fever transmission, the bustling...

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

A Nigerian woman carrying a large basin on her head in a crowded open market, wearing a colourful patterned dress and headscarf, symbolising poverty and resilience amid economic hardship.

Nigeria’s Poverty Paradox: Why Economic Reforms Leave Millions Behind

Juliet Jacob October 19, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – Three years after President Bola Tinubu launched sweeping economic reforms to rescue Africa’s largest...

Dying to Live: Nigerians Face Soaring Drug Costs A close-up illustration of an elderly Nigerian woman holding prescription pills, with a faded pharmacy counter in the background — symbolising the high cost of survival

A close-up illustration of an elderly Nigerian woman holding prescription pills, with a faded pharmacy counter in the background — symbolising the high cost of survival

Dying to Live: Nigerians Face Soaring Drug Costs

Koko Maxwella October 17, 2025

ABUJA, Nigeria – At a crowded pharmacy in Abuja, 59-year-old Rose Odu clutches a worn prescription slip,...

Toilets, Dignity, and Learning: FCT’s Hidden School Sanitation Crisis A doorless toilet at Karonmagiji Primary School along Airport Road, Abuja, reflects the poor sanitation conditions faced by pupils in many public schools across the FCT.