Children of the Dry Taps: How Kano’s Water Crisis Is Stealing Classrooms, Health
KANO, Nigeria — Before sunrise each day across Kano metropolis, thousands of children begin exhausting journeys not to classrooms, but to crowded boreholes and…
Special Reports
Beyond the Cruise Ship: Why Nigeria May Not Be Ready for the Next Virus Threat
LAGOS, Nigeria – When a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius killed at least three passengers and left several others infected…
Rot Beneath the Red: Nigeria’s Cheap ‘Ata Esha’ Tomatoes, Hidden Health Crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria – Before dawn breaks at Abuja’s crowded Utako Market, buyers already gather around baskets of soft, bruised tomatoes streaked with white patches…
How Nigeria’s Deadly Shortcut Culture is Turning City Roads into Killing Fields
ABUJA, Nigeria – The screams came moments after the crash. A commercial motorcycle rider, trying to shave a few minutes off his journey by…
How Nigeria’s Cost-of-Living Crisis Is Driving a Deadly Addiction to Processed Foods
ABUJA, Nigeria – In the crowded markets of Abuja, at roadside food stalls and construction sites where survival often outweighs nutrition, a silent public…
Stolen Future: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Classroom Catastrophe
Under the scorching heat of Kano’s Kurna Asabe district, 13-year-old Bashir weaves through traffic selling sachet water instead of sitting in a classroom —…
Beyond the Signboard: Inside Karu’s ‘General Hospital’ Where Residents Say Real Healthcare Still Feels Out of Reach
KARU, Nigeria – In the rapidly growing border community between Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, residents say Karu General Hospital — officially…
Breathing the Butcher’s Air: Inside Karu’s Growing Battle Between Survival, Stench and Public Health
KARU, Nigeria – At dawn in Karu, on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, the neighbourhood wakes not to birdsong or the bustle of school…
The Night the Heat Never Leaves: How Nigeria’s Urban Poor Are Fighting to Survive Extreme Temperatures
ABUJA, Nigeria – As temperatures soar across Abuja’s crowded settlements, families battle sleepless nights, collapsing livelihoods and rising health risks in a climate crisis…
The Malaria Trap: Nigeria’s Endless Public Health Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – As much of the world edges closer to defeating one of humanity’s deadliest diseases, Nigeria remains trapped in a devastating malaria…