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Gin in the Shadows: Why Nigeria’s Sachet Alcohol Ban Still Hasn’t Reached the Street Sachet alcohol displayed openly in a Nigerian market despite government restrictions

Sachet alcohol displayed openly in a Nigerian market despite government restrictions

Gin in the Shadows: Why Nigeria’s Sachet Alcohol Ban Still Hasn’t Reached the Street

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius February 22, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On paper, the ban was decisive. In practice, it is porous. When Nigeria moved...

Cheap Food, Costly Harvests: When Falling Prices Push Nigeria’s Farmers to the Brink cheap-food-costly-harvests-nigerian-farmers-crisis

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Cheap Food, Costly Harvests: When Falling Prices Push Nigeria’s Farmers to the Brink

Otamere Gladness February 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – On a humid morning in Utako Market, Abuja, shoppers pause longer than usual at...