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37 Died in NSCDC Custody: Nigeria Must Not Look Away

Mirian Gom September 19, 2026

Thirty-seven suspected illegal miners are dead after being detained by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...

Lagos Assembly Proposes ₦200,000 Fine for Street Begging Lagos State House of Assembly discussing healthcare regulation

Lagos Assembly Proposes ₦200,000 Fine for Street Begging

Korede Abdullah September 17, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Lagos State House of Assembly is considering a bill that could impose a...

WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS: The Nigerians Building Survival Businesses to Stay Afloat Nigeria's Suicide Law: Can Mental Health Reform Save More Lives?

WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS: The Nigerians Building Survival Businesses to Stay Afloat

Korede Abdullah September 16, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – For Olanrewaju Bakare, the loss of his private-sector job in August 2024 did not...

When Surviving Becomes a Crime: Can Nigeria’s Mental Health Reform Save Lives? FG Wants to End Jail Terms for Suicide Attempts

When Surviving Becomes a Crime: Can Nigeria’s Mental Health Reform Save Lives?

Korede Abdullah September 7, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – One of the darkest moments in Jane Ayoola’s life did not end with death....

NSCDC Deploys 10,000 Personnel, Warns Officers Against Political Bias

Osun Election: NSCDC Deploys 10,000 Personnel, Warns Against Political Bias

Oluwatobi Adu August 10, 2026

OSOGBO, Nigeria – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned its personnel against political...

Groups Warn National Assembly Against Bills They Say Threaten Democracy

Oluwafunbi Bello August 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A coalition of more than 100 Nigerian, African and international civil society organisations has...

Lawyers: Consent Remains Central to Rape Cases Legal experts discuss sexual consent and rape laws in Nigeria.

Lawyers: Consent Remains Central to Rape Cases

Abah Felicity July 26, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Legal experts have stressed that consent remains the defining factor in determining lawful sexual...

Peace on Paper, Fear on the Ground: Has Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Strategy Made the Country Safer? Repentant terrorists having training and orientation in Borno State

Repentant terrorists having training and orientation in Borno State

Peace on Paper, Fear on the Ground: Has Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Strategy Made the Country Safer?

Korede Abdullah July 7, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Nearly a decade after Nigeria launched one of Africa’s most ambitious deradicalisation and reintegration...

When States Must Protect Themselves Security personnel during operations in Nigeria.

When States Must Protect Themselves

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius June 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – From villages abandoned to bandits to highways stalked by kidnappers, Nigeria’s worsening insecurity has...

Waiting for Cholera in Nigeria’s Forgotten IDP Camps Screenshot

Waiting for Cholera in Nigeria’s Forgotten IDP Camps

Oluwatobi Adu June 27, 2026

… Inside an Abuja displacement camp where leaking shelters, empty clinics and contaminated surroundings are pushing vulnerable...

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37 Died in NSCDC Custody: Nigeria Must Not Look Away

Lagos Assembly Proposes ₦200,000 Fine for Street Begging

WHEN WORK DISAPPEARS: The Nigerians Building Survival Businesses to Stay Afloat

When Surviving Becomes a Crime: Can Nigeria’s Mental Health Reform Save Lives?

Osun Election: NSCDC Deploys 10,000 Personnel, Warns Against Political Bias

Groups Warn National Assembly Against Bills They Say Threaten Democracy

Peace on Paper, Fear on the Ground: Has Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Strategy Made the Country Safer?

When States Must Protect Themselves

Waiting for Cholera in Nigeria’s Forgotten IDP Camps

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