MSF: 425,634 Nigerian Children Treated for Malnutrition in 2025
ABUJA, Nigeria – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, treated 425,634 children for acute malnutrition in northern Nigeria in 2025,…
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AHR’s Top 10 Health & Development Stories, 13 – 19 July 2026
✍️ Editor’s Note The week of July 13–19, 2026 was marked by stories that exposed the realities shaping the lives of millions of Nigerians—from…
‘We Farm Under the Shadow of Death’: Inside Northern Nigeria’s Deepening Hunger Crisis
KANO, Nigeria – For millions of families across northern Nigeria, hunger is no longer driven by drought or poor harvests alone—it is being fuelled…
Kebbi Defends School Closures Over Bandit Threats
KEBBI, Nigeria – The Kebbi school closures in communities affected by banditry will remain in place until authorities are satisfied that students and teachers…
FCDO, WRAHP Train Northern CSOs to Combat Sexual Abuse, Harassment
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP) have launched a major safeguarding capacity-building…
Kano Orthopaedic Hospital Receives State-of-the-Art Diagnostic Equipment
KANO, Nigeria – The NNPC Foundation has donated a cutting-edge 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system to the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Dala, Kano,…
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…
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 —…
Northern Nigeria’s Silent Crisis: Teenage Pregnancy Derails Futures, Deepens Poverty
KANO, NIGERIA – Beneath the hum of daily life in Northern Nigeria, a quiet crisis is unfolding—one that is steadily reshaping the futures of…
Shehu Sani Urges Local Vigilance Against Northern Insecurity
ABUJA, Nigeria – Former Senator Shehu Sani has called for grassroots participation in combating insecurity in northern Nigeria, stressing that residents must actively complement…