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Lagos Street Begging: Why Government Crackdowns Alone Cannot End the Growing Social Crisis 1000573796

Lagos Street Begging: Why Government Crackdowns Alone Cannot End the Growing Social Crisis

Korede Abdullah July 20, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – Every day, at Lagos’ busiest junctions and traffic lights, the same scene unfolds children...

From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability Dried and packed paste tomatoes

From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability

Oluwatobi Adu July 2, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Before sunrise, the first queues forming in Abuja’s bustling markets are no longer for...

UN Warns Ebola Crisis Threatens Africa’s Economy Health workers respond to the Sudan cholera outbreak in West Kordofan amid the ongoing conflict.

Health workers respond to the Sudan cholera outbreak in West Kordofan amid the ongoing conflict.

UN Warns Ebola Crisis Threatens Africa’s Economy

Mirian Gom July 1, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The latest DR Congo Ebola outbreak could eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, push...

UNICEF Warns Lagos Against Future Shocks Participants at the UNICEF social protection workshop in Lagos.

UNICEF Warns Lagos Against Future Shocks

Korede Abdullah June 26, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – UNICEF has warned that economic shocks, climate disasters and health emergencies are pushing vulnerable...

Trading Degrees for Survival: Why Nigerian Youths Still Need Education in a Changing Economy

Oluwafunbi Bello June 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Bent over the exposed engine of a vehicle in a busy mechanic workshop in...

A Pay Rise or Poverty Trap? Why Nigeria’s ₦100,000 Minimum Wage Debate Exposes a Deeper Economic Crisis Nigerian workers commuting amid rising transport costs and inflation.

Nigerian workers commuting amid rising transport costs and inflation.

A Pay Rise or Poverty Trap? Why Nigeria’s ₦100,000 Minimum Wage Debate Exposes a Deeper Economic Crisis

Korede Abdullah June 10, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – For millions of Nigerian workers, payday no longer brings relief. Salaries that once covered...

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration Nigerian school children celebrating Children’s Day amid concerns over education and child welfare challenges.

Nigerian school children celebrating Children’s Day amid concerns over education and child welfare challenges.

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration

Mirian Gom May 27, 2026

(By Otamere Gladness, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Every May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s...

Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis Health worker measuring child’s arm for malnutrition screening

Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis

Korede Abdullah April 13, 2026

In a country endowed with vast arable land and a reputation as one of Africa’s largest food...

Nigeria’s Classroom Emergency: Who Should Pay for the North’s Out-of-School Children Crisis? Out-of-school children sitting along a street in Northern Nigeria, highlighting the country’s education crisis.

Out-of-school children sitting along a street in Northern Nigeria, highlighting the country’s education crisis.

Nigeria’s Classroom Emergency: Who Should Pay for the North’s Out-of-School Children Crisis?

Mirian Gom January 16, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A child who is not in school is not just missing lessons — they...

Stolen Classrooms, Stolen Futures: How Educating Girls Could Rewrite Northern Nigeria’s Destiny Abandoned classroom in Zamfara State symbolising Nigeria’s school safety crisis.

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

Stolen Classrooms, Stolen Futures: How Educating Girls Could Rewrite Northern Nigeria’s Destiny

Hussaini Ibrahim December 26, 2025

KANO, Nigeria – On a quiet morning in Tsafe, Zamfara State, the silence inside a once-bustling secondary...

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From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability

UN Warns Ebola Crisis Threatens Africa’s Economy

Trading Degrees for Survival: Why Nigerian Youths Still Need Education in a Changing Economy

Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration

Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis

Nigeria’s Classroom Emergency: Who Should Pay for the North’s Out-of-School Children Crisis?

Stolen Classrooms, Stolen Futures: How Educating Girls Could Rewrite Northern Nigeria’s Destiny

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