Ondo, a south-west Nigerian state answers to the slogan “The Sunshine State,” but has millions of its people plunged in darkness. For almost two decades, a prominent district in the
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Lagos residents throng courts to acquire affidavits and other documents on a daily basis. Some engage legal practitioners while many undertake the process themselves. Those in the latter category often
In 2010, the Sokoto government, led by Aliyu Wamakko, initiated a 1000-housing project for flood victims in Goronyo, Gada, and Silame LGAs in the state. Several years later, an investigation
In the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, an average of 17,000 litres of crude oil was spilled daily from 2012 to 2021. The region has been battling environmental degradation since
It was afternoon and the scorching sun raged endlessly. Abigail Danjuma with four young girls could be seen engaged in
Nigeria’s grim poverty profile — with the World Bank projecting the number of poor citizens to hit 95.1 million in
Jethro Yacim, a retired police officer in his early 60s, sat in front of the first floor of his storey
His near future was already planned. Nineteen-year-old Karibu Hassan was looking forward to the harvesting season and had planned how
Across several communities in Ogun state, the federal government’s Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) is improving access to healthcare,
It was about 11am in Sokoto. It had just stopped raining and the skies were still somewhat cloudy. A middle-aged
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