Category: Features

Nigeria’s bad roads and other transportation infrastructure are fueling illegal taxation, human rights violations, and inflation. The development is also worsening the ease of doing business, food wastage, and environmental disaster. Kingsley Jeremiah, in this report, paints a picture of the ordeal. On the fateful day of September 10, 2023, Rabiu Musa embarked on a […]

Muhammed Lawal examines the unending security challenges in the South-East and how the governors of Imo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Enugu, and Abia states have tried to put a stop to the killings and kidnapping in the region For the past eight years, Nigeria has been plagued with multifaceted issues of insecurity across the country. The need […]

In the tenuous dance with electricity challenges, Nigeria teeters on the brink, despite looming doom for homes and industries. In this report, Kingsley Jeremiah unravels the intricate implications, casting the spotlight on the ramifications for both Nigeria and other West African countries In October, Nigeria’s Vice President Kashim Shettima, who also serves as Chairman of […]

Human Right Abuse in Nigeria The bloody legacy of past and present administrations has, over the years, presented the country as a killing field where no premium is placed on human life. The fact that little is done to remedy rights abuses and violations is simply troubling and soils the country’s image internationally. While state […]

Makeshift structures being used as homes in dirty environment The insurgency and banditry in the north of Nigeria have led to the death of many and displaced millions of others. While some of the displaced persons have found solace in communities close to them, others have travelled thousands of miles away from home to get […]

By Murtala Adewale • How State Spent N3 billion On 5,000 Kano State Government recently sponsored the solemnisation of the marriage of 1,800 new couples. The elaborate two-day Mass Wedding ceremony started with the wedding fathia (Islamic rites) at the Kano Central Mosque, where an array of Islamic scholars, led by the Chief Imam of […]

The move to rehabilitate criminals into better citizens, which was one of the motives for rechristening prisons as correctional service centres, seems to have been blighted by failure to properly overhaul the critical service and its personnel, Yetunde Ayobami Ojo reports: After four years Nigerian Prisons Service changed its name to the Nigerian Correctional Service […]