Category: Features

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 […]

Sordid tales by users The continued neglect of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway by the Federal Government has left a bitter taste in the mouths of millions living in communities, towns, and villages along that corridor. Beyond grinding economic activities almost to a halt, the expressway has made life brutish, short, fearful, and painful. Adeyinka Aderibigbe, who […]

Integration of irregular migrants is increasingly becoming a major concern in global affairs with Nigeria also accounting for a huge number of women and girls who are embarking on this dangerous journey. A lot of them end up experiencing physical abuse, torture, rape, and enslavement. Following is a report on a recent reintegration programme of […]

Vault & Gardens In chaotic cities nationwide, dying is just as risky and more expensive as living. And for the majority that unfortunately dies wretched, the cost of cemetery spaces is competing with those of residential apartments. The alternative is public burial grounds that give no guarantee of finding the remains weeks after interment! Cosmopolitan […]