Energy poverty: Inside Kaduna communities where lack of power supply makes poverty a way of life
Niyi Oyedeji, who spent five days in Kaduna State, visited the Oboi, Madaki and Sarki communities of Kagarko Local Government of…
Residents cry out as first rain in 2020 floods houses, drowns animals in Ibadan
By Femi Oguntayo IT rained for the first time this year on Monday, March 2, in the Bodija area…
‘I go to Lagos immediately after harvest and return just before planting season’
Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure…
Residents raise concerns over cluster of homeless non-indigenes, Okada riders in uncompleted buildings in Ibadan
The clustering of homeless non-indigenes and Okada riders who are majorly northerners in some notable uncompleted buildings in Ibadan metropolis…
Ibadan residents invite flood as the rains commence
The long-awaited rains have come to ease the harshness of dry weather, heat and excessive dust and the people can…
24-year-old needs N10m to live normal life
Life for 24-year-old Oluwapelumi Ebenezer Owoeye has been a roller coaster of finding strength in disability. Right from childhood, he…
How Sozo Networks provided youth with skills for development
In 2014, the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation (UNESCO)stated that: “To create a sustainable world where peace and justice…
As UN partners Nigeria photo organisation to pursue SDGs…
For some young Nigerians, when they started to tell stories with photographs through a project tagged PhotoWaka Africa, it was…
Sustainable Development Goal 4: How far?
CLEMENT IDOKO, in this report, writes that government and critical stakeholders need to do more in order to actualise the…
Now that coronavirus is here in Nigeria
AS the first case of Coronavirus has been recorded in Nigeria, more African nations are bracing up to contain the…
Development can’t be fast without use of indigenous languages —Dons
In view of the World’s International Mother Language Day held 21 February, IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI and ADEOLA OTEMADE report that the…
How to live long on one kidney —Experts
Often people wonder if it is possible to live long on one kidney. In this report by SADE OGUNTOLA, experts…
When lawmakers brainstormed on local content in oil and gas industry
Senators and members of the House of Representatives were in a novel joint retreat recently where they deliberated on how…
Can Lysol and Clorox products kill the novel coronavirus? The answer is … complicated
Lysol, Clorox and a host of other household disinfectants widely tout their ability to kill 99.9% of bacteria and viruses.…
Residents panic over snack allegedly made of rat meat
BOLA BADMUS, SUBAIR MOHAMMED, SHOLA ADEKOLA, AKIN ADEWAKUN and TUNDE DODONDAWA checked with communities and returned with intriguing stories of…
Police brutality: Rising cases continue to worsen public perception
The result of a recent poll by NOIPolls Limited, released on February 25, revealed that a great percentage of Nigerians…
As stakeholders urge women to focus more on youth mentorship
It was a fresh call to service for people especially women, when stakeholders led by the Oyo State Commissioner for…
I saw bigger picture of Itori at my coronation —Oba Akamo
On February 26, 2004, the then sleepy Itori welcomed Oba AbdulFatai Akorede Akamo with expectations to use his experience in…
How poor remuneration, infrastructure decay, poor budgeting impede primary education in South-West
Unlike in advanced climes, education is a growing burden in Nigeria. Despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s…
When Nigeria’s former First Ladies recounted their roles in governance
BEFORE the Late Mrs Maryam Ibrahim Babangida came along, you could almost say that in Nigeria, the role of First…
