Pelumi Salako

Nige­ria, with one of the strongest armies in the re­gion, bat­tles to tack­le in­se­cu­ri­ty putting vul­ner­a­ble groups at risk.

Fes­tiv­i­ties have been mut­ed this De­cem­ber in Nige­ria as a cost of liv­ing cri­sis reach­es new heights.

Jatau has been in de­ten­tion since May 2022 when she shared a What­sApp video con­demn­ing mob ac­tion on an­oth­er woman.

Ni­trous ox­ide, once used in clin­i­cal prac­tice, is be­com­ing a recre­ation­al drug of choice for Niger­ian youths.

For years, Niger­ian doc­tors fled over­seas, seek­ing bet­ter pay. Now, they say they are do­ing so to avoid dy­ing on duty.

Fes­ti­val at­ten­dees say the late Fela Kuti’s crit­i­cism of Nige­ria’s gov­ern­ment is still rel­e­vant decades af­ter his death.

Nige­ri­ans of all ages say they are dis­il­lu­sioned with the coun­try’s progress in six decades, so pa­tri­o­tism is wan­ing.

The late star, 27, died in mys­te­ri­ous cir­cum­stances af­ter a la­bel feud and that has led to out­rage across Nige­ria.

ECOW­AS ul­ti­ma­tum for Niger coup lead­ers to re­store de­posed pres­i­dent or risk in­ter­ven­tion is set to ex­pire on Sun­day.

Sur­vivors and rel­a­tives are mourn­ing the deaths of 106 peo­ple in a boat tragedy on June 12 af­ter a large wed­ding par­ty.