5 min read Our Take: Biodiversity is still not adequately recognized or promoted in Nigeria, despite its immense benefits. People pay little attention to conservation status while poaching wildlife animals […]
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Scholarships Alone are Not Enough to Get More Qualified Female Teachers Into Nigeria’s Schools – Sara Humphreys, Máiréad Dunne and Naureen Durrani
6 min read Summary: Nigeria’s northern rural community schools have recorded a significant decrease in the number of female teachers and female students. To address this challenge, from 2008-2015, the […]
In Service To The Poor – Nkem Okocha
7 min read Summary: Nigeria is one of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies and one of the most unequal societies in the world. As the pandemic spreads, world economies, including […]
Lockdown will hit Nigeria’s smallscale entrepreneurs hard. What can be done – Tolu Olarewaju
6 min read Summary: Covid-19 pandemic that led to lockdown all over the country should be an eyes opener to both government and citizens. Government must bear in mind the […]
Ideas about ‘belonging’ lie behind conflict in Kaduna: this insight could help deliver peace – Benjamin Maiangwa
8 min read Summary: When I was seven years old, my family and I sought shelter at a military barracks of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna. This was in […]
How Using the Military in Nigeria is Causing, Not Solving Problems – Sallek Yaks Musa
7 min read Our Take: Nigeria military are seen as they lack professionalism due to often intimidation and coerce of civilian. Also for their involvement in corruption and extortion scandals, […]
Boko Haram announces truce to release kidnapped schoolgirls but deal is plagued by doubts – Atta Barkindo
7 min read Our Take: April 14 will be hoping against hope, this is a chance the parents of the kidnapped Chibok girls were praying for to secure the safe […]
How traditional beliefs and systems are used to fight crime in parts of Lagos – Oludayo Tade
6 min read Our Take: Lagos state has 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas. Coordination is extremely difficult to manage Violent crimes such as armed robbery, kidnapping, […]
The Node Between the Porous Borders, Arms Proliferation and Insecurity in Nigeria – Sanusi Moyi
10 min read Summary: Nigeria is the third most dangerous country in the world, according to the 2020 Global Terrorism Index. This is a result of repeated terrorist strikes throughout […]
What Nigeria must do to deal with its ransom-driven kidnapping crisis – Al Chukwuma Okoli, Ph.D
7 min read Our Take: Kidnapping is the unlawful detention of a person through the use of force, threats, fraud, or enticement. The purpose is an illicit gain, economic or material, […]