Emmanuel Duru returns from Nigeria to help LACES win
In the middle of the high school basketball season, 6-foot-4 junior Emmanuel Duru of LACES left for a long-planned three-week trip to Nigeria to see…
Initiative Puts Roofs Over Displaced Persons’ Heads In Northeastern Nigeria
In 2014, victims of the Boko Haram insurgency kept arriving at St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Yola, northeastern Nigeria, to seek shelter until there was no…
Top 10 players to watch at the Africa Cup of Nations 2023 in Ivory Coast | Football News
The CAF Africa Cup of Nations kicks off in Ivory Coast when the hosts face Guinea-Bissau on January 13 at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in…
Nigerian president suspends humanitarian minister in corruption scandal | Corruption News
Betta Edu and predecessor are being investigated for suspicious financial dealings in the humanitarian affairs ministry. Nigeria’s president on Monday suspended the country’s minister of…
‘Blood for money’: The patients forced to turn to racketeers in Nigeria | Features
Ibadan, Nigeria – A wave of red corrugated roofs welcomes visitors to the city of Ibadan in southwest Nigeria. Inside the 200-year-old city’s centre, incessant…
Desert swallows livelihoods as climate shocks continue in northeast Nigeria | Environment
Toshia, Yobe – In a remote corner of Nigeria’s northeastern state of Yobe, lie communities surrounded by vast sand dunes stretching as far as the…
The Girls In Rural Nigeria Defying All Odds For An Education
Education was not a priority for Fatima Ali’s parents. But to her, it was. The family struggled financially. They also did not believe in girls’…
‘They ordered me to undress’: From Nigeria to Italy, surviving rape | Refugees
Twenty-five-year-old Naomi Iwelu is now settled, living in a room in the centre of Catania, Sicily. Here she recounts the robberies, betrayals and rape she…
Economic downturn punctures joy of festive season in Nigeria | Business and Economy
Lagos, Nigeria – Chinenye Ikechukwu’s Decembers are usually dotted with concerts, parties, and restaurant and beach outings with friends. But this year, the 27-year-old resident…