‘We Can’t Breathe’: Renewed Hardship As Inflation Chokes Nigerians
On Feb. 5, residents of Minna, the capital of Niger State in North Central Nigeria, took to the streets to protest over the rising cost…
How Effective Is Nigeria’s Fire Service Despite Huge Allocations?
On June 7, 2022, the building where Bolanle Ajayi lived in Lagos, South West Nigeria, got engulfed in flames. It comprised not only her home…
‘Like Slavery’: Nigeria’s Special Police Constables Risking Their Lives For Zero Pay
Nearly three years after Ibrahim Oladeni died as an officer of Nigeria’s Special Constabulary Police, his widow, Omolade, and his child are neglected and suffering.…
The Struggles And Strengths Of Mothers Raising Children With Special Needs
In an unexpected turn of events in early 2015, Modupe Famodun received her son’s cerebral palsy diagnosis. A neurologist at the Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospital (FNPH)…
Food Security Declines In The Height Of Insecurity In Cameroon
In more recent years, the humanitarian situation in Cameroon continues to grow dire, especially with the impact of COVID-19 in 2020, which led to the…
In Lagos Destitutes Home, Persons With Disability Live In Disease-Infested Conditions
Until he became a leper in the late ‘80s, Mohammed Baba never visualised himself living in an environment reserved for persons with disability (PwD). Before…
Bridgetown man Kevin Allan Craig Potter charged over alleged murder of Raymond Smith
Homicide detectives have charged a Bridgetown man with murder after the body of a 68-year-old man was found in Western Australia's south. Key points:Raymond Smith was…