Some residents of Maiduguri have decried the increasing cases of child abuses by unscrupulous homosexual persons. The residents said in Maiduguri on Tuesday that the trend was rampant in the recent times and if left unchecked, it would become a norm in the society. A resident of 707 quarters in
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AZUBUIKE ISHIEKWENE I have always known that we needed more journalism books. But I didn’t know how badly we needed them till recently. I had just finished making a presentation to a group of young journalists in December when a participant approached me outside the hall. She told me the story of a recent unpleasant […]
A money-for-job scandal is brewing in the Nigeria Peace Corps following the report that unemployed youths desperate for employment are being forced to pay a recruitment fee of N48,000 to enlist in the Corps. LEADERSHIP Friday reports that in anticipation that President Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the Nigeria Peace Corps bill recently passed by […]
By Tunde Eso 2018 Osun State Governorship aspirant For long, youths in this country have been going through difficult times as a result of maladministration and neglect by previous administrations. Democracy will only work by the enthronement of justice through popular will. It therefore becomes imperative that youths who make up a sizeable number of […]
Nigeria’s largest city Lagos is facing a housing crisis. The BBC’s Nancy Kacungira looks at how entrepreneurs are trying to solve the crisis. Affordable housing is a considerable challenge for urban areas with large populations, and this is particularly prevalent in the Nigeria’s city of Lagos. More than 500,000 people move to the city every […]
By Alfred Davies, MSF Field Coordinator in Nigeria Alfred Davies is an MSF Field Coordinator in Nigeria. He was in Rann when the aerial attack occurred, and in the hours that followed. Here is what he witnessed: “The first bomb fell at 12.30pm and landed just a few metres away from the Red Cross office. […]











