Nigeria: Over 5 million more people will be pushed into poverty due to COVID-19

Climate-related shocks pose as an additional risk to households just above poverty line

Nigeria’s tomato crop is suffering its worst pest attack

Government efforts are on to contain the damage

Bullets in lieu of land

100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: What the country is doing about it

Nigeria began concerted efforts to combat human and animal trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness and nagana) in 1947

How COVID-19 restrictions prevent Nairobi’s sex workers from accessing vital healthcare

Unfortunately, COVID-19 has made it harder than usual for sex workers all over Africa to access healthcare

Stuffed inside used vehicles, thousands of tonnes of e-waste reach Nigeria every year

About three-fourths of 60,000 tonnes of used electronic equipment shipped to Nigeria in both 2015 and 2016 originated from EU ports

Outrage

Ken Saro-Wiwa died because he had dared to assert the Ogonis'claims to their In Nigeria, the giant wheels of progress have been leaving a …

Microplastics in Nigeria’s Osun River: New study flags alarmingly high levels

A recent study found as many as 22,079 pieces of microplastic in just a litre of water

Pushed to the brink of extinction

The Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzee fights a losing battle against innumerable threats

Dumping disincentives

In court

What's the way out

Pharma industry looks for ways to end blacklist

Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria. But surveillance isn’t what it should be

Virologist Oyewale Tomori explains what Nigeria, where the virus is endemic, should be doing to prepare for an outbreak

Nigeria well placed to beat plastic pollution: Vice President

Government and corporations have started working on different programmes aimed at reducing plastic pollution

Nigeria hunger crisis deepens, spills over into Lake Chad Basin

Some 7.1 million people are now severely food insecure across Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria

Sea strikes

Continuous pounding of the coasts of Victoria island in Nigeria by the Atlantic ocean threatens its safety

Nigeria’s food insecurity: Declaring a state of emergency isn’t a real solution — here’s what is

Prices of staple food items have risen by over 25% over the last year

Money is breaking democracy in Nigeria

As long as money can buy votes, the future of democracy is uncertain  

Mercy of a toxic plant

Jatropha can offer relief from pain without side effects

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Outer space: Rwanda & Nigeria sign an accord for more responsible exploration — why this matters

It also enables the countries to participate in events where decisions on outer space are made

Fall Armyworms affect 750,000 acres of maize in Africa, put food security at threat

It may take more than two years before hybrids resistant to the FAW are bred and commercialised in Africa

Africa on its way to becoming a polio-free continent

It is likely that Nigeria will soon be removed by WHO from the list of countries where polio is endemic