Special Reports

Traders and buyers at the Odo Olowu Warehouse Market in Lagos have decried persistent open defecation along the Oshodi-Mile 2 Expressway near Cele Bus Stop, describing it as a health risk and an embarrassment to the state. The traders, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the situation had created an unpleasant environment for business …

As Nigeria celebrates Democracy Day on Friday, some citizens have expressed different views on the growth and impact of the system of government since its return to Nigeria in 1999. While some said that Nigeria’s democracy had deepened, other stressed that much should still be done. They spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. On …

A 23-year-old female Libya returnee, Endurance Daniel, on Wednesday recounted how she and other migrants drank their urine to survive due to lack of water in the desert. Daniel, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) upon return to Nigeria, said she travelled with 52 other migrants in a single vehicle, out of whom she said seven …

International sports lawyer, Abiodun Sonaike, has warned that fake football agents and scammers have become one of the greatest threats to football academies and amateur clubs in Africa. Sonaike, a Partner at Lithos Legal Consult, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the activities of fraudulent agents were damaging player development and undermining trust within the sport. …

A survey by the Federal Ministry of Communication Innovation and Digital Economy (FMCIDE) has revealed that over four in five Nigerians support some form of social media regulation for children. Bosun Tijani, the Minister, Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, released the results of the 2024 poll titled: “Proposed Social Media Age Regulation in Nigeria,” at a roundtable on Protection of …

Public health experts have warned that infrastructure deficits and economic constraints, not ignorance, are undermining hand hygiene compliance in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), raising concerns over Ebola preparedness and other infectious disease outbreaks. They disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, emphasising that systemic barriers continue to hinder effective hygiene …

Some experts have linked Nigeria’s recent rise in inflation to external shocks and domestic factors, including the removal of fuel subsidy and insecurity. The experts made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday, while reacting to the latest inflation figures for April. According to them, Nigeria’s recent uptick in inflation is …

They are still there. There is no evading the simple fact. Everywhere the people walk. Wherever they drive. Whenever they switch on the television. The faces of assassinated leaders, and those of new rulers, dominate the public space. Protests have come and gone. A war. Then a ceasefire. But the regime of the Islamic Republic has endured. In fact, according …

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, serious-faced and clad in black, strolled down a lilac carpet in Saudi Arabia in March, it marked a moment in the US-Israeli war in Iran. A rather unexpected one. In a post on X, he said his visit was to “strengthen the protection of lives”. Zelensky, who carries the weight of Ukraine’s own war with …

The interruption to supplies of fertiliser and its key ingredients due to the war in Iran could cost up to ten billion meals a week globally and will hit poorest countries hardest, according to the boss of one of the world’s biggest fertiliser producers. Svein Tore Holsether, chief executive of Yara, told the BBC that hostilities in the Gulf, which …