Lack of access to clean water is a factor in the spread of cholera.
Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
Nigeria is prone to a variety of factors that lead to recurring cholera outbreaks.
Traffic and pedestrians in Lagos.
Adekunle Ajayi/Nur Photo via Getty Images
Large banditry and terror attacks were relatively rare in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria’s south-west region until recently.
A man displays Nigeria’s flag during a protest march in Abuja in 2023.
Olukayode Kaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Government’s decision to change the national anthem has generated debate among Nigerians. Some see it as an attempt to distract attention from harsh economic realities.
Agborkim Waterfalls, some 17 kilometres from Ikom, about 315 kilometers from Calabar, capital of Cross Rivers State, Nigeria.
Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images
Freshwater biodiversity receives less conservation attention, especially in Nigeria.
Strong passwords can make a huge difference to your cyber security.
Boris Zhitkov
The question has shifted from whether cyberattacks will occur to when and how they will happen.
Getty Images
Responses to a toll-free hotline offering advice on mental health issues showed demand was high.
Less than 10% of South African homes have installed solar power.
Nattrass/Getty Images
Only 5% of South Africa’s energy comes from solar power while 85% is generated from coal. Loans, more subsidies and security for rooftop solar panels need to be put in place.
There’s no clear approach to regulating crypto-asset transactions in Nigeria.
Getty Images
For cryptocurrency to thrive in Nigeria, there must be balanced regulation but not at the expense of financial and monetary stability.
Everett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo
As climate change ravages coastal livelihoods, piracy is on the rise, imperilling seafarers and trade.
Vaccination against hepatitis E is not widespread yet globally.
Getty Images
Hepatitis E is a global health problem with about 20 million cases occurring annually, three million symptomatic cases, and 60,000 deaths.
Traditional authorities are a key part of the daily lives of millions of Africans.
Michel Porro/Getty Images
Traditional institutions represent, for many African citizens, the most immediate form of governance.
Getty Images
African countries are being driven into a debt dependency cycle. Three major factors are at play.
Members of Nigeria’s labour unions protesting over the minimum wage in Lagos in 2021.
Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Images
Increasing the minimum wage is a temporary fix. Upgrading the skills of Nigerian workers is the surest way of boosting their wages.
The 2020 #EndSARS protests consolidated young Nigerians’ desire to leave the country.
Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images
There’s more to ‘survival migration’ than an escape from poverty or war: even the middle class can feel they have to leave to survive.
The Nigerian government should concentrate on prosecuting those mutilating the currency.
Joseph Egabor/Getty Images
The law prohibiting abuse of the naira violates Nigerian cultural and traditional practices.
Meningitis bacteria can cause severe meningitis and generalised infection particularly in children.
Getty Images
With a new 5-in-1 vaccine, Nigeria hopes to contain the five most important serotypes causing meningitis in the country.
Parents of Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped in 2014 by Islamic extremists attend a 10th anniversary event of the abduction in Lagos, Nigeria, on April 4, 2024.
(AP Photo/Mansur Ibrahim )
It’s been 10 years since the #BringBackOurGirls campaign was launched to rescue kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. Looking back at the campaign reveals its innovations and limitations.
Technology enables the provision of legal services across borders.
Getty Images
Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
Millions of people in west Africa rely on fishing to make a living.
Robert Paarlberg/Salata Institute
Coastal fishing communities in west Africa face increased poverty as fish stocks decline.
The Osun River in Nigeria has high levels of microplastics in its water, sediment and fish.
Gideon Idowu
The level of microplastic pollution in Osun River may be the highest in the world. Banning single-use plastics may help.