Rural Nigeria
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What Will You Give To Have A Day Without ‘Noise’ In Lagos?
Oct 9, 2014By ‘Funso Bukoye Lagos State Ministry of Transportation has declared October 15, 2014 as ‘LAGOS HORN FREE DAY and DRIVERS’ DAY’. According to the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Kayode Opeifa, the observance of the day would help... -
Post-Colonialism: Nigerians Express Their Views And Expectations As The Country Turns 54! [Speak Out]
Oct 1, 2014We went on the street to feel the pulse of Nigerians as they marked the 54th independence anniversary today– we asked, what is your opinion about the situation in the country? What are your future expectations? And of... -
Community Champion: Cleaning Up Kaduna Amidst Fear Of Boko Haram
Sep 16, 2014Kaduna is one of the well-known states in Northern Nigeria. It is also affected by the Boko Haram insurgency. Many of the citizens in this region live in fear; some uneducated parents have stopped their children... -
Slum2School: Building An Education Revolution In Africa’s Slum
Sep 15, 2014Can young people in Africa address the basic educational needs of the continent’s fast growing population despite the limitations posed by inadequate socio-political and economic reforms? In Nigeria, Slum2School is helping Nigeria’s 10 million out-of-school children... -
Community Champion: One Woman’s Story Of Standing Against Domestic Violence
Sep 15, 2014Mrs. Aisha Sanni works to ensure human dignity is restored and cases of domestic violence are reduced in Suleja, Niger East Senatorial District, Niger State. In this interview, she sheds light on how she has been... -
Controversy Trails Commissioner’s Advertorial On Completion Of Lagos Roads
Sep 10, 2014Dr. Femi Hamzat, Commissioner for Lagos State Ministry of Works, in a newspaper advertorial on The Nation newspaper edition of August 2014, stated that it had completed 20 roads in Mushin Local Government. Among the roads... -
Nigeria is facing its worst oil crisis in years, as the country is losing billions of dollars due to theft
Sep 9, 2014In Southern Ijaw in Bayelsa State, Al Jazeera’s Rawya Rageh follows an oil theft arrest and the destruction of multiple illegal refineries for stolen crude. “Despite these efforts, oil theft in Nigeria is at its highest levels in... -
Power Poles Endanger Lives In Lagos
Sep 6, 2014Residents of Yakubu Street in Ikosi Ketu, Lagos; say an electric pole that belongs to IKEJA ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANY (IKEDC), Ojodu District, is now a “living death” on the street. Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKDC) is... -
Adebayo Alonge: Improving Access To Quality and Affordable Health Solutions in Nigeria
Sep 4, 2014Aside low health care facilities, self-medication and inaccessibility of quality drugs are one of the dangers facing health development in rural parts of Nigeria and the world in general. According to Tanimola Akande, a professor of... -
Community Watch: Egun Residents Call For Government Intervention On Bad Road Network
Aug 26, 2014Our photographer, Tosin Gbemile, captures the current situation in Egun, Igando, Ikotun Local Government of Lagos state. The road has been in bad condition for more than five years, residents say. These pictures were taken in...