By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Months of relentless military operations appear to be taking a toll on insurgent groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East. The Nigerian Army says another key member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has voluntarily surrendered. This time, not just any fighter, but a man believed to have managed the group’s…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal For decades, Nigeria has launched one agricultural programme after another. Some improved harvests. Others faded before reaching their full potential. Now, the Federal Government says it wants to change the pattern—not with another short-term intervention, but with a decade-long roadmap designed to reshape the country’s entire food system. The new 10-Year…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal What looked like an ordinary shipment of Nigerian food items headed for the United Kingdom turned out to be something else entirely. Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) say they uncovered more than three kilograms of cocaine concealed inside cartons packaged as foodstuffs, setting off an investigation that…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Months of relentless military operations appear to be taking a toll on insurgent groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East. The Nigerian Army says another key member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has voluntarily surrendered. This time, not just any fighter, but a man believed to have managed the group’s…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal For decades, Nigeria has launched one agricultural programme after another. Some improved harvests. Others faded before reaching their full potential. Now, the Federal Government says it wants to change the pattern—not with another short-term intervention, but with a decade-long roadmap designed to reshape the country’s entire food system. The new 10-Year…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal What looked like an ordinary shipment of Nigerian food items headed for the United Kingdom turned out to be something else entirely. Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) say they uncovered more than three kilograms of cocaine concealed inside cartons packaged as foodstuffs, setting off an investigation that…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal For many Lagos residents, saying “today is hot” has become part of everyday conversation. But researchers say that simple complaint points to a much bigger public health issue—one that is becoming harder to ignore. That message took center stage during a three-day Climate and Health Media Workshop in Lagos, where journalists…
By: Abudu Olalekan The clock runs out today. After weeks of queues, portal crashes rumours and last-minute rushes, the Independent National Electoral Commission is closing the Continuous Voter Registration exercise — and it has no intention of blinking. Opposition parties have asked for more time. Civil society groups have practically begged. INEC’s answer is the…
By: Abudu Olalekan For years now, Nigerian transport operators have been told to clean up their act. Go green. Cut emissions. Very few people bothered to tell them how — or who was going to pay for it. That gap is what the UK PACT Nigeria project set out to close. The project, formally titled…
