The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved a ₦3.3 trillion payment plan under the Presidential Power Sector Financial Reforms Programme to settle verified legacy debts accumulated within the electricity value chain ...

Official statistics indicate that Nigeria’s inflation rate stands at 24.48% as at January 2025, one of the highest in its history and significantly above the global average of 6.5%. This alarming rate has eroded purchasing ...

Nigeria currently has 38 doctors per 100,000 population, far short of the WHO standard of 166 doctors per 100,000 population. The low doctor-to-population ratio is further aggravated by the high emigration of medical ...

The case of infant abandonment has emerged as a critical social and human rights crisis in Nigeria, with hundreds of cases reported annually across states. Despite existing laws such as the Child Rights Act, 2003 and the ...

Nigeria's internal security and emergency management systems face a dire funding crisis. Despite National Assembly approvals of ₦482 billion in capital allocations for the Ministry of Interior in 2024 and 2025, Minister ...

Nigeria's internal security and emergency management systems face a dire funding crisis. Despite National Assembly approvals of ₦482 billion in capital allocations for the Ministry of Interior in 2024 and 2025, Minister ...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is grappling with a severe housing affordability crisis that disproportionately impacts civil servants, artisans, and low- to middle-income earners. Surging demand, driven by high inflation ...

Nigeria faces a high rate of deforestation driven by agricultural expansion, illegal logging, fuelwood use, infrastructure development, and weak enforcement of environmental laws. The Forestry Act of 1958, which governs ...

As of January 2025, approximately 14.3 million Nigerians, or 14.4% of the population aged 15 to 64, are involved in drug abuse, significantly exceeding the global average of 5.5%. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ...

Although there are noticeable efforts to addressing the existing gender gap by the government. Firstly, the government is a signatory to most of the international conventions on gender equality. Secondly, there is evidence ...

Nigeria currently faces a dual crisis: a burgeoning fiscal deficit and a non-communicable disease (NCD) epidemic, with over 12 million citizens living with diabetes. While the 2021 Finance Act introduced a ₦10-per-litre ...

Nigeria’s emerging digital governance and artificial intelligence framework presents an important opportunity to strengthen, rather than weaken, existing public health and consumer protection laws. This brief argues ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming global economies by enhancing productivity, improving decision-making, and enabling new forms of digital innovation. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country is increasingly ...

Over the years, the media has been replete of fuel tanker-related accidents that have consumed many lives and leaving many in critical health conditions as a result of injuries sustained. Many factors have been attributed ...

Nigeria’s internal security landscape in early 2026 is defined by the rapid "terror-convergence" of banditry and ideological extremism across Kwara, Kaduna, and Katsina States. Despite the launch of the National ...

In March 2026, the Federal Government of Nigeria issued a presidential directive mandating the immediate nationwide deployment of 100,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion kits under the Presidential Initiative on ...

This Policy Brief examines the Nigeria Disability Act of 2018 and the need for enhancing the accessibility of PWDs through Legislative Intervention. Nigeria, with its diverse population, includes millions of persons with ...

The approval of the National Policy on Health Workforce Migration (NPHWM) by the Federal Executive Council in 2024 marked a significant policy response to the increasing migration of Nigerian healthcare professionals and ...

In a press release in February 2026, Nigeria's foreign ministry issued an urgent warning over what it describes as the increasing illegal recruitment of its citizens to fight in foreign conflicts. It comes after Ukrainian ...

Childhood malnutrition remains a critical public health crisis in Nigeria, with 32% of children under five stunted, 7% wasted, and 22% underweight, and 2 million suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), contributing ...