Learning Amid Decay: The Reality of Samaru Primary Schools
In the heart of Samaru Community in Zaria, Kaduna State, the mornings start with the buzz of roadside traders, motorcycles…
How Early Marriage Robs Sokoto Girls of Education
Like many ambitious young people, Fatima had a dream of attending nursing school, health college, and becoming a medical practitioner….
Addictive, Draining: Nigerian Students Losing Their Sanity to Online Betting
On a hot Saturday afternoon in Zaria, Kaduna State, the betting shops tucked deep within the street, hidden from plain…
One Man’s Mission to Rebuild Hope in Poverty-Stricken Nigeria
Ejembi’s father could only afford a dozen exercise books for him and his six siblings, and no one got more…
Despite Sokoto’s Child Protection Law, School-Age Children Defy Formal Education
On the wee hours of a Thursday morning in September 2025, Yusuf Sani wandered around the streets of Dandima, a…
Ebu Dada: The Women Keeping the Ancient Pottery Crafts Alive in Kwara State
Kehinde, a 14-year-old secondary school student, eagerly kneads the mixed clay, savouring its softness beneath her fingers before shaping it….
From Roadside to Nowhere: The Displacement of Women Traders in Kwara
Despite the sweltering sun that flashes its ray of light on Oja Oba Market in Kwara State, when our reporter…
From Ashes to Struggles: Inside the Unending Plight of Aleshinloye Market Traders
It’s another sunny day, and the struggle continues for Rukayat. It was not a struggle anyone would wish for, but…
Inside Nigeria’s megacity where ‘unlawful ejections’ leave helpless families homeless
On a fateful Tuesday afternoon in February 2025, Comfort Adeoti, a resident of Badia-Ijora area in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria,…
Sokoto University Battling Mosquito Menace Amid Neglected Grounds
Jimoh Yusuf, a 300-level student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) woke up one morning disturbed by the persistent mosquito…
How CJID’s training prepared me for Anambra election coverage – Student observer
During my coverage of the November 8th 2025, governorship election in Onitsha South Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra state. I…
Rejection, Stigma: The Silent Agony of Nigerian Disabled Men Seeking Love
When Zubairu Musa was born in 1994, his parents never imagined the path his life would take. By the time…