Nigeria: Nigeria's Open Borders Promised More Trade and Free Movement - but Crossings Are Chaotic and Corrupt

West Africa has pursued one of the world's most ambitious border liberalisation schemes in the past four decades. The Ecowas Free Movement Protocol, signed in 1979, enables… Read more »

Nigeria: Trump's Framing of Nigeria Insurgency As a War On Christians Risks Undermining Interfaith Peacebuilding

Nigeria "must do more to protect Christians," a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation's… Read more »

Nigeria: Attacks On Nigeria's Energy Systems Weaken the Country

Energy systems are coming under attack globally because disrupting power or fuel supplies offers strategic, economic or political leverage. This can be in local conflicts or… Read more »

Nigeria: Crime-Fighting in Lagos - Community Watch Groups Are the Preferred Choice for Residents, but They Carry Risks

Criminal activities have developed into a security crisis in Nigeria. Alongside the responses of security agencies such as the police and military, there has been a huge local… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerian Farmers Talk About How Climate Change Is Affecting Staple Food Crops - and What Can Help

In Nigeria, agriculture contributes about 40% to national gross domestic product and supports the livelihoods of about 60% of the population. Finding ways to farm through climate… Read more »

Nigeria: Medical Negligence in Nigeria - What's Known, and What Needs to Be Done

Medical negligence in Nigeria came to the fore when author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie accused a Lagos hospital of negligence after the death of one of her 21-month-old twin boys.… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Former Election Umpire Has Been Appointed an Ambassador - Why This Is a Red Flag

The Nigerian Senate confirmed the appointment of the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as an ambassador in December 2025. This has… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's 2027 Election Can Set a Model for Disability Inclusion. Here's How

Nigeria has built an impressive legal framework for disability rights. The challenge now is turning these commitments into consistent, lived realities for voters with disabilities.… Read more »

Nigeria: Mangrove Loss Is Making the Niger Delta More Vulnerable

Rivers State on Nigeria's coastline has some of Africa's largest mangrove ecosystems. The Niger Delta itself contains the third-largest mangrove forest in the world. These trees… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria and South Africa Risk Breaking Climate Change Pledges

Just 20 countries produce 80% of the world's oil, gas and coal. Since 2019, researchers have released regular reports analysing how these governments plan to continue drilling and… Read more »

West Africa: Nigeria Has a High Poverty Rate - What This Has to Do With Ethnic Conflicts

Nigeria has endured decades of violent insurgencies and ranks 6th on the 2025 Global Terrorism Index. Numerous people have been killed and millions displaced. The number of… Read more »

Nigeria: The Pluses and Minuses of U.S. Airstrikes in Northern Nigeria

A month before the US carried out its Christmas day attack on militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, president Donald Trump had declared Nigeria… Read more »

Nigeria: Revolutionary Rap - Nigerian Star Falz Has Kept Protest Music Alive

Nigerian rapper, actor and social media star Falz released his sixth studio album, The Feast, in 2025. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Economy Has Improved but Ordinary People Still Feel the Pinch - Economist Offers Some Solutions

Nigerians have been waiting anxiously for the economy to "turn a corner", following economic reform initiatives undertaken by President Bola Tinubu in 2023. These included removing… Read more »

Nigeria: Terror Threat in Nigeria - What the Killing of a General Tells Us About the Fight Against ISWAP

The killing of Nigeria's Brigadier General Musa Uba, in mid-November 2025, by the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, risks boosting the morale of insurgents while… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Has Jailed Biafra Separatist Leader Nnamdi Kanu - Why It Risks Backfiring

The terrorism conviction and life sentence handed down by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, brings an end to a ten-year… Read more »

Nigeria: God in Nigeria - the Country's Novelists Help Us Understand the Complexity of Christianity

In African literature, Christianity has usually been shown as a foreign religion brought to the continent by European missionaries and colonisers. But in the past few decades,… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Low-Cost Private Schools Are the Only Option for Millions - Is Closing Them a Good Idea?

Nigeria's basic education landscape consists of public (government) schools and a diverse private sector. Private schools in Nigeria refer to educational institutions that are run… Read more »

Africa: News Influencers Are Reshaping the Media - Insights From Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

News creators and influencers have become increasingly important sources of news as more people turn to social media and video networks like Facebook and YouTube to inform… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's Violent Conflicts Are About More Than Just Religion - Despite What Trump Says

The US president, Donald Trump, is threatening military action in Nigeria over what he sees as the persecution of Christians there. He has accused the Nigerian government of not… Read more »

Nigeria: U.S.-Nigeria Relations - What It Means to Be a 'Country of Particular Concern' and Why It Matters

For the second time in five years, Nigeria has been designated a "country of particular concern" by the US government, in both cases by President Donald Trump. The first time was… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria's New Terror Threat - JNIM Is Spreading but It's Not Too Late to Act

The Sahel region, south of the Sahara, is notorious for being the global epicentre of terrorism. With a combined population of 75 million people, the region has accounted for more… Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigeria's Grazing Law Also Shapes Land Divisions and Violence

When Nigeria's Benue State Anti-Open Grazing Law was passed in 2017, it brought hope that pastoralist herders would move to ranches, farmers would gain peace, and violent conflict… Read more »

Nigeria: The Comedy Economy - Nigeria's Online Video Skits Are Making Millions

Short comedy videos circulating on social media have created a booming industry in Nigeria in the past few years. The country's comedy creators put their skits out on platforms… Read more »

Nigeria: Is There a Christian Genocide in Nigeria? Evidence Shows All Faiths Are Under Attack By Terrorists

Terrorism and insurgency have ravaged parts of Nigeria since 2009, especially in the northern regions. Tens of thousands of Nigerians have been killed and millions have been… Read more »