THE WORLD BANK COUNTED NIGERIA’S CHILDREN

Wednesday 08 April, 2026 The World Bank published a development report on Nigeria yesterday. It contains a number that deserves more attention than it will get. Forty percent of Nigerian children under five are stunted. One hundred and ten per thousand die before...

Tuesday April 07, 2026

THE HOSPITAL GATE  Nigeria’s resident doctors began an indefinite nationwide strike at midnight after the government scrapped the Professional Allowance Table it had already agreed to implement, leaving 19 months of arrears unpaid. THE SECOND...

The Broken Agreement

Tuesday April 07, 2026 Nigeria’s public hospitals closed this morning. The government signed a deal. Then it didn’t. Today is the day the resident doctors walked out. Not because nothing was offered. Because something was offered, signed, and then quietly...

THE VILLAGES WENT QUIET

Tuesday April 07, 2026 Bandits took 150 people from Zamfara in one night. The communities are deserted. Kurfa Danya and Kurfan Magaji are two villages in Bukkuyum Local Government Area, Zamfara State. On Thursday night, April 3, gunmen raided both communities, firing...

THE HOSPITAL GATE

Tuesday April 07, 2026 The government signed a deal. Then it scrapped it. Today, the gates close. The last time Nigeria’s resident doctors walked out, it took 29 days and a signed agreement to bring them back. That agreement said the government would implement...