Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Sub-Saharan Africa

June 18, 2026

Nigeria ranks worse than average in global human rights assessment: Report

“Compared with the other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is performing worse than average when we look across the rights for which we have data,” the report stated.

Police brutality
May 17, 2026

NDPHC pledges 1,500MW to boost Lagos electricity supply 

She said the company currently has about 2,000MW of stranded electricity generation capacity that could be deployed in Lagos. 

Power Grid
April 23, 2026

TikTok, ICC partner to empower small businesses in Nigeria

It said the partnership would provide entrepreneurs with digital skills, tools, and resources. 

TikTok and International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
April 15, 2026

CSOs call on World Bank to stop financing factory farming

The worldwide planned actions aim to spotlight the continued use of public funds to support large-scale industrial livestock production.

Factory farming
April 10, 2026
Germany
March 26, 2026

273 million children, youth out of school globally: UNESCO 

The report urges sustained investment to ensure all children can learn.

Out-of-school children in Europe
March 19, 2026

Improved water use could create 245 million jobs, World Bank says

It is estimated that expanding and modernising irrigation systems, where water is available, would require an additional $24 to $70 billion annually through 2050.

Water bodies used to illustrate thus story (Credit: X)
March 5, 2026

President Tinubu is behind my success: Uba Sani

Mr Sani, “We are recruiting 1,800 medical personnel, from nurses to doctors every year, in the next five years. We have already started.”

Governor of kaduna state Uba Sani
February 24, 2026

Kaduna ginger-producing communities unite to tackle child labour

The Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria has intensified efforts to eradicate child labour in the ginger supply chain in Southern Kaduna.

: Kids on farm