Ope Adetayo

High­er prices for food, fuel and oth­er raw ma­te­ri­als are squeez­ing small busi­ness own­ers in Nige­ria and their cus­tomers.

Young Nige­ri­ans say they are still vic­tims of po­lice bru­tal­i­ty and their de­mands for sys­temic re­forms have not been met.

The high cost of pri­vate PCR tests and re­sults de­lays are in­hibit­ing a key weapon in Nige­ria’s fight against COVID-19.

NYSC mem­bers com­plain of be­ing sent to dan­ger­ous ar­eas, poor con­di­tions and lit­tle im­prove­ment in job prospects.

Con­tract staffers at Nige­ria’s banks can work for years with­out a raise, pro­mo­tion, ben­e­fits or job se­cu­ri­ty.

Un­safe ter­mi­na­tion of preg­nan­cy re­sults in thou­sands of deaths in Nige­ria, where abor­tion car­ries a heavy jail sen­tence.

A po­lice shoot­ing in Mushin dur­ing End­SARS protests high­lights years of sim­mer­ing anger and new calls for po­lice re­form.

An un­ortho­dox union and an un­reg­u­lat­ed trans­port sys­tem leave many Niger­ian bus dri­vers vul­ner­a­ble to pover­ty and abuse.