Gender
Breaking gender barriers through education
Nigerian gender advocate roots for empowerment of women and girls
Economic Development
Nigeria ends oil subsidy to invest savings in infrastructure development
The new administration maintains that ending the subsidy will aid climate action and fund transportation and energy investments
Gender
Malala Yousafzai, Amina Mohammed Advocate for girl-Child Education in Nigeria
The focus is increased investment in the sector to guarantee universal access to free and quality education, including secondary education
Culture and Education
Young John: Nigeria’s leading music producer, singer on how Afrobeats is taking over the global stage
The Award-winning songwriter says African music can only get better and bigger
Climate Change
Dogged by massive floods, Nigeria ramps up actions to tackle climate crisis
National report predicted 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states were at substantial risk of flooding in 2021.
Peace and Security
Effective community policing in Nigerian town could be a model for other places
Police commander Olubayo Ajao is a folk hero to residents in Ekpoma, mid-west Nigeria
Economic Development
African countries embracing biometrics, digital IDs
New digital technologies have enabled countries to leapfrog outdated tools and progress to modern innovations.
Peace and Security
The Secretary-General welcomes the release of some of the abducted children in Nigeria
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Nigeria
Peace and Security
UN Woman Police Officer of the Year Award 2020 runner-up: Chief Superintendent Catherine Ugorji
“Through both her words and actions, United Nations Police Officer Ugorji exemplifies the best of United Nations policing.”
General Assembly
Africa helping to shape the world
— Prof. Tajjani Muhammad-Bande, incoming president of the UN General Assembly
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Slippery justice for victims of oil spills
Nigerian villagers lose lawsuit against an oil giant
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Nigeria’s film industry: a potential gold mine?
With more than a million people, Nollywood is the country’s second largest employer
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African schools keep an eye on the prize
Meeting the target for universal primary education
Sustainable development
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Action needed to counter an “ecological catastrophe”
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Bid to end subsidy stirs protest in Nigeria
Unrest highlights problems of mismanagement and corruption
Cover Story
Africa fights the ‘people trade’
Scourge of human trafficking ensnares hundreds of thousand
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Seeking the ‘shoots’ of economic recovery
Uncertainty over when African growth will revive
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Africa begins to tap crisis funds
Fears that deeper global reforms will drag out
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African AIDS battle at a crossroads
Progress in a few countries, but huge effort remains
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What the World Summit means for Africa
Commitments on aid, debt relief and MDGs are reaffirmed
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