SPECIAL REPORT: Insecurity, flooding threaten education in Lagos schools
Teachers and residents express their concerns but Lagos State Government speaks on efforts to resolve the challenges.
INVESTIGATION: Farmer-Herder Crises in Oyo have Driven over 800 Children out of School
With 10.5 million children already out of school in Nigeria, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF),’ Gabriel Ogunjobi reports how the situation gets even bleaker as the farmer-herder crisis has…
INVESTIGATION: Inside Kano Schools Where Pupils Learn in Poor Conditions
To gain access into schools in different LGAs in Kano State, investigative journalist Adeola Oladipupo went undercover as a researcher with an interest in inclusive education, gathering evidence, unbeknownst to staff members, to reveal the…
Mass abductions: Leaving a trail of fear, tears and blood
In this concluding part of this investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS probes the non-enforcement of extant laws and policies, which ordinarily ought to have ensured a safe learning environment for learners.
She said: “Many parents are sceptical…
Kidnapping: A nation weighed down by out-of-school children (1)
In this investigation that traverses three northern states, Zamfara, Niger and Kaduna, JULIANA FRANCIS looks at the effects of students’ abductions on parents and victims, and the failure of the government to make schools safe for learning.…
Inside the unconducive classrooms in Enugu schools
Facilities in various schools across Enugu State are in deplorable state despite government interventions in basic education. ABDUSSALAM AMOO visited such schools spread across the state in September. Excerpts of his report are presented…
SPECIAL REPORT: Why Nigeria’s electricity woes will remain despite Siemens’ 23,000MW target
In July last year, the mood of Nigerians was livened up, then some fresh hope followed. President Muhammadu Buhari had just announced a new plan with German tech giant Siemens AG to reverse the hex that is electricity supply in the country…
Mokwa community now connected to the grid, enjoy steady power supply weeks after Legit.ng’s report
Mokwa community in Niger state has now been connected to the grid
The community had been in darkness since March 2018 when the substation broke down
Legit.ng in a report published last year December chronicled efforts made by…
N311m school projects in ruins across FCT, Nasarawa
Muazu Ibrahim, 9, attends Kofar Hausa Government Primary School in Keffi, Nasarawa State, North-Central, Nigeria. Although he goes to school in a clean uniform, Muazu usually returns home appearing scruffy because he learns in a dusty…