About 45% of Nigerians do not have access to electricity. The government plans to power rural communities with funds recovered from a former oil minister and her associates. On Friday, the government ...

Agriculture remains the backbone of Nigeria’s economy, yet its true face is not found in policy documents or high-level conferences. It is found in the grassroots—the farmers who rise before dawn, the ...

Many rural dwellers including farmers on the fringes of Nigeria's capital city, Abuja, are paying steep prices as Nigeria's booming digital economy leaves them behind. Farmer Musa Yakubu rushed home ...

Lack of health facilities in many rural settings prompts women to submit themselves to the traditional delivery practices that may bring them more problems than solutions. The dearth of quality ...

How do you help a country struggling to provide quality health care, particularly to its rural citizens? More doctors would be great. New and better clinics would help. But in some places, community ...

Nigeria's Communications Commission and its Rural Electrification Agency have established a committee to focus on the deployment of renewable energy solutions to support telecoms infrastructure in ...

Violent extremism and climate change are driving crop growers and stock farmers from their fields in Nigeria. That's a major headache for new President Bola Tinubu. In early 2023, the United Nations ...

When her phone rang, it was a familiar tone from an Itel torchlight phone. There was a rubber band around the phone, holding it from falling apart after so many years. Abigail Ajik, a local trader in ...

I’m a 19-year-old developer at an MIT-backed startup called dot Learn in Lagos, living in the bustle of Nigeria’s largest city. But until recently my life was quite different. Just a few years ago, I ...

The BHI team is addressing harmful cultural and religious beliefs and practices that fuel sexual violations of girls and women in rural communities, while offering better alternatives to culture and ...