Author: Sodiq Mojibola

Nigerian tech expert and Founding Partner of Future Africa, an investment company focused on building and scaling digital economy businesses, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, has accused Western countries of “committing crimes against humanity” by allegedly restricting sales of chips to other countries of the world. The allegation is coming at a time when both the United States of America and China are engaging in tough contests over sales of semiconductors (chips), which are said to be “integral to the global economy and a vital component of advanced technologies.” Recently, American lawmakers called for broader bans on sales of chipmaking tools to China, revisiting the…

Tension is mounting across Nigeria’s universities as non-academic staff join the wave of agitation over unmet government promises. Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Thursday staged nationwide protests to demand the full implementation of agreements signed with the Federal Government in 2022. The National Joint Action Committee (JAC) of NASU and SSANU had after a meeting on 6 October issued a circular directing all branch leadership in the universities and inter-university centres throughout the country to convene a  joint congress in their respective campuses…

The Adunni Foundation, a social impact organisation has unveiled the Basic Education Torchbearers Awards (BETA) to honour renowned and unsung heroes shaping the country’s basic education sector as part of activities to mark the 65th Independence anniversary of Nigeria. According to the founder of the Foundation, Motunrayo Famuyiwa-Alaka, a development advocate, the maiden edition of the awards seeks to honour individuals, schools, and institutions that have made outstanding contributions to basic education while advocating for reforms in Nigeria’s struggling education system. The former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Michael Omolewa, an emeritus professor…

Nigeria has recorded 168 deaths from Lassa fever in the last nine months, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed, warning that the current death rate is higher than the same period in 2024. An update of the outbreak released by NCDC reveals that cumulatively as at week 38 (15 – 21 September), 168 deaths have been reported with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 18.5 per cent, which is higher than the 16.9 per cent CFR recorded the same period in 2024. Though, the number of new confirmed cases in week 38 is the same…

Barely eight months into its operation as a niche newspaper, the Managing Editor of DevReporting, Christiana Alabi-Akande, has emerged the overall winner of the 2025 Female Reporters Leadership Programme (FRLP) of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). Mrs Alabi-Akande beat 11 other fellows to emerge the winner based on her leadership programme initiative and a compelling story on the plight of sexually abused children in Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre. Her two-part story entitled: “INVESTIGATION (I): In Nigeria’s ‘megacity,’ poverty, extortion deprive sexually abused children of justice,” and “INVESTIGATION (II): In Lagos, police extort families of sexually…

Political experts, academics, and civil society leaders have renewed calls for the restructuring of Nigeria’s justice system as a decisive step towards tackling corruption, describing it as a malignant tumour steadily weakening the nation’s values and institutions. The call was made at an international conference on anti-corruption themed ‘Politics, Governance, Probity, Religion and Corrupt Behaviour in Nigeria’, organised by the University of Lagos Faculty of Social Sciences in collaboration with Pan-Africana Strategic and Policy Research Group (PANAFSTRAG) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). Speakers at the conference argued that corruption has remained a cankerworm in Nigeria for decades, eating…

The authorities in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic capital, have stepped up health security measures in the state following the resurgence of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the World Health Organization (WHO),  28 suspected cases have been reported in the DRC, including four health workers since 20 August when the first case was recorded. The deadly virus has reportedly claimed 15 lives in less than three weeks.  To prevent the disease from crossing into Nigeria, Lagos announced the activation of the Incident Management Structure (IMS) of its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC).  READ…

Nigerian menstrual health advocate, Anikeade Funke, has bagged international recognition for exemplary compassion, advocacy, and communication in service to others in the United States.  Ms. Funke, a journalist, multimedia expert, and gender advocate, won the Voice of Dignity Award 2025 in recognition of her giant strides in the advancement of menstrual health awareness and promoting women’s dignity in Nigeria and across Africa. According to the organiser of the awards, Heroes of Tomorrow Africa Foundation, Ms. Funke will be honoured at the Heroes of Tomorrow’s Africa Award Ceremony on 20 September. READ ALSO: At DevReporting lecture, Olorunyomi urges stronger media watchdog role…

Policymakers, health experts and stakeholders meeting at Babcock University, Ogun State, have called for stronger collaboration to tackle service delivery gaps threatening the future of public health in sub-Saharan Africa. At the conference, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Iziak Salako, emphasised the need for concerted efforts to reduce the health burden through equitable access to care for all Nigerians. Service disruptions and their impact Delivering a keynote address titled “Bridging Service Delivery Disruption in Public Health: A Critical Imperative for Our Future,” Mr Salako said that public health service disruptions were not mere statistics but lived realities with far-reaching…

They wake up each day unsure of where their next meal will come from; their wrinkled hands tremble not just from age, but also from hunger and despair, the consequences of poor and unpaid pensions. In this special report, Christiana Alabi-Akande & Sodiq Mojibola, who monitored the protest in Lagos, shared the ugly experiences of the country’s aged generation. For many Nigerian pensioners, retirement is not the peaceful rest they envisioned after decades of service. Instead, it is a daily struggle for survival, with delayed payments, unexplained deductions, and broken promises draining whatever dignity old age should bring. DevReporting gathered…