Harvests in many parts of northern Nigeria were so poor this year that many farmers may not have the means to plant next season. “A lot of...

Nigeria’s commercial capital in the north is creating more refuse than it can handle. “The challenges are enormous," Garba Yusuf, Kano...

Nigeria’s judicial system is so flawed, human right groups say, that police frequently take the law into their own hands, torturing and executing...

With little information on this year’s harvest in northern Nigeria available market traders are using rumours of imminent food shortages to push...