Every day, at over 100 land borders, seaports, and international airports across Nigeria, thousands of travellers enter and exit one of Africa’s most populous nations. Behind every passport check, every visa endorsement, every deportation order, and every border patrol operation, there are uniformed officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service making split-second decisions that affect national…

Every time a Nigerian picks up a medication, opens a bottle of water, applies a cosmetic product, or sits down to eat packaged food, a silent assurance is at work. That assurance — that the product is safe, genuine, and fit for consumption — is the result of the daily regulatory work carried out by…

Behind every federal hospital that admits a patient, every government school that opens its doors, every road project that receives its budget approval, and every policy that shapes how Nigerians live their daily lives, there is a corps of professionals working within Nigeria’s Federal Civil Service. They are the administrators, analysts, engineers, accountants, lawyers, ICT…

Nigeria has over 30 million children enrolled in its primary and junior secondary schools. Behind the classrooms where those children sit, the textbooks they read, the teachers who instruct them, and the infrastructure that houses their learning is a federal agency working tirelessly to ensure none of those children are left behind. That agency is…

There is a particular kind of anticipation that comes with waiting for WAEC results. Months of preparation — early mornings with textbooks, past questions, and last-minute revision — all compress into a single moment when you type in your details and wait for the page to load. For students across Nigeria and West Africa, that…

For generations, Nigeria has produced some of Africa’s most talented students — young men and women with the intellectual capacity to compete on any global stage. Yet for decades, thousands of those students never made it to graduation. Not because they lacked the grades, the drive, or the discipline, but because they lacked the money….

Nigeria’s security landscape extends far beyond the visible presence of soldiers and police officers. Across the country’s cities, industrial zones, critical infrastructure sites, and public spaces, another force operates daily to prevent threats before they escalate, protect civilian lives, and coordinate emergency response when disasters strike. That force is the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…

Serving in the Nigerian Army is one of the most demanding, consequential, and honourable career paths available to a Nigerian citizen. It is a life defined not by the comfort of a desk or the predictability of a nine-to-five, but by the willingness to stand in harm’s way so that others do not have to….

Nigeria’s coastline stretches for over 850 kilometres along the Gulf of Guinea, and beneath those waters lie some of the most economically vital assets on the African continent. Oil platforms, gas installations, shipping lanes, and fishing communities depend every single day on the men and women who patrol those waters in uniform. The Nigerian Navy…

Every day across Nigeria’s cities, towns, and rural communities, over 370,000 uniformed officers stand between ordinary citizens and the forces that threaten their safety. They respond to emergencies, investigate crimes, protect institutions, and maintain the social order that makes daily life possible. These are the men and women of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) the…