A downpour on Sunday, Oct. 13, in the Isale-Osun area of Osogbo, South West Nigeria, was an answer to the prayers of farmers. But not everyone was pleased. As water filled the streets, Ibrahim Rashidat, a petty trader with a physical disability, tried to save her goods from being swept away. After 30 minutes, the […]
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The English proverb ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ best describes what is taking place at Ko’oma Adam’s generator repairs workshop. Situated in the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, the place, formerly polluted by the smell of petrol, now buzzes with new innovations. “When the fuel prices went up, we didn’t […]
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The removal of subsidies in Nigeria sent shockwaves throughout the country in May when it was announced, with clear repercussions felt acutely in the Adamawa State tertiary institutions, in Nigeria’s northeast. HumAngle had learnt that the additional burden felt by the already struggling students has caused more difficulties in their campus life. Students who spoke […]
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For Ruqayyah Bashir*, 18, the burden of feeding and schooling lies on her mother. When economic hardship trailed the fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, things became unbearable for the family. Ruqayyah, a senior secondary school student at the Women Training College in Kaduna, North West Nigeria, said her pensioner father leaves her mother to carry […]
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In the mornings, you will find Ephraim scrambling home from his night shift. He dashes into a tiny bathroom where he takes a quick shower before rushing off again to a full day of lectures. After the day’s classes, he sneaks in a nap -whilst ensuring he doesn’t oversleep, as he must also attend to […]
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Inflation caused by the removal of the fuel subsidy has hit many residents of Adamawa in North East Nigeria very hard. Before President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidy on May 29, Shehu Bala, a father of five who resides in Badarisa, Girei local government area of Adamawa explained that he used to […]
Read MoreAdetayo Sadiq, 42, has had to depend on his wife and well-wishers to sustain his family of five since he broke his leg about two years ago. One morning in Dec. 2022, as he made to cross a highway, a bike on the wrong lane ran into him. In February, after spending two months in […]
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The cost of living crisis sweating Nigeria has also hit neighbouring Cameroon. The Nigerian government’s removal of the subsidy it placed on imported petrol has, at a stroke, demolished the black market for smuggled fuel in Cameroon’s northern regions. Now Cameroonians are beginning to feel the pinch as prices begin to rise. The removal of […]
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By his own account, life had been alright for taxi driver Kasali Ogundele. But now, suddenly, he’s approaching his old age and has to set his horizons lower. Much lower. Before President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of fuel subsidies during his inauguration in May, Ogundele’s family ate the soups they liked. They were able […]
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At least two people were killed when soldiers tried to restore order as groups of young men stormed food stores in Adamawa in Nigeria’s North East, HumAngle understands. An official casualty toll has not been released, but police confirmed they arrested 110 people in the state capital Yola, following the raids which quickly spread from […]
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Soldiers have opened fire on crowds of young people as they raided food stores in North East Nigeria. The raids on government owned grain stores in the cities of Yola and Jimeta in Adamawa State were reportedly triggered by fuel-price-induced economic hardship and hunger. Large crowds targeted government warehouses and grain stores, and the chaos […]
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As soon as he woke, Sanda Ali saw it was overcast and rain was coming …at last! He grabbed his hoe and ran to the side of the road. In the drizzling rain, he joined a group of displaced people, all carrying their tools, as they gathered along the quiet Bama-Maiduguri roadside in Borno, North […]
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