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Unarguably, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous nation with more than 170 million people out of which Lagos State boasts of 20 million inhabitants, thus making the City the nation’s biggest urban ­agglomeration. Population surge in Lagos has largely occasioned by the influx of people from different parts of the country.  Lagos has to contend with various socio-economic challenges peculiar to …

“God forbid. I can’t sell the material for N2,000. The least I will take is N4, 000. If you have sufficient money, I am all set to sell. But if you insist on paying N2, 000, you can go to Dugbe and buy from there.” If you assume the above phrases came from a trader in fabric materials, you are …

Ionigeria investigative Journalist — Gbenga Odunsi — in this exclusive piece, monitored the efforts of the Lagos and Oyo State governments in improving the public health status through maintenance of good hygiene and environmental sanitation for clean atmosphere. His findings revealed that both States — in spite of environmental laws and agencies — battle filth and stench; lazy and corrupt sanitary …

In this exclusive piece, ionigeria correspondent, Gbenga Odunsi — in separate interviews — sought reactions of Nigerians on the mandatory one-year NYSC scheme. “Youth obey the clarion call. Let us lift our na­tion high. Under the sun or in the rain. With dedi­cation and selflessness, Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve.” Every year, thousands of youths graduating from the Universities and …

Children who are meant to be in school are seen hawking goods like gala, bottled drinks, and fruits from one part of the city to another. It is far the same in other States of Nigeria. In this exclusive piece, Gbenga Odunsi — an investigative reporter at ionigeria — captures the ordeals of minors who are ill-fated victims of child …

“Seeing police breaks my heart. They must ask for something impossible. How do we co-operate with them when they have made it impossible for that? The actual criminals are easily accessible. Some of these politicians who have looted billions will never be investigated by the police. The only people they harass are the ordinary Nigerians.” Uche Ifeanyi, who has been …

To appraise how schools are faring in Nigeria, Gbenga Odunsi, an investigative journalist visited private schools to ascertain the cause of decline in the quality and standard of education in Nigeria. Disguising as an uncle searching for a good school for his little nephew, this undercover reporter perused private schools in Oyo and Ogun States. His findings expose substandard private schools with …

25 people, including entrepreneur Sam Altman, have paid to have their brains uploaded to a computer – a process that is “100 percent fatal A Silicon Valley billionaire is paying $10,000 to be killed so that his brain can be preserved in the hope that it will one day be uploaded to a computer so he can live on digitally …

The activities of GNLD and other recruitment firms in Lagos are giving harried unemployed youth serious concern, ionigeria investigates. The expanding rate of joblessness in Nigeria has dependably been a noteworthy wellspring of worry for the government and its citizenry, and the need to meet daily desires has rendered a few jobless youths powerless against various indecencies and plans. Nigeria at …

As the year ends, WhatsApp gives a farewell note to some smartphone users and it’s not a good one.