Education

For two weeks in June, IBRAHIM ADEYEMI combed the downtowns of Niger, Zamfara, and Sokoto states to document the wreckage left in schools racked by the Covid-19 pandemic and mass abduction of schoolchildren by bandits. After covering some 4000km in the war-torn northwest and northcentral states, he returns to document the shambolic conditions of schools and the traumatised students abandoned by the government.  The premises...

Children between the ages of 3 to 15 years roam the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital daily in search of money and food. In this report, Omobolanle Adesuyi investigates the root cause of this menace in a bid to find a lasting solution.