Children’s Day 2025: The Kids Are Not Alright

Children’s Day 2025: The Kids Are Not Alright

It’s Children’s Day in Nigeria today, so you’ll likely hear performative speeches from public officials on the value and importance of children to the country. But they’ll not tell you that Nigeria is working overtime to snuff the life out of them. Not to be one of those guys, but there’s not much to celebrate. Nigeria has, by multiple standards, become one of the worst places to be a child. If you need proof of this statement, we’ll give you a…

Children's Day: A Call to Fix Nigeria’s Education Crisis

As Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day, it is impossible to ignore the deepening education crisis confronting the country. Development Diaries reports that 18.3 million Nigerian children are currently out of school, one of the highest figures globally, and this is according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Similarly, in a 2023 report, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) noted that over 63 percent of Nigerians (approximately 133 …