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Losing a baby can be a very difficult experience for couples. Whether it is a miscarriage or a stillbirth, couples are often left alone with their questions. In this episode of Healthy Me, No Cap, medical doctor Chinonso Egemba (Aproko Doctor) in Lagos, meets the mother of a stillborn baby to discuss these questions and stresses why parents need empathy and support rather than judgement.

Nigeria's government has banned single-use plastics. Local traders need low-cost alternatives.

With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in recent years. On March 7, 286 students - some as young as eight - and school staff were kidnapped by gunmen in Kuriga, a town in Kaduna State.

With Nigeria's economy and poverty levels worsening, abductions have become an almost daily occurrence in the country. The kidnappings tear apart families who have to pool their savings to pay the ransoms and the U.N. estimates that at least 10.5 million children are out of school due to insecurity.

Who's behind the surge in mass abductions in Nigeria? And is there a prospect for resolving this devastating situation? DW correspondent Waisu Idris reports from Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

Soldiers backed by police, the intelligence service, the air force and a local vigilante group are searching for armed kidnappers who abducted nearly 300 pupils from a school in the northern Kaduna state, a source has said.

Blessing Joseph has been weaving bags, sandals and jewelleries, earning enough money to feed her son and send him to school. But since November, she has fallen on hard times as customers have stopped coming and she and her son routinely go to bed hungry.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday met with his Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar in Moscow capital of Russia.

Dupe Killa-Kafidipe runs a fishery that she says is a sustainable solution to overfishing and reducing imports. On her two hectare plot, she not only breeds fish but has also taught more than a hundred people not to engage in overfishing in the wild but instead practice sustainable fishing.

Following the abduction of more than 280 children by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week, the government claims to have initiated a search. Abductions for ransom are common in Nigeria, with this recent incident being the largest in recent years.

Gunmen kidnapped dozens of pupils in northern Nigeria on Thursday (March 7), residents and parents of the missing children said, in what would be the biggest abduction targeting a school since 2021.

The kidnappings occurred in a remote area in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province have operated. Kidnappings have plagued Nigeria for years, mostly targeting women.