Key Takeways from the Abuja Policy Dialogue on Defending Democracy Beyond Elections
Democracy is often associated with elections, but is voting every four years enough to protect our freedoms? This important question was at the heart of the Abuja Policy Lab (Second Edition) hosted by the German Embassy in Nigeria on 15 July 2026. Bringing together diplomats, civil society leaders, journalists, and policy experts, the event explored […]
Skilled and Stuck: What World Youth Skills Day Revealed About Nigeria’s Youth Employment Gap
Every 15 July, the world marks World Youth Skills Day, a UN observance established in 2014 to spotlight something governments, employers, and institutions still don’t take seriously enough: that skills, on their own, are not the same thing as opportunity. This year’s theme, “Skills for a Shared Future,” landed at a moment when that gap […]
What Every Nigerian Needs to Know About the 2026 NYSC Reforms.
For more than 50 years, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been a rite of passage for Nigerian graduates. The NYSC is a mandatory one-year national service programme for all Nigerian graduates under 30. After university or polytechnic, graduates are posted to a state different from their own to work, live, and serve for […]
NGYouthSDGs convenes stakeholders’ dialogue to shape Nigeria’s youth policy reforms
Stakeholders from government, development agencies, and youth-led organisations have outlined key reforms needed to strengthen Nigeria’s National Youth Policy, calling for dedicated financing, stronger accountability mechanisms, and greater youth participation in implementation and oversight. The recommendations emerged at a High-Level Stakeholders’ Dialogue on the National Youth Policy convened by the Network of Youth for Sustainable […]
Human Rights Are a Youth Issue: Reflections from the Amnesty International Nigeria Annual Report Launch
When the story of Nigeria’s future is told, it will not be written only in policy statements or development reports. It will be written in how we treat the most vulnerable among us and in whether young people choose to stand aside or to stand up. This reflection is drawn from our participation at the […]
South-South Youth Demand Seat at the Table as Nigeria Reviews National Youth Policy
Young people from across Nigeria’s South-South region have issued a clear demand to policymakers: genuine, structured inclusion at every stage of the National Youth Policy process, from design and implementation to monitoring and accountability. The call emerged from a zonal consultation on the National Youth Policy held in Port Harcourt, convened by the Network of […]
World Day of Social Justice: Why Youth Workplace Rights Matter in Nigeria
As Nigeria marks World Day of Social Justice, conversations often focus on unemployment and economic growth. However, a critical issue demands equal attention: the protection of young people within the workplace. New evidence from Beyond Awareness: Youth Participatory Evidence on Work Experiences, Rights Violation and Barriers to Decent Work in Nigeria, a national study of […]
How Young Nigerians Are Reimagining Open Defecation Free Communities
In 2019, Nigeria’s President Mr Muhammadu Buhari signed Executive Order 009 to tackle open defecation with the Clean Nigeria 2025 target. With less than one month left, millions of Nigerians still lack access to safe sanitation. According to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, less than 250 out of the 774 Local Government Areas of […]
Counting for Change: Driving Global Progress with Quality Data for Everyone
We live in an age of data abundance, but not accuracy. For all our satellites and supercomputers, much of the nations of the world still do not know how many people truly live within its borders. The world now houses an estimated value of over 8.1 billion people, yet nearly 60 countries haven’t conducted a […]
Nigeria at 65: Youth Powering the SDG Journey to 2030
Today as Nigeria turns 65, it serves as a reminder of both the urgency of the task ahead and the resilience of our country. Celebrations like this give us room to examine our past year and also necessitate planning for the next milestone ahead. In the next five years, Nigeria will turn 70 which is […]
