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News Nigeria » Life: Nigeria’s life-expectancy crisis: Why prevention must come first

News channel or source: https://businessday.ng/insight-2/article/nigerias-life-expectancy-crisis-why-prevention-must-come-first/

Published on: Monday 19 October 2026

Nigeria’s life expectancy is among the lowest in the world, and the way we finance and deliver healthcare helps explain why. Too much spending goes towards treating diseases after they become serious, ...

News Nigeria » Life: Nigeria’s life expectancy ranked lowest globally

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/nigeria-s-life-expectancy-ranked-lowest-globally/ar-AA1O0HqN

Published on: Monday 06 October 2025

Nigeria now stands as the world’s lowest life expectancy, according to a new United Nations data for 2025, which confirms a national average of just 54.9 years. This statistic, highlighted in the ...

News Nigeria » Life: From MTN's famous advert to a Nigerian game attracting millions

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/from-mtn-s-famous-advert-to-a-nigerian-game-attracting-millions/ar-AA2fElFs

Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

From MTN’s memorable Mama Na Boy advert to Lagos Life’s 7 million reported players, Nigeria’s technology industry has evolved, creating new opportunities.

News Nigeria » Life: The trend of young Nigerians leaving their country in search of a better life

News channel or source: https://www.npr.org/2023/01/19/1150073901/the-trend-of-young-nigerians-leaving-their-country-in-search-of-a-better-life

Published on: Thursday 19 January 2023

Young Nigerians are leaving the country in increasing numbers in search of a better life. It's a trend that even has it's own word — Japa — Yoruba for "to run, or escape." Japa is a playful Nigerian ...

News Nigeria » Life: ‘People Just Want a Life’: Why These Young People are Bailing on Nigeria

News channel or source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/nigeria-presidential-election-japa/

Published on: Tuesday 21 February 2023

LAGOS – In 2021, Olufemi Fadahunsi was working as a writer at one of Nigeria’s most popular online magazines before he decided to join a tech startup as a content marketer. His career was going well, ...

News Nigeria » Life: Nigeria’s Lagos: Life with a disability in the African megacity

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/30/nigerias-lagos-life-with-a-disability-in-the-african-megacity

Published on: Wednesday 30 March 2022

Editor’s note: Olajumoke Olajide, the disabled athlete featured in “Inaccessible Cities”, died on March 24, 2022. Around the world, city populations are soaring. By 2050, some 68 percent of the ...