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Cover of the Fair Finance Nigeria ESG Policy Assessment Report showing Nigerian banks average a 1.7 out of 10

First-Ever ESG Policy Assessment Reveals Nigerian Banks Average 1.7/10 on Global Sustainability Standards

ESG Policy Assessment: Nigerian Banks Score 1.7/10The Fair Finance Nigeria coalition's first ESG policy assessment reveals top banks average 1.7/10. Read the report and join the call to upgrade the…

Three Oxfam colleagues lean in closely together to collaborate over a laptop screen during an intensive working session. Photo Credit: Maxwell Osarenkhoe/Oxfam

The Courage to Adapt: Inside Oxfam in Nigeria’s 2026 Country Learning Review

Maxwell Osarenkhoe

Inside Oxfam in Nigeria’s 2026 Country Learning ReviewProgress is rarely a straight line. In the complex landscape of development and humanitarian work, creating lasting systems change requires more…

A close-up shot of a person's hands placing Nigerian currency notes into a white bowl on a table. This represents the weekly contributions of a VSLA group in Nigeria.

VSLA: How Community Savings Groups are Boosting Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

Maxwell Osarenkhoe

Through Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), people are taking their financial futures into their own hands, proving that grassroots initiatives are a powerful engine for change.Our recent…

Vulnerable people being bypassed or bankrupted as rich countries pour development billions into Africa’s private healthcare.

Investments of taxpayers’ money into dodgy deals, profiteering and exploitation, health scandals and human rights abuses —all with little or no accountability. This includes private hospitals…

"Poverty is not good"- Beneficiary

Mercy Hassan, from Yewa community in Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State has sent her three kids to tertiary institutions and gained more respect in her family.

PROSELL

Funded by the European Union, PROSELL is a 4year project (2018 – 2022) to increase 40, 000 farmers’ productivity and livelihood in 6 Local Government Areas of Taraba State.This project follows the…

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