Running on empty: Power cuts dim Nigeria's biggest asset

    Wasiu Alli and Charles Ogwo | Top Stories | May 28, 2025    
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Martins Ifijeh was just 10 when his mother, Nneoma, bled to death in their rural home in Aninri, Enugu State, while trying to give birth. With no nearby hospital equipped to save her life, the agony of watching his mother die with a child made Martins—now in senior secondary school—vow to become a doctor. But that ambition may be short-circuited.

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