Free Civic & Life Skills Courses in Nigeria
Every Civic & Life Skills course on Skillnaija is free, self-paced, and written for a Nigerian context. Each one ends with a hands-on project that is graded — pass it and you earn a certificate you can verify and share.
12 free courses
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PVC & Voter Registration Class
Get your PVC, keep it valid, and help your people do the same — no party, no wahala, just the process done right.
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Systems Thinking for Nigerian Life and Business
See the structure behind the problem that keeps coming back — then change it.
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Practical Mathematics for Nigerian Life and Business
The maths you actually use — percentages, margin, ratio, algebra, break-even — in naira, step by step.
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Study Abroad from Nigeria
Plan a real, costed route to a foreign degree — then learn to advise others for a living.
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Nigerian History: Peoples, Power and Culture from Nok to Now
A complete overview of Nigeria's story — the ancient cultures and kingdoms, Islam and the Atlantic trade, conquest and colonial rule, the road to 1960, the civil war, oil and the generals, the Fourth Republic, and the peoples, faiths, festivals, writers, musicians, women and builders who made the country — illustrated with real photographs.
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Canada Express Entry from Nigeria: The Honest, Step-by-Step Guide to Permanent Residence
How Express Entry actually works in 2026 — eligibility, the CRS score and every lever that moves it, category draws and provincial nominations, language tests and French as the biggest advantage, the credential assessment, proof of funds, the 60-day application, police and medicals from Nigeria, the full naira budget, the scams to avoid, and the plan you submit as your project.
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Nigerian Literature: From Oral Tradition to the 2026 Bestseller List
A complete, illustrated tour of Nigerian writing — the oral and manuscript traditions, Fagunwa, Tutuola and Onitsha pamphlets, Achebe's generation, Soyinka's stage, the war and the generals, the women who changed the canon, the third generation and the diaspora, poetry, the languages debate, the 2026 publishing industry and its prizes, how to read a text closely, and how to start writing — with free-licence photographs and film of the writers and the places.
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Introduction to Nigerian Philosophy: Thinkers, Schools and Ideas from Nigeria
The philosophy Nigeria produced — Ifá and Orí, chi and Ọ̀fọ̀ na Ogù, the Sokoto scholars, the great debate over African philosophy, and the living schools at Calabar, Ibadan, Nsukka and Lagos.
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Christian Apologetics: Giving a Reason with Gentleness and Respect
The arguments for Christian belief and the strongest objections to them, taught fairly, for campus, church and conversations between neighbours in Nigeria.
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Pregnancy Preparedness: From Planning to the First Six Weeks
What to do before, during and after pregnancy in Nigeria: antenatal care, danger signs, a birth plan with money and transport in it, and the first six weeks with a newborn.
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First Aid & Emergency Response for Home, Work and the Road
What to do in the first minutes: stay safe, call for help, CPR and the recovery position, choking, bleeding, burns, head and spine injuries, heart attack, stroke, seizures, diabetes, poisoning, snakebite, drowning and heat, with the myths that cost lives.
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Infant & Child Care: The First Five Years
Feeding from breast milk to family meals, growth and milestones, immunisation, the danger signs that mean go now, safety at home and on the road, play and early learning, protecting children, and the professional childminder's job.
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