In recent time, diphtheria disease has become a matter of concern among the Nigerian populace. Its fast rising popularity has generated frenzy due to the threat of its potential to become widespread, following the published data by Nigeria Center for...
Aminu Abdulsalam, a teenager, could not comprehend when this reporter asked for his name in English Language. He is one of the scores of never-been-to-school children in Mainasara Sabon Gari in Maje Ward of Suleja Local Government Area in Niger State...
In this report, HUSSAIN WAHAB writes on how residents in two communities in Kebbi State suffer and risk water-borne diseases over lack of access to a hygienic source of water supply, while a multi-million naira water project in the community has fail...
Seated amidst a colourful array of fruits, 75-year-old Mrs. Meg Ayodeji watched the world go by as cars whizzed past in a blur of motion. Ever since the loss of her beloved husband, the suffocating veil of loneliness had descended upon her, and reduc...
In this report, ARINZE CHIJIOKE chronicles the pains of street sweepers in Cross River State, and how inconsistent salary payment frustrated these people who risk their lives and health to keep the streets clean. As soon as Mary John hears the bell o...
In efforts to improve productivity of teachers in public schools in Kano State, the state’s Ministry of Education, disbursed over N150 million for repair and renovation of over 16 government secondary schools staff quarters in different local governm...
“You cannot make people learn. You can only provide the right conditions for learning to happen.” – Vince Gowmon But what happens if education is provided under an environment that is not conducive to learning at all? This is the situation at Gaa Ala...
Forty three-year-old Bilikis Abdulrahman covered her pineapple fruit she is selling inside a white bucket container. This, she does to avoid flies perching on them. They plentiful from the piles of dumped waste on the road median close to her shop at...
Phillip Moffitt, an American author, said: “the house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul”, but alas this narrative is not the same with residents of Sakama area of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. Twenty fourt...
