One in 10 children is a child with disability and according to UNICEF, COVID-19 will likely “disproportionally affect those children with pre-existing vulnerabilities.” Adie Vanessa OFFIONG looks at what it has been like for families and caregivers of such children, since the…
With about 2.6 billion people around the world said to be on one form of lockdown or the other, the possibility of individuals experiencing diverse symptoms such as anxiety, hallucination, and apprehension is expected. This story takes a look at…
The Almajarai’s system of education has been corrupted with so many social challenges which fosters the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic among many Almajarai’s necessitating their evacuation from different parts of northern Nigeria. The need to reintergrate and resocialize…
Bukola Adeniji, 39, has a simple invitation to treat strategically etched on her Whatsapp status: “Cakes for birthday and valentine. Call 08068078439.” The visually impaired entrepreneur actually does more than that to survive the harsh conditions that persons living with…
The lockdown induced by Covid-19 is not only about fears and frustration actually, but it also inspired many to engage in widespread emotional experiments behind closed doors. Now here is the health crisis that will follow when all the secret…
The plight of many daily income earners amid the coronavirus pandemic and its adverse effect on small scale businesses were examined in this story, which also considers government’s efforts in providing palliatives to different types of citizens in the absence…
Sokoto State did not register an index case of COVID-19 until April 20. The index case had no travel history and evidence suggests that the virus was very much present in the state before it was detected. With rising cases,…
The partial lockdown of businesses and formal activities across Bauchi state occasioned by the current Covid-19 outbreak is taking a negative toll on the poor and the vulnerable, who have to fend for themselves daily. From Okada riders whose operations…
Considering the sheer size of its population, many fear Nigeria’s inability to break COVID-19’s chain of community transmission in Kano may pose a grave danger to the country’s war against the scourge Long after COVID-19 emerged in Nigeria on February…
Saudi Arabia has identified about 11,600 Nigerians reportedly stranded in the country, many due to the coronavirus disease, and is making plans to airlift them back home, an official has said. The Nigerian embassy official, who is privy to the…
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