After her husband’s death eight years ago, Rasheedatul Anafi, 42, for a sustainable way of living with her children. She decided to engage in farming to earn income and sustain her family. In the decade after gaining political independence in…
Funmi Ogundare writes that teenage girls need to be empowered on menstrual hygiene practices, especially during this COVID-19 period, as this would guard against urinary tract infections and untreated health problems, as well as ensure that they are not vulnerable…
TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN writes on the travails of Apojula community battling with a contaminated water source in Ogun State amid COVID-19 Seriki Ahmadu Augo, who is the community head of Apojula community, in Opeji ward, Odeda Local Government Area of Abeokuta,…
Before the outbreak of the Coronavirus disease, children occasionally engage in street trading as a way of helping their parents to make ends meet. However, when schools were shut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, more children have ample…
While the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, people living in the 16 local government areas in Ekiti State and medical workers said their concern is how to access basic healthcare. From June 30 to August 26, doctors working at government…
The COVID-19 palliatives distribution regimes in Kano and Jigawa states have left in their wake a litany of complaints and allegations of diversions against politicians, traditional rulers and even proprietors of Almajiri schools The sandy, erosion-ridden path leading to Fatsuma…
Twenty-year-old Agnes Fubara had looked forward to a career as a news presenter. From an early age, she joined the editorial club in her school to prepare her for journalism. She dreamt of studying broadcast journalism at a university in Nigeria. With excellent high…
Bound by the duty of care, Nigeria’s healthcare givers on the COVID-19 frontlines are taking on enormous personal risks and too often working under precarious conditions in their bid to save others. This is turning the frontline foot soldiers into…
Bound by the duty of care, Nigeria’s healthcare givers on the COVID-19 frontlines are taking on enormous personal risks and too often working under precarious conditions in their bid to save others. This is turning the frontline foot soldiers into…
Nigeria may have almost certainly overcome the worst periods of COVID-19, but some of the effects of the global pandemic are still evident in our society. This special report supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism proves that…
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