The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday resolved to look into a report by the international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, alleging that Nigerian security forces of rape and domestic violence against women in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno
By virtue of the hazardous substances they are exposed to, the children become susceptible to tuberculosis, kidney disease, and lung cancer.
IDPs in the North East in spite of the fiery activities of insurgency are receiving a kind gesture of the Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote this month as his Foundation will build 200 housing units for them in Borno state
In our series of letters from African journalists, Kadaria Ahmed looks at the brewing crisis in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, which analysts say has the potential to become as deadly as the Boko Haram conflict. Growing up nearly 50 years ago…
APIN Public Health Initiatives, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), says it has expanded its scope on the campaign against HIV APIN unveiled its new corporate identity at an event in Abuja during the weekend. Speaking at the event, Prosper Okonkwo, chief…
The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, ‘Gbenga Sesan has been appointed member of the Advisory Network of the Freedom Online Coalition (FOC), an intergovernmental coalition committed to advancing internet freedom worldwide. Sesan, the prominent Nigerian digital rights expert, founded the…
47 youth across 15 African countries including Nigeria, in the CANVASSITY Pan African Youth Democracy Fellowship 2018 have pledged to engage and support government in a bid to foster improved governance, raise accountability and enhance citizen-government collaboration throughout Africa. This…
International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on March 8 every year to commemorate the movement for women’s rights.globally. While the first observance of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the…
In Africa 6000 girls are mutilated everyday, 200 million women live with the effects of FGM/C, and 30 million girls are still at risk over the next decades
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) humanitarians will on Friday conduct an assessment of Rann in wake of the March 1 attack and evacuation. An assessment to Rann town in Borno, North-east Nigeria, is scheduled by…
