By Mayowa Adeniran | Not less than 1,483 irregular African migrants die in 2020, according to data released by the United Nations. Africans top the global list of dead irregular migrants as 3,101 dead irregular migrants were recorded in 2020.…
…call on Head of Security Agencies, intelligence to expose culprits. Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has revealed that certain politicians who were enemies of the country were frustrating the war against insecurity by President Muhammadu Buhari and were politicizing insecurity…
Doctor Ore Finnih, Senior Special Adviser on Health and COVID-19 Lagos Risk Communication Pillar Lead, has advised journalists to go beyond just reporting numbers but also report how the outbreak of the pandemic coronavirus has affected the lives of people.…
By Ijeoma UKAZU | Following the release of the 344 abducted Kankara school boys in Katsina state, the United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF) has hailed the release, however, they condemned the attack says, no cause justifies such against children and…
By Ijeoma Ukazu | In commemoration of the International Human Rights Day 2020, the Mothers And Marginalised Advocacy Centre (MAMA Centre) has said marginalised women and girls dignity should be protected. While speaking on Human Rights Day, the Executive Director,…
Samuel Fury Childs Daly, Duke University For a brief moment in October, it seemed that youthful protesters calling to “abolish” a police force had succeeded. After weeks of mass demonstrations against police brutality, the government agreed to disband a widely…
By Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University | Demographic data are important for national development. They are useful in sectoral planning and should influence the direction of government priorities. A youthful population like Nigeria requires accurate information on characteristics like…
WHO today launches a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit.” The new WHO Quit Challenge on WhatsApp and publication “More than 100 reasons to quit tobacco” are being released today to mark the…
Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the wrong response and compounds the societal cost of the disease, with 320 million children locked out of school at the start of December, the UN…
By Wemimo Adewuni | Ejike dreams of becoming a governor. He arrived in Lagos in January 2020, leaving his parents in Ebonyi state. His brother promised to send him to school. But he’s in Lagos, selling CDs in traffic- just…
