By Akinyinka Akinyoade The exceptional intercensal growth rates and other reasons for distortion Generally, all the colonial censuses were technically deficient; the 1962 and 1973 counts were dropped due to the intense political tensions they provoked, and though the 1963…
How to combat cases of rape and incest in Nigeria- Abiola Adimula
Dr Abiola Adimula is the Principal Partner, Biola Adimula & Co, a firm of Legal Practitioners established in Nigeria since 1995. She is also a lecturer at Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies, University of Ilorin. Abiola is the President…
UK aid fights malaria in Nigeria as SUNMAP 2 Kicks off
By Sunday Oyinloye United Kingdom aid (UK aid) funded Support to the National Malaria Programmme in Nigeria 2 (SUNMAP 2) has kicked off in Abuja with all the stakeholders making commitment to work for a reduction of malaria burden in…
Again, CISLAC, ISMPH, others dialogue on Severe Acute Malnutrition
Barely a month after a consortium of civil societies including International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH), Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Network for Health Equity and Development (NHED) and concerned individuals working on the prevention and management…
‘Malnutrition is a sin against Nigerian children’
Malnutrition is a sin against Nigerian children taking into consideration the enormous resources available in the country and vast arable land, the Presidential Candidate of Alliance for a New Nigeria (ANN) Fela Durotoye has said. An estimated 2.5 million children…
How we are addressing Gender Based Violence in Kenya- Susan Waruingi
Susan Waruingi is a Social Inclusion Consultant in Kenya championing and facilitating for more accommodative development programs and system to ensure no one is left behind because of their ethnicity, race, disability, gender, and sexual orientation. She works with different…
ISMPH parley media owners to tackle malnutrition in Nigeria
By Sunday Oyinloye Concerned about the danger Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) poses to the health of Nigerian children and its negative effects on the economy and future of the country, a non-profit organisation, the International Society of Media of Media…
What is the real population of Nigeria? Part 2
1962-63: Controversies in the house The accuracy of census data was generally affected by shortage of qualified personnel to undertake the actual count, shortage of funds, problems with communication, such as in the riverine areas, and previous suspicions associated with…
Each zone in Nigeria should have laboratory for beekeepers – Lenou
Dr Efthymia Lenou is the Country Representative of The International First Aid Society (IFAS), an international Non-Governmental Organization that has a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, USA.…
Yngvadottir leads Lions Club to give succor to Piwoyi community
By Sunday Oyinloye Lions Club Multiple District 404 Nigeria has given succor to Piwoyi community Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory of the country with today’s unveiling of an eye hospital by the International President of Lions Clubs, Gudrun Yngvadottir…
