By Sunday Oyinloye Mother of five, Yemi Joy is from Barangoni community, Bwari Area Council, Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. The 37 year old woman has some health challenges that affected her two breasts; hence, she couldn’t breastfeed…
Why I am mobilising support for NDLEA – Yusuf Ali
By Sunday Oyinloye Legal luminary and Life Member, Body of Benchers, Yusuf Olaolu Ali SAN has expressed his preparedness to mobilise his professional friends in support of the essential work being done by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA)…
Man excretes 95 pellets of Heroin at Abuja airport
By Sunday Oyinloye A 36-year-old Nigerian based in Italy, Nwakanma Michael Uche has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja for ingesting pellets of heroin. Nwakanma…
Cocaine in teabags: Cartel members arrested in Lagos, Abuja airports
By Sunday Oyinloye Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Brazil based drug cartel members in their attempt to smuggle substantial quantities of Cocaine into Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed…
‘Every child living with disability deserves a safe space’
Shamsiyyah Umar is the CEO/Founder of ‘We are Special Foundation’. The Foundation is a non-governmental organization which aims at reaching out to people with disabilities through poverty eradiation schemes and educational programmes to elevate their social status by empowering them…
NNPC pipeline: Abia communities sitting on time bomb, Rep. cries out
By Sunday Oyinloye Umunwanwa Umuopara communities in Umuahia South local government area of Abia State are sitting on a time bomb due to the exposure of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) pipeline that passes through the area, a member…
Stop lying about the security challenges facing Nigeria, CSOs tell government
By Sunday Oyinloye Worried by the spate of killings and worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria, a coalition of Civil Society Originations at the weekend called on the Federal Government to account for the abducted, the missing and the dead…
Basic things to do in disaster situations – Priscilla, Disaster Management expert
Dr. Priscilla Ibekwe is a Consultant in Public health and Disaster Management with over 25 years’ experience in public health, health protection, emergency preparedness, business continuing planning, disaster management and recovery, strategic planning and health systems strengthening. She leads on…
Four hours with the forgotten children of Barangoni
By Sunday Oyinloye Six- month- old baby, Gift is one of the many vulnerable children in Barangoni , Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. Gift not only suffers malnutrition, her mother is mentally challenged and no one…
ISMPH holds focus group discussion with vulnerable women in Barangoni
By Sunday Oyinloye International Society of Media in Public Health (ISMPH) has held focus group discussion with vulnerable women in Barangoni community, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. ISMPH is the implementing organization of the empowerment…