Nigeria, now Africa’s biggest economy after it rebased its gross domestic product in 2014, is still battling with high maternal mortality rates with as much as 560 women losing their
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The Borno Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri says it has recorded 28 severe cases of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) so far this year. Laraba Bello, chief medical director of the hospital, made
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former minister of finance, says Nigeria domestically funds its own development, lauding the country for its non-dependence on foreign aid. Okonjo-Iweala, who delivered the key note speech at
On the second year anniversary of the kidnap of over 200 girls from Government secondary school, Chibok, Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States, has called for the education
Boko Haram attacks and the Nigerian military tactics are depriving over 1 million children in the north-east an education, a
Oby Nwankwo, the coordinator, National Coalition on Affirmative Action (NCAA), said the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill recently rejected by
The Environmental Rights Organisation/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has asked Akinwunmi Ambode, Lagos state governor, to publicly shun the
Children as young as eight years old are being used as Boko Haram suicide bombers, UNICEF has told Thompson Reuters
The Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) is 100 per cent accurate and can be administered by pharmacies or patent medicine vendors
Over 40,000 people died of diabetes in 2015, majority of whom could have been saved, Kayode Obembe, the president of
