THE Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Lagos, has said that not less than 51 million Nigerians, equivalent to 30 percent of the population, tested positive to the malaria parasite in 2015, even as the latest World Health Organisation, WHO, survey shows that the highest number of cases occurred in the North West and North Central zones of the country.

I MET Robert Azibola in the trenches in the dark days of General Sani Abacha.He was one of the young activists then who were singing uncomfortable tunes in the ears of the dark-goggled dictator.I lost contact with him for several years until I ran into him in the lobby of an hotel in Abuja early 2015.That was when he told me he is cousin to then President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

Any right thinking person that followed the unfortunate exchange between music superstar, Tiwa Savage and her estranged husband, TeeBliz, would likely balk at the glee with which some celebrated the crisis that hit their marriage.

LAGOS — It is harder to do business in Nigeria now than it was in 2015, the World Bank Group’s ‘Doing Business Report’ has revealed.

The Federal Government has been called upon to enact new and effective policies against the menace of obstetic fistula, a complication caused by prolonged labour, that contributes to maternal mortality and morbidity in the country.