We want actions, not your apology sir, #EndSARS protesters reply Osinbajo

We want actions, not your apology sir, #EndSARS protesters reply Osinbajo

By David Royal As the #EndSARS protest continue to rage across the country, some of the protesters seem to be more enraged by the apology offered to the youths by Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on behalf of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for “not moving faster” enough. The enraged protesters demanded that quick actions […]
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Gov AbdulRasaq amazes aides as he drops sweat cutting grass

Gov AbdulRasaq amazes aides as he drops sweat cutting grass

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaqof Kwara state will not stop warming his way into the hearts of his people. Penultimate Saturday, Governor AbdulRazaq dropped the governor’s toga and picked up a cutlass to cut grass at Mount Carmel Junior Secondary, Oloje Ilorin to demonstrate the need for everyone to be involved in community work.

MALI: UN Chief Guterres flays attacks against peacekeepers

MALI: UN Chief Guterres flays attacks against peacekeepers

Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned two deadly attacks against United Nations peacekeepers in Mali on Thursday. Guterres’ reaction came in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, in New York on Friday. He said an Egyptian peacekeeper was killed and two others injured in the attacks targeting the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation […]

Jos: 160,864 women enrol for family planning despite poor facilities

Jos: 160,864 women enrol for family planning despite poor facilities

…Water, toilet facilities in bad shape By Marie-Therese Nanlong Appalling health facilities in many hospitals and clinics have forced women in dire need of family planning services to shun such hospitals, apparently to avoid contacting other health challenges. One of the health facilities captured by Arewa Voice correspondent in Nasarawa Gwong in Jos North Local […]

Cholera outbreak in Bauchi affected 39,795 people in 8 years — CSOs

Cholera outbreak in Bauchi affected 39,795 people in 8 years — CSOs

By Charly Agwam A coalition of civil society organisations in Bauchi State has said that the state recorded a total of 39,795 cases of Cholera outbreak between 2010 and 2018 as 3.9 million people lack access to water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. The Chairman, Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in the state, Sodaigi Chindo, made this […]

SARS, not our problem

SARS, not our problem

By Emeka Obasi Sixty-gun salute to young Nigerian professionals for waking up to responsibilities. I gave up on them long ago as a crowd of spineless souls whose sole interest lay in worldly things that offered no future. And then this End-SARS bang. They have added oxygen to my soul. I want to breath, I […]