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RECENT findings by the Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey, NAIIS,revealed that among women aged 15–49 years are more than twice as likely to be living with HIV than men. As a result, women have been positioned as potential sources of HIV infection.
This has led to an increased stigmatisation and discrimination that also left women more vulnerable to the infection. One of those caught in this vicious cycle is 22-year-old Adeola Ajetunmobi. She speaks about her experience in this encounter with Sola Ogundipe. Excerpts
Victor Ogunyinka Insecurity is about the biggest challenge facing the Nigeria of today, that is not to say education, health, and other germane sectors are less important and unconventionally, bad roads all across Nigeria have been an unsolicited tool in the hands of daredevils that have ruptured our fragile unity. But insecurity has hampered the
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By Peter Okutu THE developmental revolution taking place in Ebonyi State cannot be undermined or relegated to the background considering its enormous impact on the lives of Ebonyi Citizens now and in years to come. Since the present administration came on board on May 29, 2015, it had been putting modalities in place to ensure
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Abuda lives in Accra, Ghana. He used to live a life of struggle and lack, finding it difficult to survive, until one day, he came across Kudu, a childhood friend, who was filthy rich. When Abuda asked how Kudu had made it in life, he was introduced to what is called “Sakawa”, an occultic group,
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By Abujah Racheal When Babatunde Opeyemi, an indigene of Ilorin in Kwara State, applied for the Ashisaga Africa Initiative scholarship for higher education abroad, she had very high hopes. The scholarship covers tuition, accommodation, travel costs and other necessary fees. Only one thing stood between the 17-year old and her dream of acquiring a university
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Sleep is this, sleep is that, it will help you do this, it will help you do that… just stop, stop it! I know, so many things have been said about what sleep is or isn’t, and so many of us have lived our lives by the rule book of what to do to get
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One of the main reasons newly-elected Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari had been widely expected to lose his bid for a second term was the poor state of the country’s economy. Under his presidency, Nigeria’s unemployment rate more than doubled, from 10.4 per cent in January 2016 to 23.1 per cent in July 2018. In his first
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By Vivian Ihechu According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), traditional medicine is generally available, affordable, and commonly used in large parts of Africa, Asia, and Latin America. WHO estimates that about 80 per cent of the population in developing countries still depend on traditional medicine for their Primary Healthcare (PHC) needs; however, this percentage
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By Sodiq Ajala, Mayowa Adeniran, Fumilayo Ishola, Alexander Onukwue When Professor Attahiru Jega announced the official results of the 2015 presidential election, a majority of Nigerians jubilated. Not convinced, many skeptics imagined what could happen should the incumbent government refuse to accept the outcome. A national uproar was possible but, thankfully, did not materialize. President
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Some pensioners and ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways have given accounts of the trauma, untold hardship they went through for more than 14 years they were retrenched without payment of their pensions and benefits. The pensioners and ex-workers who exclusively spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos said they went through
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