10 Nigerian news today (12/5/2019) you might have missed. 1. APC Crisis: Buhari meets Party Govs in Aso Rock Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed doors with Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The agenda of the closed-door meeting which lasted about two hours was not made open, […]

A Nigerian family of five faced deportation from Canada after being denied refugee status on Thursday. Rasheedat Bakare (wife) and her husband, Afeez, son Faaiq and daughter Faiqah reportedly fled Nigeria and arrived in Canada in 2017. The family’s youngest daughter Farhana was born in Canada in 2018. The family was informed to leave the […]

A survivor of the Nigerian “torture house” raided by police in Kaduna has described being there as “living in hellfire”. “If you are praying they will beat you. If you are studying they will beat you,” Isa Ibrahim, 29, told the BBC. Nearly 500 men and boys were rescued from the building in Kaduna, which […]

By Adeola Salawu Nigerians from different walks of life have thrown their weight behind Vice President Yemi Osinbajo many of whom have insisted that the relationship between President Muhammadu Buhari and his deputy cannot be cracked. In diverse statement of support on social media, press statements and interviews, many of them charged Prof. Osinbajo not […]

 Alaran Aishat Over the years, the health and well-being of people in sub-Saharan Africa have been deteriorating at an increasingly alarming rate and Nigeria happens to be a major hotspot for this menace. Seemingly, this menace is being encouraged by the high out-of-pocket expenditure on health care services in Nigeria. This has become very worrisome […]

By Victor Okoye Lottery is considered as a voluntary tax proceeds from various chance-based entertainment activities and has been globally recognised as an important revenue source to governments. It has funded national defense budgets, infrastructure, and public welfare programs. In Nigeria, harnessing lottery potentials for Nigerians is the core mandate of the National Lottery Regulatory […]

…Dietitians, clerics disagree By Chioma Obinna All over the world different religious groups observe fasting to increase their spiritual growth and other purposes. According to the teachings of the Bible, fasting helps Christians to grow spiritually, discipline their flesh and seek the face of God for answers to their prayers. In Nigeria today, members of […]

By Demola Akinyemi During the 100 days anniversary breakfast meeting with journalists in Kwara State inside the expansive hall of Kwara hotels, Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman among others drops the hint that the much-expected cabinet list would be unveiled the following week. But contrary to the expectations of keen watchers of Kwara politics, the much expected […]

By Hanatu Enwemadu My child is matured, big in body size, old enough to face the pressure, brilliant and academically sound. These were a few of the reasons a couple of ladies I met in a store gave as their reasons for encouraging their children to skip certain classes in primary or secondary schools. ( […]

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