In Benin City, Nigeria’s capital of illegal migration, no one says the word “prostitution”. The word on the street for the young girls who leave for Italy or France is “hustling”.

The death of 13-year-old Aounduver Terunm, who reportedly hung himself in Makurdi, Benue State capital, has continued to generate reactions given the circumstances surrounding the death of the teenager.

If not for their physical challenge, only God knows what inputs Adewale Opebiyi and his wife, Olanrewaju, would have been making but nature twisted them and this led to visual impairment. Imagine how they run their daily activities without sight! From domestic to commercial activities, it all implies earning income, fetching water, cooking, sourcing for foodstuff, clothing themselves, making outings, crossing bridges, accessing roads and so many other things without support !!

On Saturday, August 24, 2013, 13-year-old Daniel Ohikhena, from Owan, Edo State, stowed from Benin Airport to Lagos in the wheel well of Arik flight W3 544. When the flight landed at the Lagos Airport, security agents and passengers aboard the flight were shocked to see the boy creeping out of one of the wheels of the aircraft. The security agents and passengers thought he was a ghost until they found that the boy stowed to Lagos. Daniel told journalists then that he thought the flight was going to America as he wanted to travel outside Nigeria.

So, formally, I would say it started on January 16, 2017, when the Student Affairs Department of UNILAG registered the Association of Indigenous People with Disabilities (AIPD)

NOBODY in Akwuorji,Ezeogwu, Awo-Idemili community, Orsu local council area of Imo State, had an inkling that tragedy was lurking around the corner last week.

A 47-year-old adventurer, Adjarho David Obaro, popularly known as World Wrapperman, hoisting a Nigerian flag with a 23-yard wrapper tied round his waist, sprinted from Lagos to Delta State in 11 days with a 24-year-old marathon professional, Afeez Akande, in their stunning bid to raise funds for an innovative Back-to-School project in three states, Delta, Edo and Enugu.

‘I’ll never forget the moment I was told my baby would die at birth,’ Sandra says. ‘I burst into tears. Andrew was devastated

IT came as a profound story in 2009, pricking the conscience of Nigeria’s leadership class, whose failure to provide leadership impoverishes the masses.

From ancient Rome to modern times, mankind has suffered devastating periods of hunger caused by drought, war or misguided politics.

Overweight may not be your problem, but, then, that’s not the only reason for exercising.

The increasing level of widows’ maltreatment in Nigeria is frightening. According to the last data released, Nigeria has over 8 million widows with an estimated 21 million children. Mr. Felix King, Founder, Felix King Foundation who spoke to our correspondent said that the challenges will be best tackled by engages custodians of customs in the communities rather than sponsoring a bill. Excerpts

Sexual slavery is widespread in these communities, whether in poor districts of the United States or townships in South Africa or Nigeria, where deprivation leaves women and girls vulnerable to exploitation

FGM, also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia

It is unfortunate that, even with the cure, some members of the public still keep away from us and therefore have nothing to do with us