LIFE EXPECTANCY CHALLENGE: Why Nigerians are dying too soon – Experts
Poverty, weak health systems, poor nutrition, environmental hazards, chronic stress, limited access to healthcare, widening social inequalities shape Nigerians life expectancy
Gunmen attack NIPSS, kill three security operatives in Plateau
A staff member of the institute, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident and said the attackers launched the assault unexpectedly.
Anti-Tinubu post: Court orders Sowore’s arrest over failure to attend trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, following his failure to attend his trial.
FG auctions Lagos hotel, 3 properties forfeited by drug lords at N6.1bn
kingpins by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and forfeited to the agency, through court processes, for the sum of N6.148 billion.
I was drugged, forced to sleep with 30 men a day — Teenager dv/sav/Svagsdbzdz
By Matthew Johnson LAGOS—Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command yesterday, when a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said […]
When drains become dumps: Bayelsa park battles filth, apathy
By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA—The drains around Ekeki Motor Park in the heart of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, were built to carry water. Today, they carry shame. Plastic bottles, sachet water wrappers, rotting food, dead rats, all festers in dark, sluggish channels that food stalls, POS kiosks, and the feet of thousands who pass through […]
