By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Bauchi State, like other parts of the world, has, in several ways, been impacted by the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. As of December 15, 2020, available official figures suggest that Bauchi has recorded at least 860 confirmed cases and 14 Covid-19 related deaths. Although Bauchi recorded only one case of Covid-19 […]

While mankind grapples with the continued assault and ravages of diseases such as cancer, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, malaria and lately COVID-19, among others, the fear of the impact of genetically-modified organism, GMO, on human health and survival has been growing at an alarming rate.

By Rasheed Sobowale “Find your way to Agboyi Road at Alapere, Ketu, Lagos State. Follow the road down. Take a boat to Agboyi 2”, reads the direction given to locate this Lagos community. Anybody scared of water might not like here. While those interested in a sea tour might find it interesting at first, they […]

Let our humanity help restore hope for Kebbi people ― Gov Bagudu Now, I have nothing to call my farm anymore; everything has been taken up by the floods-Kalango Argungu fishing ground is buried-Argungu LGA chairman We lost 50,000 farms to the flood-Kebbi Rice Farmers Secretary We’ve never seen this type of disaster in our time- […]

On the likely causes, United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, says: “Adolescent pregnancy is generally not the result of a deliberate choice – these girls often have little say over decisions affecting their lives. Rather, early pregnancy is a consequence of little or no access to school, information or health care.”

By Agbonkhese Oboh As litres of clean palm oil come off the boiling drum, allowed to cool and then sealed up in 25-litre jerry cans, the immediate crude past is hard to imagine. That past was women threading out oil, barefoot, in palm nuts-filled Eku (pit). But for the members of Agbeloba Multipurpose Women Farmers […]

That is why people like bone specialists got retired and it was not easy to replace them and till date, we have really not fully recovered because to train a consultant takes a long period.

Since 1999, successive administration has introduced new health policies and ensured massive renovation of dilapidated infrastructures and building of new ones as well as provided modern equipment and employment of health personnel, as part of efforts to boost health care delivery in the state.

…Those On Murder Trial Not Part Of Those To Be Released-Delta Attorney General By Emmanuel Okogba August 2, 2018, will never be forgotten by Mrs. Maimuna Hassan and her family members as her husband, Mallam Hassan Abu, gave up the ghost exactly nine months after he was allegedly stabbed with the butt of a cutlass-file […]

…Rescue of little Hope as a ‘witch child’ …Describes Nigeria as a country with many problems … Says Christianity is mixed with cocktail belief in witches and exorcism By Perez Brisibe IN 2008, Danish born Anja Ringgren Lovén was home watching television when she stumbled on a channel showing a documentary with the caption, “The […]