Insecurity: How Asaba became home to South-East indigenes
Following the persistent insecurity that has taken its toll on the Southeast region, affecting businesses, individuals, and school children, many indigenes from communities and towns in the region are now terrified and are relocating to other nearby states where they feel safer.
7 days after lockdown: ‘Better to be killed by COVID-19 than hunger’
By Mike Ebonugwo, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Levinus Nwabughiogu & James Ogunnaike Even with the dreaded coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, it is obvious that not even the fear of death by the disease can keep Nigerians locked up or restricted from moving out to pursue their daily bread or engage in other activities of interest. Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial […]
Tingo’s path to building sustainable agriculture ecosystem in Africa
By Cynthia Ugochukwu The idea that technology can be used to solve everyday problems has been tested so many times over the years, and has proven valid. In 2012, Tingo Mobile founder, Dozy Mmobuosi was on a trip to China when what they were doing with the agricultural value chain, among other things, in Shenzhen caught […]
‘They removed my uterus and I didn’t know for 11 years’
A woman in South Africa has told the BBC how she was sterilised without her consent after she gave birth at the age of 17, and only learned about it 11 years later when she tried to have another child. Bongekile Msibi was among 48 women sterilised without consent at state hospitals, the Commission for […]
Life is slow, burials fast in Italian town in virus hotspot
Coronavirus: The burial was over and done in five minutes. Just enough time for the priest to utter a prayer over the body of the elderly woman, in the presence of one relative and two undertakers. The growing coronavirus outbreak in Italy leaves little room for decorum, and Zorlesco, a northern town of 1,700 residents […]
Rural Woman’s quiet on the front burner
The concerns of the rural woman are core aspects of governance at all levels in Nigeria. Also there are ministries, departments and agencies dedicated partly or totally to her. And the mass media report them and their activities. These put her on the front burner. But, as this content analysis shows, there is limited and/or no feedback from her.
