Health

Drug Tests For Nigerian Politicians And Their Aides

In Nigeria, we always ask the question, “Are you on drugs?” when someone behaves in a way inconsistent with accepted social and human standards....

Double Standards In The Drug War: NDLEA Cast Into Shadows By Excessive Pardons

When President Tinubu recently granted clemency to 175 convicts — including over 40 illegal miners, around 28 drug traffickers, and several murderers — public...

Kwashiorkor Returns With Renewed Hopelessness

The deadly kwashiorkor disease that was so much associated with the Biafra war has made a return to peacetime Nigeria. It was not a pretty...

Why Are Nigerians Unable To Feed Well?

Some rich people are by far the most vulnerable victims of malnutrition, going by the dictionary definition that malnutrition could be ‘’an excessive intake of unhealthy foods, leading to bodily harm”.

Proposing a National Surveillance for Behavioural Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases in Nigeria using the WHO STEPS Approach

Nigeria does not comprehensively address chronic diseases as part of national health agendas maybe because of lack of resources, limited capacity of the health system, and the threat that national-level programs will weaken local systems...

Get Involved And Get Talking This World AIDS Day!

World AIDS Day is a unique opportunity each year for us to reflect on the way that HIV and AIDS affect us personally, our local communities and how we can respond to the global pandemic...

A Tribute to Irresponsible Dog Owners

Did you know that pet waste left on sidewalks, yards, streets and other places can be transported by rainwater via storm drains into streams, lakes, rivers and other waterways? Did you know that doggie doodie may contain harmful bacteria such as E.Coli and Salmonella which can cause disease in humans?

Curbing Unethical Practices In Private Hospitals

The neglect of the government owned health institutions became a blessing in disguise for the smart Alecs who took the opportunity to exploit the people while providing substandard services...

The New Face of Garri

Any time that James Akpanudoh has his favourite meal of Eba, gari soaked in hot water, particularly in the evenings, he found out that his whole system shut down...

Diabetes In Uromi, Care From Atlanta Georgia, USA

Every year now since 2004, Mercy Foundation, MF, an NGO based in the US, has collaborated with Pro Health International based in Jos, Nigeria to bring local and international professionals together to provide free health care to rural dwellers...

Cow Milk Is ‘Cowing’ Babies

Many women prefer to feed their babies with what they call baby formula derived from cow milk as against the nutritionist and medical practitioners’ highly recommended natural breast milk...

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Democracy, governance and credible elections (1)

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Upholding the Rights of the Nigerian Child: Empowering Young Girls for a Bright Future

By Isoken Nwabunka In my role as a mother, wife,...

The American South as Warning to the Nigerian North

Nigeria’s northern elite are clinging to a vocabulary of oil at a time when the national budgets of the oil states in the Arabian Gulf are evolving towards oil independence; at a time when Moloch Yaddie is in Brazil, a country that has left oil behind and now runs on ethanol; at a time when President Obama’s main agenda in office is to secure America’s independence from oil; at a time when China and India have also joined the race to a future without oil...

How Not To Steal From The Chimamanda Brand

At the drop of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s name a...

Before 2face Idibia’s Protest March

Dear 2face Idibia, I hope this message gets to you...

Onyema: Running Business With A Soul

By Abdullahi Tanko There is a strong belief among business...

Gov. T.A. Orji and the Budget of Hopelessness

Governance ought to be a complete public business, not a complete personal business. Our people would have suggested to the governor that borrowing is part of governance, but only when it is done reasonably...

Deliver Me From Sexual Temptations!

Much as I was growing in my love-relationship with God, I experienced some degree of struggle with sexual temptations which awed me. In my naïve mind, I had thought that getting born again would assuage the sexual tension most young men face from their teen years...

The Beauty of Growing Old

Life comes at us in uncanny ways. We may lose a home, a job, a career, or things that mean a lot to us. Some may face financial ruins, illnesses, or debilitating injuries. Things happen. Life happens...