In the last four decades, Nigeria had expended a huge amount of resources in addressing poverty and lifting citizens out of hunger. Apart from corruption and lack of political will that frustrate the initiatives and investments, climate change poses the most significant change to humanity with the likelihood of being the greatest factor leading to …
Odolu Community in Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi State has lost a huge portion of its forest to deforestation, leading to unprecedented biodiversity loss. And, as a result of that animals that rely on it for their habits are no longer found while the forest is facing extinction. The forest that stretches from Igabada …
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The Dutse Alhaji residents’ hope of having Primary Health Care has been dashed as a hospital construction in their area has since remained uncompleted eight years after it was commenced. The project located at Zone 6 in Dutse Alhaji area of Bwari Area Council in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, was awarded in 2014. And, …
FCT Dutse Alhaji Hospital Remains Uncompleted Nine Years After Read More »
The Media Advocacy West Africa (MAWA-Foundation) is happy to win Meedan Check Global Independent Media Response Fund. It is a new climate misinformation fund, an initiative designed to respond to the hyperlocal needs of communities and media practitioners in North-Africa Western-Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Asia-Pacific region. MAWA-Foundation made it …
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The collapsed healthcare in Ebonyi state has gone out of hand forcing Ntezi-Aba community in Ebonyi North Local Government Area to convert a Goat Pen meant for rearing goats into a Primary Health Centre. On a visit to Ntezi-Aba community hospital, one sees a mud house with tattered leaking roofs and fallen windows meant for …
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An estimated 4,000 populations in the Gbododnai community, Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State have been denied access to healthcare delivery as the only Primary Healthcare Centre in their area has become deplorable. The Primary Healthcare Centre they rely upon has been deplorable and not functional for a long period of time, residents said. …
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Climate change threatens livelihood in Mali, as the rivers shrink, fertile land turns to desert, and insect infestations become more rampant. And, this is even more worrisome because, 80% of the population relies on traditional agriculture or fisheries, making the country extremely vulnerable to climate change. Oxfam has warned that Mali drought is capable of …
Women and children bear the huge burden of rising healthcare inequality that is predominant among the urban poor and rural communities. Healthcare inequality happens when some citizens have more access to healthcare delivery than others. And, this happens as a result of income disparity between the rich and the poor. The fundamental reason healthcare inequality …
Nigeria’s healthcare inequality women, children worst hit Read More »
At the moment, Nigeria is fast becoming one of the most dangerous societies to give birth as a mother. Of about 1,000 that give birth, 800 die, with the Northeast Nigeria being the worse hit recording over 1,500 women’s deaths in 100,000 of them that give birth, the WHO report says. As these figures continue …
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Mr. Benard Ogbu, a Benue State businessman has died in police custody after being detained for about four years, Nigeria Observatory for Human Rights (NOHR) has disclosed. The NOHR had earlier reported how Mr. Ogbu was arrested by a team of policemen from the defunct Special Armed Robbery Squad(SARS). The police officers invaded the deceased residence in …
Benue suspect detained by police since 2019 dies in custody Read More »