‘My motivation to support Polio survivors started in the Netherlands’ Humanity First is truly humane –Donald Jnr Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. It is one of the oldest, most dreaded childhood diseases. Many children did not have the opportunity to go through immunisation trips against the virus. […]
•I treated victims stooling, vomiting uncontrollably –Nurse •We’ve been drinking contaminated water for 10 years –Residents Ezillo community in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State is not supposed to lack potable water let alone experience any water-borne disease. This is because that’s where a mega water project that used to supply water to the […]
Succour has finally located over 50 children in Benue State that had been forced out of school due to the intractable violence between farmers and herders and were wallowing in penury in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. Paulinarh Bolatito Ogunleye, an indigene of Ekiti State posted to do her National Youth Service in Benue State, […]
We need to go back to our ancestral homes –Abuja IDPs FG needs to clean Sambisa, Mandara mountains against insurgents –Mother of four ‘Nothing to celebrate outside our homes’ Christmas and New Year times are a period of joy, happiness and unlimited celebrations for many, especially Christians all over the world as […]
Globally, the Yuletide season is acknowledged to be a period of sacrifice and giving. These are the time honoured essence of Christmas and New Year festivities for Christian adherents who are celebrating the season. For non-Christians, the season provides the occasion for sober reflection with respect to their achievements as well as failure in the […]
It is Christmas day and Nigerian Christians like others across the world are celebrating. Although days to the Christmas and New Year festivities, there was gloom owing to the astronomical hike in food items and insecurity across the country. PAUL OGBUOKIRI reports Nigerians brave odds to celebrate Christmas Christmas in Nigeria begins months before […]
It is said that Bayelsa State is the core Delta than Delta State and more Riverine than Rivers State. As such, to bring development, especially road networks to almost all the communities in the state is virtually or almost impossible. But the previous governments had tried to do their bit in the last 26 six […]
‘People are just buying ponmo, fish and brisket bones, instead of live chicken’ Many couldn’t even buy ‘second hand’ clothes – Seller at Katangowa Market Christmas is always looked forward to by Christian families as a time to show love, bond with family members, and meet with friends not seen for years. However, for some […]
CHEKE EMMANUEL reports on the drive of a former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Tanko Al-Makura to return to the senate for a second term. Al-Makura represents Nasarawa South Senatorial District in the Senate There is no perfect democracy anywhere in the world. Even democracies in the developed countries of the western countries are […]
•Worries at food markets, cash based trades • ‘SMEs, businesses may be impacted negatively’ Market women, small business owners, especially cash based traders, are scared stiff of what will happen to their sources of livelihood as the January 9, 2022 date for the N100,000 and N500,000 maximum weekly withdrawal limit for individual and corporate […]