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Majority of Nigerians Feel Less Safe Than They Did Five Years Ago – Report

While President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria repeatedly claims that security has improved under his administration, a new poll shows that the majority of Nigerians feel less safe than they did five years ago. The report – World Risk Poll – shows that three in five Nigerians (61 per cent) feel less safe than they did five years […]

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Insecurity – Ex-NIS Boss, Babandede Faults Almajiri Educational System

Mr Babandede described the Almajiri system as a shameful culture in the north, saying the children left uncatered for are those who no longer have mercy for the rich. The immediate past Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has faulted the continuous practice of the age-long Almajiri system of education in

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Intestinal worms and bilharzia affect millions of locals in four counties

Eric Maloba’s five-year-old son underwent surgery to remove intestinal worms. According to Maloba, who hails from Matungu in Kakamega County, the worms had taken a huge toll on his son’s health. “He was malnourished and stunted because he never used to eat as a child would,” said Maloba. “People mistook my son for a two-year-old

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Large-Scale Hygiene Behaviour Change Initiative Launches in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to Combat COVID-19

Nairobi, 28th July 2022. Amidst an increase in COVID-19 infections in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, key stakeholders – Amref Health Africa, Unilever and the National Business Compact on Coronavirus (NBCC), among other partners have unveiled a refreshed behaviour change campaign in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Targeting 75 million people in the three countries by April 2023,

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Facing Oil Pollution With Little Govt Attention, Niger Delta Residents Begin Replanting Mangroves

Faced with little or no attention from the authorities after decades of devastating oil pollution, residents are replanting mangroves destroyed over the years. During her childhood days in Rivers State, Martha Agbani had the pleasure of living in a coastal community in the Ogoni area, where the vegetation seemed pristine. But with the passage of

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Kariega By-Election – ‘I Voted Without Taking a Bath. I Was Stinking!’

“No water, no vote” say voters fed-up with Nelson Mandela Bay’s water shortage Pensioners from Khayelitsha township in Kariega say they went to the polls on Wednesday “stinking” because they have been without water for two months. Nelson Mandela Bay held its by-elections for Ward 43 following the death of councillor Andile Andries who was

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Nigeria’s Plastic Pollution Is Harming the Environment – Steps to Combat It Are Overdue

A key theme at this year’s United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya is plastic pollution. It will be returning to a theme from 2018 World Environment Day. The evidence for the prevalence and consequences of plastic pollution has been building up and the assembly needs to lead action on this issue. Individuals, communities, businesses, and governments all have a part to play to

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When Education and Recycling Meet With An Innovator’s Dream

A school in Lagos, Nigeria, is accepting empty plastic bottles from parents in exchange for their children’s school fees, thanks to a recycling project. Through the Recycle Pay Project Initiative, Grace and her sister and co-founder Rose Amuzie, are offering low-cost educational services to low-income families. The initiative which was introduced in 2019, was launched

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Insecurity – Ex-NIS Boss, Babandede Faults Almajiri Educational System

The immediate past Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has faulted the continuous practice of the age-long Almajiri system of education in the northern part of Nigeria. Mr Babandede, who linked the practice to the rising security challenges in some parts of the country, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during

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