Transforming waste to wealth in Nigerian households, the Ecobarter example

By Aisha Gambo Over the years, Nigeria had practiced poor waste management which posed a threat to the environment and public health of the nation. According to the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, Nigeria falls among the 30 countries with the worst waste managementloop.  practice out of 180 countries inContinue Reading

Nigeria Health Watch extends partnership deal with NAN to promote solutions journalism

By Abujah Racheal The Nigeria Health Watch, a non-profit organisation, has extended its partnership deal with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), to promote Solutions Journalism in the country. NAN reports that the deal between it and the Nigeria Health Watch which uses informed advocacy and communication to seek betterContinue Reading

Divorce: How a Katsina foundation’s initiative is creating peace and harmony among couples

Divorce: How a Katsina foundation’s initiative is creating peace and harmony among couples By Zubairu Idris, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Certainly, patience is an ingredient that sustains and stabilises the marriage institution. However, when there is an irreconcilable difference between couples, the issue of management or outright separation comesContinue Reading

“Poisonous ponmo” and Nigeria’s untapped recycled tyre ecosystem 

By Muhyideen Jimoh, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) At Dei-Dei abattoir, located on the outskirts of Abuja, a thick smoke is billowing continuously. Idris and other sweating young men work energetically, hauling large chunks of hide skinned from slaughtered cows into the smearing fire fuelled with tyres and plastics. UnderContinue Reading

Transforming Patient Care: The power of digital health system at UBTH

By Usman Aliyu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In today’s fast-paced world, where technological advancements shape every aspect of human lives, the healthcare sector has also undergone a significant transformation. One such paradigm shift in the Nigerian healthcare institution is the adoption of the digital health records system, also knownContinue Reading

How FAM Initiative is building better mental health awareness among Adolescents and Young Persons in Nigeria

How FAM Initiative is building better mental health awareness among Adolescents and Young Persons in Nigeria By Aisha Gambo Glory Ernest , a 23 year-old graduate of Microbiology had battled Body Dysmorphic Disorder while growing up as a child, she felt she was not beautiful and had flaws in herContinue Reading

Climate Change: NGO tasks African leaders on effective renewable energy transition 

By Muhyideen Jimoh   An international environmental organisation, 350.Org,  has called on African leaders to show more commitment to phasing out fossil fuels, while channeling resources to the development of the renewable energy sector. Ms Rukiya Khamis, Regional Organizer, 350Africa.org, made the call in an interview with the News AgencyContinue Reading

Amnesty Programme considers expanding cooperative scheme to accommodate other groups

By Jacinta Nwachukwu The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), said on Wednesday that its micro-finance project, PAP Cooperative Society Limited (PAPCOSOL), would be expanded to accommodate women groups already engaged in similar practices in running mini businesses successfully. The Interim Administrator of PAP, Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu (rtd), said this in AbujaContinue Reading