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Beyond Charity Rethinking Hunger Relief in Nigeria

Ayoola Oladipupo·April 20, 2023

Abundant research shows that investing in adequate nutrition is one of the best value-for-money development actions, but food security is neither seen as a catalyst for economic development nor a right Nigerians are entitled to. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Re/claiming the Utility and Novelty of Mobile Phones and Social Media Lessons from Pastoralists in East and West Africa

Alexis Teyie·April 18, 2023

While we may be accustomed to or overwhelmed by the rapid pace of digital development, recognize that cell phones are often the very first connection pastoral communities have with a modern information and communication tool. The way pastoralists have largely approached the rather belated entry of mobile technology and social media with excitement, grace and inventiveness is another example of their remarkable flexibility and adaptability. Read More...

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NAFDAC-Approved Nigeria Has Approved Oxford University’s Malaria Vaccine for Use

Hillary Essien·April 18, 2023

MC Oluomo, who rose from being a bus conductor to one of the most feared political henchmen in southwest Nigeria represents a crude brand of state-backed political instruments. As the leader of the NURTW, he has over the years allegedly been at the centre of political subjugation, playing an important, albeit terrible role in shaping the politics of Lagos State. Read More...

February/March 2023 Nigeria

In the Company of Women On Writing and Reading Women as Historical Actors

Peace Yetunde Onafuye·April 17, 2023

Celebrating women should extend to the kinds of stories we tell about women. These stories should reflect the diversity of their lived experiences, the multiplicity of their work, and the varying ways women express their individual thoughts and perspectives. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria

Roll Back Ghana Has Approved Oxford University’s Malaria Vaccine for Use

Hillary Essien·April 16, 2023

While Ghana makes up only two per cent of malaria-related deaths, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania and Niger account for just over half of all malaria deaths worldwide. Read More...

April/May 2023 News Nigeria

What is Special Hair? A Black Woman’s Complicated Hair Journey

Izehi Amadasu·April 14, 2023

Irrespective of what anyone thinks, I have decided that the hair I was born with—this coarse, springy, dark hair that grows towards the sun—is special, not because of its length, thickness, texture, or any reason other than because it is my hair and I have decided to love it. Read More...

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The Tyranny of Corporate Women’s Day Campaigns How Corporate Women’s Day Campaigns Are Losing Women

Sylvia Ukpong·April 13, 2023

Each year on 08 March, the International Women’s Day celebration is marked by corporate entities all over the world rolling up their sleeves and putting on a performance of allyship, and Nigerian companies are not left out. Read More...

April/May 2023 International Women's Day Nigeria

On Laboma Beach, the Party Continues Detty December, the Year of Return and a New Era of Africa-Diaspora Relations

Tomisin Ogunsanya·April 12, 2023

The unique pleasures of the Year of Return and Detty December highlight the evolving relationship between Africa and its global diaspora and the need to sustain this growing bond. Read More...

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Creating a New Path How Redefining Ethnicity Beyond Traditional Kinship Can Change Nigeria

Ikpeme Neto·April 11, 2023

As Nigeria evolves, the definition of kin must become less related to language and states of origin but to the shared risk from the effect of the decisions made by the administration in power. Read More...

April/May 2023 Nigeria