Society

Today is June 26, the day declared by the United Nations as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. It is a day set aside call attention to the scourge of drug and substance abuse across the world and strengthen…
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She looked cheerful but shy and carried her lean frame gingerly as if afraid she might fall down any minute. Her cheeks were slightly sunken, making her cheekbones prominent. She clutched a fairly weathered handbag. Her open neck Ankara…
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Nkechi Ukwuoma (not real names) was buried on Monday, May 14, 2018.  A retiree, Nkwuoma was knocked down at the popular Area 3 junction in the Garki district of Abuja by a hit-and-run  driver. She had just left her house  at Area 2…
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"E can't work, e no fit work," he said repeatedly, almost reflexively. "I hear it, e can't work," he added, again in pidgin English. Those were the words of Idowu Agunbiade, a local taxi driver in the Federal Capital Territory…
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Despite the horrid experiences of illegal migrants at the hands of human traffickers in Libya, many Nigerians, especially female teenagers and young adults, are still being exploited and brainwashed by a trafficking ring in Edo…
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By Kikiope Oluwarore In our previous articles, we thoroughly discussed the dire issues of unhealthy abattoirs in the country, using the Bodija Abattoir in Ibadan as a case study. Here, we elucidate on their poor environmental state…
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By Grace Udofia Seven years after its inception and with a huge amount of money already allocated to it by the federal government, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is yet to meet its mandate of capturing all Nigerians…
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On this day last year, Team Nigeria arrived Rio, Brazil, for Paralympics 2016. Fourteen days later, they landed Nigeria’s Abuja Airport to a cheering crowd of dancers and onlookers who gathered for a glimpse of the champions and their…
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In a country where governments at the federal and state levels are allocating just 1.8 percent of their annual budget to agriculture, the Village Savings and Loans Association, VSLA initiative has already opened a new vista of hope for…
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Section 154 of the National Road Traffic Regulation, NRTR, 2012, Part XIV states: “No person other than the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Vice President, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives,…
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