The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abass, have assured Nigerian women that the gender equality bill, which suffered rejections in the past, would be revisited and supported by the 10th National Assembly. The presiding…
…We live in fear of being crushed – Resident Rock blasting activities carried out by a Chinese-owned quarry company have dealt heavy blows on residents of 13 communities in a town in Kwara State. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE writes on the painful…
Women groups in the country have urged President Bola Tinubu to fulfil his campaign promise to ensure women’s inclusion and gender equality in his administration. The groups under the Womanifesto Feminist Forum said there can be no meaningful development and…
For about 40 years, a community in Ogun State has as its only source of water a stagnant stream infested with harmful bacteria and fungi. SODIQ OJUROUNGBE writes on the painful ordeals of the residents, whose clamour for access to…
Traders at Alayaibiiagba Model Market, popularly known as Boundary Market in Ajegunle, are worried that the poignant, nauseous smell that pervades the environment, caused by open defecation threatens their health. ANGELA ONWUZOO reports that the unsightly act, carried out with impunity…
The compound of the Itori General Hospital, Ogun State now used for farming. Photo credit: Sodiq Ojurongbe The Itori General Hospital, Ogun State, has become an eyesore for residents of communities in the Ewekoro area. The abandoned hospital compound has…
Some patent medicine stores in Mushin, Lagos. Photo credit: Sodiq Ojurongbe Patent medicine stores in Nigeria are only authorised to sell over-the-counter drugs. Investigations by PUNCH HealthWise, however, revealed that many of the stores in Lagos and Ogun communities not…
Ending female genital mutilation. Photo credit: Newtown Grafitti/Flickr Eight years after the Federal Government signed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act 2015 into law which banned Female Genital Mutilation practice in Nigeria, investigations by PUNCH HealthWise confirmed that many girls…
The National Primary Healthcare Development Agency has given a vaccination waiver for individuals aged 16 and 17 to enable them to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said this in an advisory made available to journalists on Thursday. “The NPHCDA…
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now exceeded 10 million. As of 11 January, there have been…