Fayemi Approves Six Months Maternity Leave for Ekiti Workers

Abigail Kanu

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has approved six months (180 days) maternity leave for workers in the state public service.

Merck Foundation Partners African First Ladies, Health Ministries to Build Cancer Care Capacity in Africa

…Trains Oncologists in Africa to increase limited number

Rebecca Ejifoma

Dr. Rasha Kelej, CEO Merck Foundation and Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman of Board of Trustees of Merck Foundation with Merck More Than a Mother Ambassadors First Ladies of Burundi, Central Africa, Chad, Liberia, Ghana, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Zambia and Zimbabwe during the MFFLI commitee meeting in Ghana

Merck Foundation has partnered African First Ladies and Ministries of Health to build cancer care capacity in the continent with the training of the first African oncologists for better and quality cancer care in Africa.

Paedophiles Are Still Around You

Lauretta Omosogha

Whether you believe it or not, there is a paedophile somewhere around you lurking for that little girl or boy to sexually devour him or her of her innocence.

Father of One Month Old Defiles Neighbour's Daughter

"So you are even a virgin” – perpetrator tells survivor. 

The alleged perpetrator, Emeka

Rebecca Ejifoma

32 years old father of a month old baby girl, Oma Ebuka, has been arraigned before the Tinubu Magistrate Court for allegedly defiling 17 years old female neighbour (names withheld) in the survivor’s home.

Women Associations Nationwide Walk against Female Circumcision

…Causes VVF and other infections

Lauretta Omosogha

Women Associtations including the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), FIDA, and NGOs in Ondo State joined the Inter-African Committee (IAC) to sensitise women against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Family Planning Experts Task Journalists on More Awareness among Nigerian Women

Lauretta Omosogha

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Senior Technical Advisor, John Hopkins University, Centre for Communications Programme and NURHI, Mrs. Charity Ibeawuchi, has urged Nigerian journalists to continue in their report on regular use of family planning to enhance productivity among women in the society.

Killer Disease Hits 117 Lagosians, Lagos State Govt Raises Alarm

Kazeem Ugbodaga

A killer disease known as gastroenteritis has invaded Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, with 117 residents of the state affected by the disease.

Gastroenteritis, also known as infectious diarrhea, is inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract—the stomach and small intestine. Symptoms may include diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain. Fever, lack of energy and dehydration may also occur.