Many Dangers of Female Genital Mutilation
Killing of twins and albinos, and the drawing of tribal marks on faces, are some of the traditions that have gone into extinction in Nigeria, but female genital mutilation has refused to go away despite…
Health
Lagos State Governor commissions first state-owned emergency helicopter service
By Jola Sotubo – Pulse Ambode commissioned the project, meant for use in medical emergencies, on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja. Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has…
Alcohol and drug abuse fuel mental health cases in Dormaa, Ghana
Hard drugs and alcohol abuse among young adults in the Dormaa Central and Dormaa East, has become a huge bother as mental health cases in the two districts surge. Within a space of eight months,…
Toyin Saraki speaks on nutrition and breastfeeding
By: Olalekan Paul Ibrahim – Rural Reporters The wife of the Senate President, and founder of Wellbeing Foundation Africa, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, on August 3rd, 2016 Chaired a high level nutrition stakeholders meeting to commemorate…
Adepeju Jaiyeoba: Building stronger and more confident women means progress for the community
By: Busayo Sotunde – Rural Reporters As the deadline to achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5 (MDG5) draw nearer, Nigeria continues to fall short of reducing maternal mortality rate by 75 percent and achieve, by…
Adepeju Jaiyeoba’s innovation is saving lives in Nigeria
Adepeju Jaiyeoba is the founder and CEO of Mother’s Delivery Kit (MDK), a Lagos-based social enterprise established to promote and enhance safe births, instigate behavioral change and economically empower women in Nigeria. Her enterprise supplies…
Nigerian biotech firm develops urine test for malaria
AFOLAKE OYINLOYE A Nigerian biotechnology firm has come up with a new simple method for diagnosing malaria. This marks the first time urine, and not blood, is being used to test for malaria. The new…