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Left to Leak: Inaccessible healthcare leaves women in rural Niger with fistula

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- At just 17 years old in 2018, Sheituna Saani, from Kwaranyi in Niger State, was forced out of school and married off by her parents. Like many girls in her community, marriage cam... Read More


Peace of a graveyard, By Osmund Agbo

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- They call it non-kinetic a soft whisper in a burning field, a handshake offered to hands still wet with yesterday's blood. In secret rooms they bargain away our lives, counting ran... Read More


PDP constitutes caretaker committees in Rivers, Delta, Enugu

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dissolved its state executives in Enugu, Delta, and Rivers states, and replaced them with caretaker committees, following the defection of th... Read More


Friday Sermon: Marriage in Islam and according teachings of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), By Murtadha Gusau

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, may the blessings and peace be upon our beloved master Prophet Muhammad, the... Read More


APC, PDP, ADC spokespersons disagree on Nigeria's political future

Nigeria, Dec. 13 -- The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, has dismissed claims that the ruling party is attempting to steer Nigeria toward a one-party s... Read More


Tax Reform Act: Churches, mosques will not pay tax - Taiwo Oyedele

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has clarified that Nigeria's new Tax Reform Act exempts religious institutions from taxa... Read More


ANALYSIS: Terrorism Financing: Can Nigerian Senate unmask suspects?

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- On Wednesday, 3 December, the Nigerian Senate passed the Anti-Terrorism Act amendment bill for second reading. A major highlight of the bill is the imposition of the death penalty... Read More


Benin Republic: Consequences of making opposition politics impossible, By Jibrin Ibrahim

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- Nigeria's decisive intervention in helping stop the coup in Benin Republic was a good commitment to saving democracy for them, and maybe more important, for us. I have always taken... Read More


Ekiti govt spends N325m on disaster victims

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- The Ekiti State Government said on Friday that it has expended N325 million to assist victims of rainstorms, flooding and fire disasters in the last year. The Deputy Governor, Mon... Read More


APC formally receives Gov Fubara as party member

Nigeria, Dec. 12 -- The All Progressives Congress on Friday formally received the Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, into the party, sealing a major political realignment in a state that has... Read More