How Effective Is Nigeria’s Fire Service Despite Huge Allocations?
On June 7, 2022, the building where Bolanle Ajayi lived in Lagos, South West Nigeria, got engulfed in flames. It comprised not only her home…
‘Like Slavery’: Nigeria’s Special Police Constables Risking Their Lives For Zero Pay
Nearly three years after Ibrahim Oladeni died as an officer of Nigeria’s Special Constabulary Police, his widow, Omolade, and his child are neglected and suffering.…
The Struggles And Strengths Of Mothers Raising Children With Special Needs
In an unexpected turn of events in early 2015, Modupe Famodun received her son’s cerebral palsy diagnosis. A neurologist at the Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospital (FNPH)…
Food Security Declines In The Height Of Insecurity In Cameroon
In more recent years, the humanitarian situation in Cameroon continues to grow dire, especially with the impact of COVID-19 in 2020, which led to the…
In Lagos Destitutes Home, Persons With Disability Live In Disease-Infested Conditions
Until he became a leper in the late ‘80s, Mohammed Baba never visualised himself living in an environment reserved for persons with disability (PwD). Before…
Bridgetown man Kevin Allan Craig Potter charged over alleged murder of Raymond Smith
Homicide detectives have charged a Bridgetown man with murder after the body of a 68-year-old man was found in Western Australia's south. Key points:Raymond Smith was…
No Hope In Sight: ‘Corporate Begging’ On The Rise In Nigeria As Economy Bites
Sherifat Adio* maintained a vantage position along a street in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 19. She needed…
Bunbury massage therapist to face court on sexual assault charges in Western Australia
A massage therapist has been taken into custody over allegations he sexually assaulted two women during sessions in Western Australia's South West region. Detectives alleged…
#EndSARS: Reopening Old Wounds Three Years After Lekki Massacre
After Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu declared a curfew on Oct. 20, 2020, in Lagos, Nigeria, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) asked all staff to…
Music teachers band together to stop ‘illiterate’ students falling through gaps
Most students that Hannah O'Neill encounters each day are musically "illiterate".Key points:Nearly two in three Australian primary schools offer no classroom music, according to The…