The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has declared the operations of an elite health facility, The Lilu Specialist Hospital, frequented by wealthy Nigerians, as illegal over activities that fall short of standards in medical practices. After four years of operating in Abuja, the irregularities around Lilu Hospital, purportedly run by North Koreans, were brought to the public glare following a recent …

Exasperated by rising corruption in Africa’s most populous country, stakeholders in the fight against corruption in Nigeria have identified adequate inclusion of women in governance as an antidote to public sector corruption while lamenting the government’s effort in implementing the revised National Gender Policy (NGP). They have called for the inclusion of more women in governance had been necessitated by …

As part of events marking this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) staged an enlightenment campaign at an Abuja secondary school on the effects of violence against women and girls. With the 2022 campaign having a theme, “UNITE! Activism to End Violence against Women and Girls”, senior secondary students of …

Nigerians on a radio programme have frowned at the continued criminalisation of petty offences in the country, while calling on the judiciary to use non-custodial punishment as arrest and prosecution of citizens for loitering, wandering or hawking persists. The call for the declassification and decriminalisation of petty crimes in Nigeria had been an age-long advocacy. However, a recent investigative report …