Environment & Health

The indisputable fact that Nigeria is a religious country is even affecting the psyche of many pregnant women. They have a confidence that with their faith in their different religions,…

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has shown a well deserved approbation: He was vigilant in seeing the importance of children beyond their believed exclusive assignments of classroom and domestic …

The technology involved in extracting crude from oil wells, the process of refining, the myriad of pipes interlacing each other through which the refined oil are transported to various depots, …

There is a tendency in this country called Nigeria for us to trivialize everything. When a serious issue comes up and gets widespread attention, instead of attaching the importance that …

Of all the roadblocks that exist in the Nigerian healthcare system, disharmony and rivalry among health professionals is the biggest challenge. Doctors care more about remuneration than healthcare reforms…

Malnutrition is widespread in the South-East and South-South zones of Nigeria. Observations are that malaria, anemia and other epidemics are prevalent in the provinces…

There is low level of awareness about climate change in Nigeria, and the way to present it to the public…

Whether you are a pastor, soldier, business man or woman, politician, journalist, whatever you do for a living, you’d better take some time to rest. If you don’t, doctors will …

Research has shown that there is a strong correlation between health of a nation’s citizens and its development and this is neither a myth nor fallacy. If we must experience …

Nigerian governments, over the years, have voted barely single digits of our budgets to health contrary to international recommendations and the requirements of the World Health Organisation…

There were sanitary inspectors in the 70s and 80s and early 90s. But from the middle of the 90s to date, things went awry. Substandard drugs replaced thesanitary inspectors…

Almost everybody is crying of hunger in this country in recent times. Hardly is anyone thinking about the quantity of food that is being wasted everyday. This practice is becoming …

Nigeria is a nation rich in natural resources and earthly beauty. However, there are a number of issues blocking its socio-economic growth and development. Chief among these issues are the …

It is observable that somebody in Abia State Government House, Umuahia, is taking a prescription for leprosy in the place of malaria…

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria is faced with a lot of public health challenges and there is a need to design programs to address these problems in …