Hijab Controversy: Issues And Realities
On the 17th June 2022, the supreme court judgment gave approval for female Muslim students to wear hijab to schools in Lagos State. Various reactions trailed this Judgment, while some applauded, others took it in bad faith Comfort Yakubu The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria, MSSN, Lagos chapter, Hijab Rights Advocacy Initiative, Muslim rights advocacy […]
When You Have a Funny Child
My son, oh how I love to talk about him. He is one funny boy. Please enjoy his drama with me. Mum to Dad: Grandma’s birthday is on …… Dad: No, it’s three days after. An argument ensues. My lawyer boy just picked up his Dad’s phone Nathan: “Dad, what is grandma’s number?” Dad: […]
Parenting By Choice or By Chance!
If you are like me, you must be a deep thinker. So at every point in my life, there are things that make so much sense. Stephanie B. Osugo As a younger lady in University (I am still young), I bought a book titled “Living by Choice or by Chance”. Right now I can’t remember […]
How Gaani Festival unifies The Batonu people
The Gaani Festival in Okuta , Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State Nigeria is a unifying cultural practice for the people in the environs. Gaani Festival brings to life the indispensability and vitality of language , arts and culture of the people Zakari Sulaiman The centre of activity for this year’s edition , […]
JAPAN FACILITATES INCUBATION TRAINING CENTER FOR WOMEN SME’S
The Japanese embassy in Nigeria , is facilitating the setting up of a Small and Medium Enterprises, (SMEs), incubation and training centre for Women Arise Development and Humanitarian Initiative, (WADHI), to help in building the capacity of women in business. Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony of the center, The Director-General of ACCI, Victoria Akai, […]
AfCFTA; We Deserve Inclusion in Decision Making – Nigerian Women
Several women groups came together in Abuja on the 14th of December to discuss the Buenos Aires declaration, in a Town hall meeting organised by Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, it’s Technical partner: Women Arise Development and humanitarian initiative (WADHI) and Ministry of Women Affairs. The event was supported by the Export Expansion […]
Facts, fiction about blind beggar who singlehandedly builds a house at Gambari area of Ilorin
It sounds like an entertainment story from Nollywood, a Nigerian film industry that produces make-believe entertainments to thrill people, or like a tale in a moonlight that a blind man builds or built a house. This is a story of a blind man who is a beggar and lives at Gambari area of Ilorin, precisely […]
A rejected ancient stones of Ilorin: Can they become the pillars of the house?
Adeleke Gbenga They are often what archaeologists described as ”Megalithic ruins. Of course such ruins or relics especially if they are ancient are often objects of interest and curiosity to archaeologists, anthropologists and others just as they have attracted the attention of the staffs of National Commission for Museums and Monuments(NCMM)Ilorin, Kwara State in […]
Geriatric management in Nigeria
‘’Ageing is both a ‘natural’ and universal process; but growing old can be as Graceful as it can be traumatic Mrs. Mary Zhiri is a Nigerian Nurse who had practiced for over thirty years in Nigeria, she explains that geriatric is a branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care for old people. […]
Raising Emotionally Balanced Kids (THE LOVE LANGUAGES OF CHILDREN PART 2)
In my previous post, I promised to do a series on the emotional well-being of our kids. The first thing I want to address is the fact that what I am sharing is based on the Book by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, “The five love languages of Children’. This is an offshoot of the […]
