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X-raying the disturbing rate of maternal mortality

Nigeria has a high Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) of 814 deaths to 100,000 Live Births (LB), and this is considerably higher than the statistics for ma

‘We take our pregnant wives to Benin Republic’

Ywruyo Yusuf has been living in Bukuro, a border village in Baruten local government area of Kwara state for more than 30 years “but I have not

How mother of 4 set up football academy in Jos

Umma Hassan Mohammed was awarded ‘Best Badminton Player’ in an inter secondary school badminton competition in 1994. She represented her s

Widows of COE Akwanga retirees cry: ‘Our husbands died, and we might be next‘

Janet Musa Diye, the 32-year-old wife of late Musa Diya, a retiree of the College of Education, Akwanga, Nasarawa State,  narrated the story of h

The rat eaters of Bilhar

There are about 2.5 million Musahars – ‘Rat Eaters’ – making up one of India’s most marginalised communities  The r