UN Warns Millions Can’t Afford the Families They Want
There is a growing birth decline globally and it is alarming. A survey by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed a striking new trend: people across the world are having fewer children, not because they want to, but because they feel…
“Communities Are the Backbone”: Olumide Coker Champions Grassroots Solutions to Nigeria’s Plastic Pollution Crisis
Olumide Coker, the Country Leader of Let’s Do It Nigeria, is leading the charge against plastic pollution through grassroots action, community mobilization, and collaboration with both local and international partners. In an exclusive interview, he laid…
“One Death Every Seven Minutes”: Why Nigeria Remains One of the Deadliest Places to Give Birth
In Nigeria, childbirth too often becomes a death sentence. According to 2023 UN figures, one in every 100 women in Nigeria dies during childbirth or shortly after. That grim statistic places the country at the top of a league table no nation wants to…
A Landmark WHO Resolution is Changing the Global View on Dermatological Diseases
For decades, skin diseases have lingered in the shadows of global health priorities often dismissed as cosmetic concerns or trivial ailments. But last week, a pivotal shift occurred in Geneva. Recently, the World Health Assembly, the decision-making body…
Nigeria’s CNG Vehicle Initiative: Ambition Meets Reality
Nigeria’s Federal Government (FG) launched an ambitious plan to transition the country’s vehicle transportation industry from petrol to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), aiming to reduce fossil fuel dependence and lower transportation costs for millions.…
The Sargasso: A Floating Forest in a Sea Without Shores
A world wonder and an evolving mystery, this is. Far out in the North Atlantic, east of Florida and west of the Azores, lies a peculiar body of water unlike any other on Earth — the Sargasso Sea. It is the only sea in the world without a coastline,…
President Tinubu Environmental Plan and Mounting Ecological Threats
Nigeria is in the midst of an environmental reckoning. The country’s natural resources, vital for the livelihoods of millions, are under siege from a range of ecological threats; air and water pollution, deforestation, desertification, open defecation,…
Africa Day: Institute Calls for 20-Year Ban on Former Politicians Seeking Office, Pushes for National Holiday in Nigeria
As Africa marks another year of unity and reflection, the Pan-African Dialogue Institute (TPADI) is making a bold call: a legislative ban on the re-entry of former public officeholders into politics for 10 to 20 years after completing their tenure. The…
Gen Z: The Rebellious Architects of a Digital Tomorrow
Every generation rewrites the script of the world it inherits. But Generation Z, those born between 1996 and 2010, aren’t just rewriting it. They’re flipping the pages, tearing out old chapters, and crafting a story that reflects their values: freedom,…
Carl Sagan’s Apple Helped Humanity Understand the Fourth Dimension
Forty-five years ago, Carl Sagan took a bite out of the universe and handed viewers a slice of the impossible. In Episode 10 of the legendary 1980 PBS series Cosmos, Sagan set out to explain something few could grasp: the fourth dimension. Not time, as…