FGM Survivors Turn Advocates in Fight Against Harmful Practice
Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, are raising their voices, turning personal pain into advocacy to end the harmful practice that continues to affect millions of Nigerian women and girls. At a two-day media dialogue in Benin, organized by the…
Nigeria’s FGM Crisis: UNICEF Calls for Urgent Action as Economic and Psychological Costs Loom
If Nigeria does not accelerate its fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by at least tenfold, the psychological and economic costs of the practice could soar by more than 50 percent in many communities before 2030. This warning emerged during a…
Why More Fruits and Vegetables Could Be the Secret to Healthier Living
Why are vegetables so important to our daily diet? Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower are gaining fresh attention in the scientific world. Not only do they help blunt spikes in blood sugar, a particularly important…
What Does it Really Means to Live Healthy?
For years, people have wrestled with the idea of healthy living. For some, it means shelling out money on organic meals and fitness subscriptions. For others, it feels elitist, a privilege only the wealthy can afford. To yet another group, it comes…
Luxury Flying: First Class Choices You Should Try
Flying first class in 2025 is no longer just about reclining seats and better food, it has become an entirely different world. Airlines are competing to outdo one another, transforming the cabin into something closer to a private mansion in the sky than…
Immortality by Organ Transplants? Xi and Putin’s Banter Opens a Bigger Debate
At first glance or perception, it sounded like lighthearted banter. At a military parade in Beijing this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin found themselves musing about immortality. Through a translator, Putin joked…
Why Nigerian Gen Z Must Move Beyond Saving to Secure Their Financial Future
Generation Z in Nigeria is rewriting financial habits, but not always in ways that secure long-term prosperity. Unlike their older counterparts, this cohort shows a strong preference for saving over investing, a choice that reflects not just caution, but…
Can a Warm Embrace Restore Health and Hope?
Sometimes, a warm embrace or hug is all you need to cope with your life pressures. It’s little but can go a long way. With stress, anxiety and depression coming up vivid in the lives of most people, an author Nancy Bankole is championing an age-old…
George Clooney’s Jay Kelly: A Midlife Crisis Drama That Hits Close to Home
It is self-indulgent, this movie. At the Venice Film Festival this week, George Clooney unveiled Jay Kelly, a film that strikes a nerve with actors and audiences alike by confronting the messy, unglamorous terrain of midlife crisis. On the surface, the…
Cloves Deserve a Place in Your Daily Meals
Cloves often play a subtle role in the culinary activities of humans; tucked into curries, steeped in teas, or hidden in spice blends. Yet this tiny bud holds centuries of wisdom in both traditional medicine and modern nutrition. Revered and widely used…