How Climate Change is Worsening Reproductive Health Risks for Women and Girls
New studies reveal growing threats of extreme weather to adolescent girls in Kenya and rising cancer risks among women in the Middle East and North Africa. Climate change isn’t just an environmental crisis, it’s an escalating public health emergency,…
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.…
High airfares preclude a visit to Nigeria in December 2025
This is an opinion by Chido Nwakanma who writes for BusinessDay I’m a Nigerian, yet even I can no longer afford to visit Nigeria in December (2025). I have just checked flights for December. From 19th December to 3rd January, British Airways is…
Wonder Woman, Comandrthyann Returns with EP, ‘Beautiful
Johnson Mary-Ann Akalo who is better known in the music industry as Comandrthyann or simply Comandr has released her long awaited debut extended play, ‘Beautiful’. The project which was released on May 30, 2025 featured Akalo singing beautiful renditions…
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,…
France to Ban Smoking in Children-Frequented Public Areas from July 2025
France has upped its fight against tobacco by banning smoking in outdoor public spaces where children are likely to be present, starting July 1, 2025. The new regulation will prohibit smoking at beaches, parks, school entrances, bus stops, and sports…
Creativity, Culture, and Critical Thinking Can Redefine Africa’s Educational Systems
In Africa, a different kind of revolution is brewing, one driven not just by algorithms, but by imagination, storytelling, and creative expression. Once sidelined as fringe or “extracurricular,” the arts and cultural industries are now emerging as…
Menstrual Hygiene Day: UNICEF, Oyo Govt Tackle Stigma, Call for Improved Facilities in Nigerian Schools
As Nigeria joined the global community to mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on May 28, the Oyo State Government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for stronger public awareness and improved access to menstrual hygiene facilities,…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Kenyan Literary Giant Who Gave Africa Its Voice
The end of an era. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the towering Kenyan novelist, essayist, playwright, and unapologetic crusader for African identity, has died at the age of 87. His daughter, Wanjiku wa Ngugi, broke the news in a heartfelt Facebook post on Wednesday,…
Namibia Holds First National Genocide Remembrance Day for Victims of German Colonial Rule
Namibia on Wednesday marked its first-ever Genocide Remembrance Day, honouring the more than 70,000 Ovaherero and Nama people systematically killed by German colonial forces in the early 20th century, a massacre many historians consider the first…
