Reports

By Elijah Akoji Seven years after the Jigawa State government made a promise to provide ‘One Ward, One Health Centre’ across the 287 wards in the state, residents still decry poor access to quality health care service and have to travel long distances to seek health care. Relying on the state’s financials, and on-the-ground reporting […]

It’s getting to one year now since the Federal Government of Nigeria promised to reconstruct the Eleme Junction/Trailer Park axis of the East-West road to ease traffic on that road and cut down the suffering that commuters, motorists, workers, school children and industrial concerns that ply that road go through. Nothing has happened yet. And

The May sun shone brilliantly over Okwuzi, one of the three Egbema communities on the northern borders of Rivers State with Imo State, but it could not permeate the mood of the people in and around this particular mud house located at the centre of the Umuagburuga village in the town. Inside the poorly illuminated

By Arinze Chijioke In 2021, at least 500 people out of 10,000 confirmed cases of Cholera were reported dead. Currently, twenty-two out of the 27 local government areas in Jigawa is vulnerable to the disease. This is despite the billions of naira the state government said it has invested in the healthcare sector, particularly primary

In several condolence visits and numerous press releases, the Kebbi state government has pledged to fight armed banditry and restore lasting peace to the state. These pledges do not change much for local residents of affected communities. Once in 2021, the state governor, Atiku Bagudu had even pledged to lead a search and rescue mission into the