Fidelis Mac-Leva

Dec 2, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Khadija Ishaq Bawas |Fidelis Mac-Leva

DESPITE the guidelines set by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) to ensure quality and accessible healthcare in Nigeria, Primary Healthcare (PHC) facilities across Kiyawa, Dutse, and Kafin Hausa Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Jigawa State fall short on critical requirements. This report spotlights troubling lapses in PHCs in the LGAs. It reveals how these deficiencies impact the health and well-being of the communities relying on them.

Nov 30, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Fidelis Mac-Leva

PERSONS Living with Disability (PWDs) were among the estimated one million victims affected by the flood that hit Maiduguri, the Borno State capital and its environs on September 9. With over 10,000 members spread across the 27 LGAs of the state, findings indicate that no fewer than 5,000 were affected by the floodwaters that swept through the LGAs that were worst hit – Jere and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC).

Nov 29, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Fidelis Mac-Leva

FEDERAL polytechnics violating the federal character principle in their activities, especially staff recruitment, would henceforth be sanctioned. The executive chairman of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Muheeba Dankaka, who made this known in her office on Thursday, November 28, while speaking with newsmen said the federal character principle remained sacred and non-compliance by federal polytechnics would no longer be tolerated.

Oct 26, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Fidelis Mac-Leva

By Sultan BELLOPATRICK Olusanmi Adebola, is the executive director/CEO of Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria. He was the Project Lead of AfricaYam IITA Abuja, where he coordinated the project activities in four target countries. With over two decades of experience in plant breeding research and community engagement in West and Southern Africa, he worked for the Africa Rice Centre as the deputy director-general for the Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Liberia in 2016.

Oct 2, 2024 | icirnigeria.org | Fidelis Mac-Leva

SAMSON Itodo is the Executive Director of YIAGA Africa and a principal partner at the Election Law Centre. Skilled in legislative advocacy and youth development, he was the founding convener of the Not Too Young to Run movement. In this exclusive interview with The ICIR@64 series tagged Independence Watch, he speaks on youth involvement in politics, elections, and the leadership question, among burning national issues.