Generally, harmattan is the usual herald of the December month, what with the biting cold that comes with it. Immediately the rain ceased, it gave way to a cold wind that competes with the sun, such that even when the sun is high in the sky, you still feel cold! The nights are trickier: the…

This article is an excerpt from Niyi Akinnaso publication in The Punch Newspaper of Dec 30, 2014 with the headline “A choice between life and death”. He wrote about the need for citizens to vote for the best candidate in the forthcoming presidential election in Nigeria. He also wrote about choosing good health in the…

The average person knows that he possesses a pair of kidneys as part of his biological make-up, but many people are ignorant of the fact that these organs wield enormous power that could determine whether an individual lives or not. The truth is that the kidneys can fail, get injured, become infected or ultimately need…

The joy of every mother is to carry her pregnancy to term. This, however, is not often the case. A new maternal and child health survey shows that at least two of every 10 Nigerian women lose their pregnancy at one stage or the other before full term. Beyond Nigerian women, the survey also states…

I watched a programme on the television recently. It was called ‘50 ways to kill your mother’ and it made quite interesting viewing. A son took his elderly mother on adventures of a lifetime in order that she might experience some real thrills in life and not just sitting in the house waiting for death….