INTERVIEW: Why MacArthur Foundation is investing billions in Nigeria — Africa Director, Kole Shettima
Kole Shettima says the MacArthur Foundation is a learning organisation that takes risks and learns from its mistakes and those ...
Tag: VVF
UNFPA trains 210 VVF survivors in Borno
The VVF survivors were provided training on confectionaries based on their choices.
VVF: 43 women undergo surgery by JUTH medics
VVF is an abnormal fistulous tract extending between the bladder (vesica) and the vagina which allows the continuous involuntary discharge ...
How I discovered my daughter Ochanya had been repeatedly raped by her uncle – Father
Ochanya Ogbanje, 13, died of Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) in October.
PHOTOS: Again, protest in Makurdi over death of girl allegedly raped by lecturer, son
A similar protest held last Thursday in Abuja.
How we’re assisting VVF patients – UCH
“UCH reserves 14 bed spaces for fistula patients. But this has now been expanded to 21 bed spaces."
ANALYSIS: Reducing rate of VVF in Nigeria by discouraging early marriages
A VVF survivor narrates her experience.
Victims of VVF abandoned by husbands
"When my situation became critical, my husband left me, and I had to return to my parents."
Borno records 28 severe cases of VVF
Most of the victims are between 17 and 20 years old.
Stephanie Okereke’s foundation treats 50 VVF victims
Fistula is a hole between the vagina and usually the bladders which leads to continuous leakage of urine from the ...
15 minors defiled in Enugu in 2013- Female lawyers
The suspects are already being prosecuted. The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on Thursday said 15 minors were defiled in ...
Sokoto hospital conducts surgeries on 150 VVF patients
VVF is a urogenital condition No fewer than 150 Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients have undergone successful operations at the Maryam ...
Yerima blackmailed senators with religious sentiment, says David Mark
The Senate did not succeed in removing the controversial constitutional clause. Senate President, David Mark, has accused a senator, Ahmed ...
A Nation of Perverts and Pedophiles, By Femi Fani-Kayode
The Nigerian Senate includes some of the brightest minds in our country, many of whom are friends of mine and ...
Stolen Lives, by Hannatu Musawa
Hannatu Massawa“Elham Mahdi al Assi was a young girl with great plans for her future. Those plans came to a ...
Jonathan administration’s inactions contribute to Nigeria having world’s highest VVF rate- USAID
The failure of governance is worsening the VVF problem. The failure of the Goodluck Jonathan administration to release moneys budgeted ...