Balnews

Stories that Empower and Inspire

  • Home
  • Others
  • Education
  • Women
  • Education, governance, girls, women, youth
  • Government
  • Healthcare workers Government
  • Business
  • Gender
  • Religion, Islam
  • Youth

Investigation

Beyond The VAPP Act: How Widows Still Face Systemic Failures, Cultural Harm, Broken Promises (PART 1)

October 11, 2025 bilkistope6 0

By JULIANA FRANCIS and ANGELA NKWO-AKPOLU When the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP) was signed into law, many women’s rights advocates believed it […]

No Image

Four Communities, One Crisis: The Deadly Healthcare Gap in Riverine Lagos (Pt 2)

September 5, 2025 bilkistope6 0

By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal The first part of this investigation exposed the pain and losses suffered by families in some riverine Lagos communities due to […]

No Image

Broken Promises, Deadly Silence: Inside Oriade Riverine Communities Lacking Healthcare Despite Lagos’ ₦1.3 Trillion Revenue (PART 1)

September 5, 2025 bilkistope6 0

  By Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal      Abandoned proposed primary healthcare centre at Irede Onigbanko  (Photo Credit: Bilkis Abdulraheem Lawal)   When local authorities fail […]

No Image

How Underaged Girls Are Trafficked, Exploited in Northwest Nigeria

August 31, 2025 bilkistope6 0

  By Aisha Gambo   At just ten years old, Ladidi Mudi (not real name) wakes at 5:00 a.m. daily. But unlike children her age […]

No Image

Inside Akure’s Hookup Economy: Young commercial sex workers narrate experience

August 29, 2025 bilkistope6 0

By Mary Agidi When Folake Adeola (not her real name) turned 21, she abandoned her dream of further education and turned to sex work in […]

Recent Posts

  • NTCA Unveils Report, Resource Hub to Strengthen Tobacco Control in Nigeria
  • Nigeria Identifies Two Suspected Ebola Cases in North-East
  • Lagos Assembly Backs Recruitment of Optometrists to Expand Eye Care in Primary Healthcare Centres
  • UNICEF, Partners Remove Data Costs for Students Using Digital Learning Platforms
  • Clearing The Air: Why Smoke-Free Public Spaces Matter Across Nigerian States

Copyright © 2026 | Designed by Ibroraheem