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Twitter users go head-to-head over tweet on ‘anxiety’

This was the tweet that awoken Twitter users today to revisit the issue of anxiety. Anxiety, much like every other ailment that may appear foreign to the average Nigerian,…

Editor 6 years

[The Activism Blog] UNICEF: AIDS epidemic not yet over

At a time when the awareness and campaign against HIV and AIDS is on a low across the world especially Sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nation's through the United Nation's Children…

Tolu 7 years

[The Alausa Blog]: The Lagos State Government is testing every Lagosian for HIV and here’s how it’s starting

As part of efforts to achieve the UNAIDS' three-part target, the 90-90-90 initiative that aims to end the AIDS epidemic in the world by 2030, the Lagos state government has…

Omoleye Omoruyi 7 years

HIV, cancer cure underway – Nobel laureate

A Nobel Laureate, Prof. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, has said there are ongoing efforts to develop a universal cure for HIV and cancer. The co-discoverer of the HIV said this in Paris while…

Isime Esene 7 years

The Sexuality Blog: Not all men who have sex with men are gay…

Ever heard of the term gay-for-pay? What about MSM? People are slowly coming to terms with the fact that straight is not the only sexual orientation there is out there,…

Isime Esene 7 years

YNaija Editorial: We hope Pres. Buhari and other African leaders are prepared for a Trump administration

Despite how prominently foreign policy issues feature in American politics and presidential campaigns, foreign policies as it concerns Africa is hardly on the front-burner with African nations in the dark…

Op-ed Editor 7 years

The Thread: Do you know your HIV status? | #WorldAidsDay

Today is World Aids Day, and to mark the day, @Lade is asking people to recount their first HIV test experience. In this part of the world where HIV/AIDS is attached…

Adebayo Emuleomo 8 years

Meet the Nigerian man who match-makes HIV patients looking for love

by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ABUJA, August 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in his dimly-lit office in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, surrounded by files and boxes of condoms, matchmaker…

Mazi Emeka 8 years

How 7 federal health workers ‘stole $4m HIV fund’

Seven officials of the Federal Ministry of Health have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly diverting over $4 million intended for the fight against AIDS. The…

Emmanuel Chidiogo 9 years

Opinion: Towards the finish line of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

by Adams Abonu It is remarkable that within the measured time frame of 2005-2013, Nigeria’s policies and actions have seen a reduction up to 35 per cent of new cases…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Coca-Cola, RED Foundation partner to end mother-to-child HIV transmission

by Jewel Stephen As we mark the World AIDS Day with the theme “Getting to Zero” and a focus on achieving zero infection, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related death, The…

Kolapo Olapoju 9 years

Coca-Cola invites Nigeria to “share the sound of an AIDS free generation” and support (RED)

by Jewel Stephen The Coca-Cola Company in partnership with (RED), invites all Nigerians to join efforts to help end mother-to-child transmission of HIV this World AIDS Day through the "SHARE…

Op-Ed Editor 9 years

“We should all be feminists“: Leading Ladies Africa speaks to Fungai Machirori ( @fungaijustbeing )

by Francesca Uriri When translated into English from Zimbabwe’s Shona language, ‘Fungai’ means ‘think,’ and that is primarily what Fungai Machirori; writer, blogger and Founder of does frequently. But…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

HIV positive Pastor admits to having sex with members of congregation

by Damilola Jagun Pastor Juan Demetrius McFarland, of the 'Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church' in Montgomery, in Alabama, has confessed that he slept with several members of his congregation without telling them that he…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

OJ Simpson contracts HIV in prison, has four weeks to live

by Temitope Onitiju American footballer player and broadcaster, O.J Simpson, who is serving a 33-year jail term, is believed to have been infected with HIV from his transsexual lover, Jazmena…

Kolapo Olapoju 10 years

“No one is talking HIV anymore! No one is using condoms anymore” – on #WeekendGroove with Damilola Jagun

by Damilola Jagun “The conversation has subsided and the world hasn't stopped.” “The usage has decreased significantly and we are all having jolly steady sexual intercourse. “ HIV and Condoms…

10 years

What’s your motive? 5 reasons why people have casual sex

by Alexander Churchill It's a familiar scene: a thriving nightlife, a club or maybe a wine bar where glasses are clinking and singles are mingling before drifting off…

10 years

Don’t do it! 10 things you should NEVER share

by Huffington Post Turns out that disgust may be a pretty good indicator of smart hygiene habits. A growing body of research suggests that our revulsion may actually have been…

10 years

Opinion: On the march again… waiting for Mr. President

by Ose Oyamendan-Eimakhu And, every time I want to run to a corner and cry. I want to cry because the men and women telling me the problem are our…

10 years

Good news: After-sex vaginal gel protecting women against HIV developed

by Akan Ido Scientists appear to have inched closer to discovering the cure for the dreaded killer disease HIV with the development of a vaginal gel to protect women who…

10 years

Demola Rewaju: Excuse me, but why is Fela on the Centenary Award list?

by Demola Rewaju If private bodies and individuals love Fela and eulogise him, it is acceptable but as a state, are we giving officialdom to the antics of a man…

10 years

Woman hacked husband to death with a machete out of fear he would give her AIDS

by Oge Okonkwo A Rwandan woman hacked her husband to death with a machete for fear that he would infect her with HIV, local media reports. The suspect, Annonciata Kampororo was said…

10 years

Opinion: Africa is a begging continent

by Olúfémi Táíwò Then, to my utter shock and chagrin, I found that since independence, Africa has, for the most part, been a continent of beggars led by mendicant rulers…

10 years

Deadlier than AIDS: Scientists discover new STD that kills within days

by Oge Okonkwo There are reports that a new STD superbug has emerged and according to experts is more deadly than AIDS and could cause an epidemic. According to the…

10 years

Good news: Researchers discover wonder drug which may prevent AIDS

Research led by scientists at the Gladstone Institutes, San Fransisco, United States has identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most…

10 years

‘Please reconsider me’: Deposed Deji of Akure writes 18-page letter to Mimiko

by 'Jola Sotubo Following the death of the Deji of Akure, Adebiyi Adesida on November 30 after only 3 years on the throne, his predecessor Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina is said…

10 years

Mandela is in hell-fire? Well that’s what these “Christians” say | Read why

by Jim Solouki and Martin Baker The blog Creation Science Study is clearly not joining the mass adulation over the late Nelson Mandela who passed on yesterday at 95. Below…

10 years

“I lost my dad & MOM to HIV”: Afrobeat star, Seun Kuti opens up on #RubbinMinds

by Tutu Akinlabi Seun Kuti, son of late music maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti was a guest on Y!TV's Rubbin' Minds today. The music star spoke about avoiding being put in his…

10 years

Paul Washington Uduk: Now, I’m definitely HIV positive ( 30 days, 30 voices)

by Paul Washington Uduk "He felt his skin grow cold and begged his soul to leave his body but it didn't budge; his consciousness was in pure awareness now." Eric…

10 years

The Veil of Silence: TIERs for a society against sexual discrimination (WATCH)

by Akan Ido The human rights movement in Nigeria has undergone a lot of changes in the past few decades. These can be attributed to the evolution and understanding of…

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