INTERVIEW: Why Nigeria must increase domestic funding for family planning

In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, Koessan Kuawa, Deputy Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Nigeria, discusses the challenges of limited access and availability of family planning tools, the misconceptions and hesitancy surrounding birth control, and the urgent need to increase domestic funding to support Nigeria’s family planning programmes. Excerpt PT: Nigeria…

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Court extends UOC’s bishop’s detention for another two months—his second Pascha in custody

Slovyansk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, March 31, 2025 Photo: rbk.ru      Ukrainian courts have extended the detention of His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church yet again. With this latest extension, through the end of May, Met. Arseny, who is also the abbot of the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra, will be in…

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Obasa Defies Tinubu’s Intervention, Pushes Lawsuit Against Meranda, Other Lagos Lawmakers

  The crisis rocking the Lagos State House of Assembly appears far from over as Speaker Mudashiru Obasa remains adamant in pursuing his lawsuit against former Speaker Mojisola Meranda and other lawmakers, despite the intervention of President Bola Tinubu, SaharaReporters has learned.   A source close to the situation told SaharaReporters on Monday that confusion…

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