SIRI Blog Posts

Declining International Development Aid in Nigeria Helen Ochayi, Emmanuella Nzeribe, Hilary Okagbue, Stephen Asaolu International development funding has long played a pivotal role in Nigeria’s socio-economic growth. International aid can be defined as financial or technical help given by one country’s government to another country to assist social and economic…

Digital Extension Services and Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: A National Overview Mahfus Dauda, Olugbemisola Samuel, Saheed Isiaka, Godfrey Petgrave Background Annually, Nigerian agriculture sector and by extension, the economy, loses trillions of valuable naira to outdated and unmechanised agricultural practices, obsolete infrastructural facilities and a host of post-harvest challenges [3].…

A Call to Action: Bridging the Gap in Girls’ Education with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Mahfus Dauda, Stephen Asaolu, Hilary Okagbue Indra Nooyi, the first (and so far, the only) female CEO and Chairman of PepsiCo, the American beverage giant, once said [4], “We need the talent and insights of…

CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA IN 2024 Emmanuella Nzeribe, Hilary Okagbue, Olugbemisola Samuel Cholera is a disease caused by the organism – Vibrio cholera which is a bacterium1. It is characterised by diarrhoea (rice water stool), vomiting, dehydration, weakness, muscle cramps. Cholera is a water borne disease which has posed a…

Food insecurity in a changing climate: A call to action Helen Ochayi Overview Food security exists when “everyone, at all times, has physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.” 1. The Food and…

The use of passwords to protect information, secrets, and restrict access is as ancient as the Roman Empire. The ancient Roman military employed a system where guards would pass a wooden tablet containing a daily secret word, referred to as a watchword, from one shift to the next, with each…

Good nutrition is an essential component of good health. Adequate nutrition is vital for growth and development, building a strong immune system, preventing, and managing chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.

On 10 September 2023, in Libya, heavy rains generated by Storm Daniel (Rafferty 2023) caused massive flooding that claimed the lives of more than 4,300 people while more than 8,500 others were declared missing and an additional 42,045 people displaced (IOM 2023). The resultant loss of lives and properties and…

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent viral infection and has remained a public health concern. This virus not only causes cervical cancer but can also lead to genital warts, and cancers of the throat, anus, and genitals.

According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer among women globally, with an estimated 604,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths in 2020. Scientific findings have shown that cervical cancer is caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a viral agent that affects sexual parts of the…