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HIV patients struggle after US aid halt in Benue one woman steps up What you see here isn’t headlines - it’s daily life for countless people across Nigeria Weeks went by while those with HIV in Benue endured unseen struggles At the start, nothing stood out on paper No noise. Just struggle. Right there, surrounded by chaos… she just kept going The Start of the Crisis Freezing U.S. assistance caused HIV drug deliveries to stop. That is when things began going wrong Out of nowhere, many people relying on these medicines faced confusion Living with HIV means treatment becomes necessary right away It is survival. Skipping just a couple of doses might lead to big problems down the road What This Meant for Patients Picture opening your eyes each morning, unsure if the medicine that sustains you will still exist by noon Life simply looked like that Panic started spreading among those in hospital beds Medicine was split into smaller doses by some people ...

Toxic Sauce: The Shocking Truth About What Nigerian Market Vendors Are Mixing Into Your Pepper, Tomatoes And Stew — And What It Is Doing To Your Body By Hotgist9ja Health Desk Think about the last time you ate jollof rice. Or pepper soup. Or that beautiful red stew your mother made on Sunday. Think about the deep, rich, vibrant red colour of the pepper and tomatoes — the colour that makes Nigerian food so appetising, so inviting, so unmistakably Nigerian. Now ask yourself this question: what if that colour is not natural? What if the beautiful red you have been eating — in your stew, your soup, your sauce — is not just pepper and tomatoes? What if it has been artificially enhanced with toxic industrial dyes that have no business being anywhere near your food? That is exactly what a disturbing investigation by Saturday Punch has uncovered — and the findings have sent shockwaves through Nigerian households, food safety circles and social media. Because this is not happe...