Kidnappers abduct Naval officer in Ondo, demand N50m ransom
BARELY a week after an Army officer was abducted by suspected herdsmen in Ondo State, a Navy officer was again kidnapped by gunmen along Ose/Oba Akoko highway in Akoko North-East council area of the state.
Why elders are left out of COVID-19 palliatives — NGO
Uchenna Idoko is an economist that specialises in gender and gerontology. She has worked on gender equality programming and gender-inclusive policy development for nineteen years with a variety of NGOs, donor agencies, and government MDAs. She has been working with older adults and their families in rural Nigeria for over 5 years. Uchenna is the […]
Know your COVID-19 diet
As numbers and mortality continues to rise in the country in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more critical than ever to keep families safe from the kitchen first and foremost Three major nutrients have been identified as being particularly essential in the building of the body’s natural immunity to the coronavirus; experts […]
COVID-19: Labour movement, safety and job security
By Rufus Olusesan IT is no longer news that COVID–19, a pandemic that is spreading around the globe, originated from Wuhan in China and has infected and killed many in Europe, Asia, America, Africa, including Nigeria. Globally, the pandemic has exposed capitalism for having paid a greater premium on the private accumulation of capital and […]
Confusion reigns as govt obfuscates on Chinese medical team
By Ikechukwu Amaechi MANY Nigerians are still in denial over the COVID-19 pandemic that is ravaging the entire world. And they are not just ordinary Nigerians. Governors Ben Ayade of Cross River and Yahaya Bello of Kogi have openly called it a hoax. To drive home his point that the coronavirus hullabaloo is a ruse, […]
Bishop Sam zuga officially launches “Samzuganet”
As part of his efforts to actualize the vision 0202-2020, a new and unique Social media community called SamzugaNet has officially been launched by Bishop Dr. Sam Zuga, Jehovah’s Field Marshal.
Birthday musings, Soludo and needs of Ndi Anambra
By Chinedu Nwoye ONE of my long-time admirers and friends, Ken Okafor, called me on my 45th birthday two weeks ago and stressed the need for us to do everything in our powers to urge or propel Prof. Cee Cee Soludo to run in the next governorship election in Anambra State. I was taken aback […]
Appointment of Gambari as Chief of Staff – A Niger Delta perspective
The recent appointment of Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari has been in the headlines for various reasons, some positive and others not so. Depending on the angle it is viewed from, the position is very important, hence all the commentaries. We have chosen to see it from our own lenses, and for very compelling reasons.
A legacy project? Buhari needs a grand vision of Nigearia’s future
By Olu Fasan PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will be five years in power this month. Next week, on May 29, he will complete the first year of his second term, and thus has three more years in office. But, according to the theory of presidential election cycle, the last year of a presidential term is usually […]
COVID-19: Taking stock (1)
DESPITE broad hints by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 that President Muhammadu Buhari would make his fourth pandemic national broadcast on Sunday, May 17, 2020, nothing of the sort happened. It was Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the Task Force, who informed Nigerians of what might have been the President’s address during PTF’s routine […]
Covid-19 presents opportunity to reset Africa — Elumelu
The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Tony Elumelu, has stated that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic currently ravaging the world presents an opportunity to reset the African continent’s economy with the people empowered to become more productive and self reliant
