NAFDAC raises alarm over unsafe food, pushes nationwide safety reforms
By Chioma Obinna The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Monday sounded the alarm over the growing dangers of unsafe food in Nigeria, warning that millions of lives remain at risk from preventable foodborne illnesses. Speaking at the agency’s 2026 World Food Safety Day […]
The establishment of State Police is overdue
By AISHA AGBEREBI Should the federal government allow states to police themselves? It is one of the oldest arguments in Nigeria’s constitutional history and one of the most urgent. At its simplest, state policing is territorial policing: a model common in federal systems, in which state governments raise, fund, and direct their own officers, separate from a […]
Stakeholders raise alarm over decaying Kano Armed Forces Specialist Hospital
— -Seeks FG urgent intervention By Henry Ojelu Stakeholders have raised concerns over the deteriorating condition of the Armed Forces Specialist Hospital, Kano, calling for urgent intervention of the federal government to rehabilitate, expand and equip the facility to better serve members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria. Speaking on the state of the hospital, […]
Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s human-face diplomacy
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu’s recent interventions in South Africa, Ethiopia and Ghana offer a timely illustration of a foreign policy that places citizens at its centre. In an age when diplomacy is often measured by summit photographs and policy statements, her approach reminds us that its primary purpose should be the […]
TETFund challenges Nigerian scientists to develop local Lassa fever vaccine
….As study reveals alarming death tollBy Joseph Erunke Abuja—The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has challenged Nigerian scientists to accelerate efforts toward developing the country’s first indigenous Lassa fever vaccine, following fresh findings that the deadly disease kills between 5,000 and 10,000 Nigerians every year. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, who threw the challenge […]
NYSC reform aims to end influence in postings, says Analyst
A public policy analyst, Oluwaseun Odetunde, has said the Federal Government’s proposed reforms to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) amount to an acknowledgement of long-standing concerns by corps members over the fairness of the scheme’s posting process. In an article titled “NYSC’s New Reform Quietly Admits What Corps Members Already Knew,” Odetunde argued that […]
