Arresting the diphtheria scourge
Nigeria’s continuing diphtheria outbreak is a grim reminder that preventable diseases can become deadly when public-health systems fail to sustain basic immunisation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says more than 10,000 confirmed cases have been recorded in 2026, with Kano, Borno and Bauchi among the worst-affected states. The figures are particularly […]
Ngige’s untenable directives to banks
The statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige that banks which defy his directive to stop sacking their employees will have their licences revoked is highly tendentious. It is even more perturbing that he issued this directive at the 105th session of the International Labour Congress (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland, with the whole world listening in.
Time to rethink our policing template
The decision of the Abia State Government to revive the dreaded vigilante group, the Bakasi Boys, attracted some critical comments in some quarters, but Governor Okezie Ikpeazu responded that the local security outfit was not a militia group.
Stephen Keshi: Exit of a football legend
Nigeria and indeed the football world are yet to come to terms with the sudden demise of Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, a football legend of our time who passed on to glory on Wednesday, 8th June 2016, at the age of 54.
A vote for concrete over asphalt for our highways
We are delighted to throw our full weight behind the campaign for our federal, state and local governments to adopt concrete/cement for the construction of roads throughout Nigeria as opposed to the current emphasis on asphalt/bitumen.
Muhammad Ali: one last time
Today, boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, will go home in a blaze of glory. The eyes of the world will be on him one more time – one last time – before he is committed to eternity at the Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
