Nigeria’s cooking gas crisis
For many households, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) promised a cleaner, safer alternative to firewood, charcoal and kerosene. That promise is fraying. A steep rise in the cost of refilling cylinders—reaching about N2,000 per kilogramme in some markets—has put LPG beyond the reach of millions already squeezed by inflation and falling real wages. Cooking fuel is […]
Still No Leaders
FOR the third time in four years, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which recognises and celebrates excellence in African leadership, did not find an African leader worthy of the Mo Ibrahim Prize.
Nigerians’ 32m failing kidneys
A MAJOR attempt to draw attention to the increasing cases of kidney failure in Nigeria five years ago, failed. Dr. Augustine Ohwovoriole, President, Diabetic Association of Nigeria had in the light of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s hospitalisation in Germany said there was projected annual growth rate of six to eight per cent in renal failure.
No To Police Brutality
JUSTICE U. P. Kekemeke of an Abuja High Court last week delivered a judgment that should halt security agencies that make brutalising people their duty.
Flood relief fund
THE interim funds the Federal Government released for flood victims throughout the country should be used judiciously, to ameliorate the sufferings unprecedented flooding unleashed on the country. How far the N17.6 billion President Goodluck Jonathan, announced would go, is not as important as the immediacy of the intervention and preventive measures against flooding.
Justice for UNIPORT four
IT is beside the point, whether the four lynched students of the University of Port Harcourt were cultists, serial rapists, or robbers.
