Giving ex-prisoners another chance
The appeal by rehabilitated female ex-inmates for society to reject stigma is a timely reminder that punishment should not become a life sentence after release. The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) itself now has a statutory mandate to reform, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, while its programmes include education, vocational training and income generation through farms and […]
Under-rating Food Challenges
IF providing food is about talking, Nigerians would have no problems meeting their needs whether in 2013 or years to come. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has been issuing assurances since the floods that there would be no food shortage.
Expected HIV vaccine
AFTER nearly 30 years of desperately searching for solutions to the Human-Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, the vermin that leads to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS, the world may soon heave a sigh of relief, as real hope has been kindled of a possible vaccine that could, on a single dose, offer lifelong immunity to HIV/AIDS.
Fake Teachers, What Next?
WHY the alarm about the number of fake teachers in Kaduna State? What would be done beyond the alarm? Are we terrified because we do not know the total number of fake teachers in the country?
Ecological Fund For Zamfara’s Future
THE tragedy has been on for years, but with the death of more than 400 children in March 2010, from lead poisoning, one of the consequences of illegal gold mining, the world appeared to have noticed. Outrage, promises, and little else have been the responses.
Richer At The Poor’s Expense
KATSINA State is not among the country’s rich States because instead of exploring its vast agricultural resources, it depends on monthly centrally allocated resources to run its affairs, like other States.
