Putting mental health on the front burner
The coincidence of the Vanguard Mental Health Summit on Friday, October 9, 2026, and World Mental Health Day the following day was a timely reminder that psychological well-being deserves a prominent place in Nigeria’s healthcare priorities. Their message was unmistakable: mental health must come out of the closet of silence, prejudice and neglect into the […]
New Reps, New Offices, New Microphones
THOSE who have canvassed part-time legislatures have a point as the long recesses, high costs of maintaining legislators and their low contributions to the society are showing.
States, Freedom Of Information Act
ARE celebrations about the passage of the Freedom of Information Act too early? They seem so. There are checkpoints along the routes to the expected explorations of the new territories the slightly lifted veil on information could provide.
CBN’s Threat To Its Eight Banks
TIME and expertise have run out on whatever decisions the Central Bank of Nigeria wants to take on the eight banks it dislodged their boards from 14 August 2009. Tired of nearly two years of equivocation, CBN is threatening to revoke their licences if they do not meet a 20 December 2011 re-capitalisation deadline.
June 12 – claims continue
FEW will allow others to write history against them and maintain silence, especially where they have a chance to represent issues in ways that will portray their fondness and sacrifices for humanity.
Kerosene – The Forests Are Going
THE high cost of kerosene has been with us for a while and so have increasing dangers of this cost. Among them are the sale of adulterated kerosene by greedy merchants who exploit the gap in supply, and the devastation of the environment.
