Rebuilding our primary healthcare system
The first point of contact for Nigerians seeking medical attention ought to be the nearest primary healthcare centre. That is how every functional health system is designed. Primary healthcare is the foundation upon which effective disease prevention, maternal and child healthcare, routine immunisation, and early treatment rest. Sadly, Nigeria’s primary healthcare system has become a […]
Enforcement of third-party motor vehicle insurance
On February 1, 2025, the Nigeria Police began nationwide enforcement of the third-party motor insurance policy as earlier announced by the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The move, in line with Section 68 of the Insurance Act and Section 312 of the 1945 Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance), is to ensure that every vehicle in […]
Evolving Nigerian national values
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, under the stewardship of Lanre Issa-Onilu, and its parent body – the Ministry of Information and National Orientation under Mohammed Idris – have been striving to reactivate national orientation, which went moribund after the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election. The Mass Mobilisation for Economic Recovery and Social […]
As varsity dons go to jail for electoral fraud
The Akwa Ibom office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has made outstanding contributions to the growth of our democracy, being about the only one out of its 37 peers in the Federation to put two crooked professors in jail for electoral fraud. The convicted professors are Peter Ogban, professor of Soil Science, who […]
Need to tackle solid mineral cartels
Former Labour leader and Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, is not the first to tell Nigerians that our solid mineral fields have been hijacked by those he described as “retired Generals” in collaboration with foreign crooks. Oshiomhole addressed the media recently and disclosed how, as National Chairman of his […]
Unwarranted uproar over demand for 31 new states
On Friday last week, many media houses ran screaming headlines that the House of Representatives was “proposing” 31 new states. It raised quite some dust, as many angry commentators questioned the rationale behind such a “proposal”. In truth, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, read out a formal letter to […]
