IN 1999, after retiring soldiers he believed were politically,  Obasanjo preached the gospel of professionalism in the Nigerian Army to the remaining soldiers in the barracks, advising those who wished to practise politics to voluntarily resign from the army. The overall result is the longest period of civil rule in Nigeria (25 years) which has […]

Many Nigerians today, even some children, know the key problems facing Nigeria – insecurity of lives and property, little or no electric power supply, an unproductive economy, corruption, a supposedly federal system of government operating a unitary constitution in a country made up of many nations, a collapsing education sector, a collapsing health care system, […]

THE adoption of the Paris Agreement during the Committee of Parties, COP 15, in 2015 marked a significant milestone in the urgent need to adopt universal actions against climate change. The agreement aims to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius and pursue the 1.5 degrees ideal limit. The COP summits which attract […]

WITH about 36.9 million hectares of arable land, representing 40.48 per cent of the country’s total land area as at 2021, and 70 per cent of youth population (151 million youths), Nigerians should have no reason to be hungry. But unfortunately, there is serious hunger in the land. In the just released 2023 Global Hunger […]

Chigozie Ogbuagu, a commercial tricycle driver from Umuobiala in Isikwuato LGA of Abia State, could not train his younger sister, Uzoamaka, in school. If a quiet Nigerian US-based philanthropist, Mr. Winston Tinubu, had not given scholarship to Uzoamaka and three other girls from that community, six years ago, Uzoamaka would not have had  secondary school […]

IN reaction to the 2023 Christmas Eve massacre in Plateau State, the captain of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa, wrote: “I am standing against the violence in Plateau State. It’s heartbreaking to witness the recent violence in Plateau State. My thoughts are with those affected. We need to stand together against hate and violence. Let […]

AHMED Musa, current captain of Nigeria’s national football team, the Super Eagles, has been consistent in his heartfelt call for an end to the recurring massacre of innocent people in Plateau State and other parts of Nigeria. We consider it as important to both chronicle and celebrate Musa’s exceptional responses to our country’s biggest problem […]

The ban on usage and distribution of single-use plastics, especially the non-biodegradable Styrofoam, by the Lagos State Government is good. At least, the ban will draw more attention to the damage careless use of plastics causes to both our environment and our health. However, we plead with the government, at this early stage of the […]

LAST Saturday, January 27, 2024, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust. The event called our attention to the fact that Holocaust memorial goes beyond the remembrance of the unfortunate incidents that occurred during the Second World War. It was […]

TOMORROW, as the world remembers the victims of one of the biggest attempts in history to delete a race from the face of the planet, there is a need for us in Nigeria to reflect on our own domestic history and current conditions that have parallels with the Holocaust. On January 27, 1945, the Nazi […]

SINCE the severe years of COVID-19 have passed, many of us have sadly abandoned regular hand washing, a life-saving habit which the pandemic had imposed on us. Although it became more so during the pandemic, clean hands, which comes by regular hand washing, have always saved lives. It was the absoluteness of the truth in […]

One of the conclusions that can be drawn from the statistical data and rankings of 142 countries released recently by the World Justice Project, WJP Rule of Law Index is there are correlations between economic prosperity and a country’s adherence to the rule of law.  The World Justice Project, WJP, is a globally recognised independent non-profit […]

HUNGER, insecurity, double digit inflation, endemic corruption, epileptic power supply, rapidly depreciating value of naira, folding and exiting of foreign manufacturing companies that have existed in the country for decades, mass emigration, etc. These are just a few of the gloomy words and phrases that describe Nigeria, our country, today. The terrorists who have been […]

The recent certification of Cabo Verde by the World Health Organisation, WHO, as the third malaria-free country in Africa after Mauritius (1973) and Algeria (2019) offers valuable lessons for Nigeria in its fight against the disease. Cabo Verde’s success came from  sustained commitment from the government. High-level political leadership ensured consistent funding, effective policy implementation, […]

LAST week, news broke of a young female banker who committed suicide by drinking Sniper, an insecticide, inside her office restroom.