Helping our poultry farmers’ needs
Nigeria’s poultry industry is at a dangerous crossroads. The recent call for reforms is therefore more than an industry lobby. It is a warning about food security, nutrition, jobs and the wider economy. An industry capable of supplying affordable eggs and chicken is being strangled by expensive and unreliable inputs. Feed, which can account for […]
Free and fair election as bedrock of democracy
Come January 20, 2025, exactly one month from today, a new president of the United States of America, USA, will be inaugurated and sworn in at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, DC. In the November 5, 2024 election, Donald Trump had won the election with 312 electoral votes and 49.9 per cent of popular […]
Mitigating Nigeria’s security crisis
The incident in Zamfara State, where a gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid at Kakin Dawa village on Sunday, December 8, 2024, highlights the ongoing security challenges in Nigeria. In the last few years, violence arising from religious extremism, kidnappings and banditry has claimed numerous lives, displaced communities […]
Badenoch: Who’s proud of a failing country?
Leader of the United Kingdom’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, a Yoruba by descent, came under fire recently for her comments about Nigeria which some Nigerians see as unpatriotic. The new Conservative leader was accused of speaking in undignified manners about Nigeria and its leaders. For instance, she had described Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as a […]
Free speech: Let Nigerians breathe
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the International Human Rights Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to mark the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UDHR, which outlines the rights of everyone as a human being. The UDHR frowns at […]
Stemming the Japa syndrome in Nigeria
Japa, a term in Nigeria’s national lingo that roughly translates to citizens leaving the country without any intention to return, is reflective of our failings as a nation. As some data show, about 3,679,496 Nigerians have left the country in the last two years. The International Organisation for Migration puts the population of Nigerians in […]
