Coping with the flood menace
The torrential rains that pounded Lagos, Ogun, Rivers and several parts of southern Nigeria on 30th June were not merely another episode of seasonal downpours. They were a damning reminder that Nigeria has learnt little from decades of recurring flood disasters. As roads disappeared beneath raging waters, homes were submerged, businesses grounded and thousands of […]
As Nigerians languish, World Bank applauds
For the umpteenth time this year alone, the World Bank has come forward to hail President Bola Tinubu administration’s for adopting the economic model prescribed by it and the International Monetary Fund, IMF. At the launch of the Nigerian Development Update, NDU, report in Abuja last week, WB’s Country Director for Nigeria, Ndiame Diop, said […]
Eradicating barbarism in African football
If Nigeria still has the stuff that models it as the “giant of Africa”, it must seize this moment and rally support for an end to the uncivilised conduct of some African countries towards visiting fellow African sports (especially football) teams. Nigeria and Libya “brawled” on and off the football pitch towards their qualification for […]
Jigawa petrol tanker tragedy
Jigawa State and Nigeria as a whole suffered another tragedy on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 when a petrol tanker travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, overturned near Khadija University, Majiya village in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. About 140 lives were lost and another 70 injured in the inferno that ensued […]
Edun and Tinubu’s food waiver
All eyes are on the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, to take personally, President Bola Tinubu’s food imports waiver policy implementation announced as a means of temporarily ameliorating the current extreme hunger in Nigeria. Following the #EndBadGovernance and #EndHardship protests in early August this year, which erupted as a […]
NOA’s struggle for funding support
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, part of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, is one of the least esteemed Federal Government’s departments and agencies. Since the dawn of the current democratic dispensation, the NOA has languished in the shadow of relevance because no regime has shown interest in deploying it to push the […]
