The universal commemoration of this year’s World Diabetes Day, WDD, last Thursday presented another opportunity to draw attention to the plight of Nigerians trapped in disease and hunger. The theme of this year’s event was simply: “Diabetes and Well-being”. The Diabetes Association of Nigeria, DAN, President, Dr Ejiofo Ugwu, disclosed that diabetes affects between five […]

One of the grounds on which Supreme Court judges “mutinied” in June 2022, leading to the forced exit of Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, was inadequate housing for judicial officers. They complained that many of them lived in rented apartments which rendered them vulnerable. On the face of it, the move […]

Ever wondered how the poorest of the poor are coping with the current hunger pandemic sweeping through Nigeria? With about 160 million Nigerians now living in multidimensional poverty, and the middle class drastically eroded due to the harsh economic policies of the Bola Tinubu administration, the very poor and vulnerable have largely lost their fall-back, […]

Defence Headquarters, DHQ, on Thursday, November 7, 2024, announced the emergence of what it described as “a new terrorist group” which goes by the name of Lakurawa in the North-West, especially the Sokoto, Kebbi and northern parts of Niger State. The arrival of this new armed group will definitely worsen the terrible security situation in […]

Expectedly, world leaders and pretty much every person has expectations of the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald J Trump. America is still the foremost superpower militarily and economically, and the arrival of a new helmsman at the White House is bound to raise all kinds of presumptions. President Bola Tinubu’s congratulatory message […]