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.

It was former President Goodluck Jonathan, among recent leaders of Nigeria, who made sincere efforts to facilitate a restructured Nigeria. In recognition of the fact that the issue was beyond elected lawmakers; that the inputs by the ethnic nationalities and leaders of thought were sine qua non, he convened the 494-member 2014 National Conference headed […]

ALTHOUGH the entire Southern Nigeria, the Middle Belt, and some Northerners have been strident in calling for the restructuring of Nigeria, the South-West, or specifically the Yorubas, to their credit, can be said to be the greatest advocates of a restructured Nigeria. It began from Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the political father of the Yorubas who […]

Millions of years ago, in the jungle, before the invention of any type of weapon, human beings, even animals, were ruled by the strongest among them. The invention of weapons, especially the firearm, somewhat brought to an end the era of rule by the physically strongest. One bullet from a gun in the hand of the weakest […]