Arresting the diphtheria scourge
Nigeria’s continuing diphtheria outbreak is a grim reminder that preventable diseases can become deadly when public-health systems fail to sustain basic immunisation. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says more than 10,000 confirmed cases have been recorded in 2026, with Kano, Borno and Bauchi among the worst-affected states. The figures are particularly […]
Investors: Charity begins at home
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu seems to be modelling his unfolding economic agenda and strategy on those of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo started a flurry of international engagements soon after he was sworn in 1999, mainly to secure debt relief or outright debt forgiveness. He felt that as an international eminent person and fresh out of […]
Nigeria’s rejection at the UNHRC
Perhaps the most prominent human rights violations that attracted severe denigration of Nigeria’s image were the Lekki Toll Gate killings of unknown number of unarmed #EndSARS protesters
The Lokpanta Cattle Market controversy
The state government should not bow to the antics of political blackmailers who have now capitalised on it to sow the seeds of confusion and ethnic disharmony.
China and our railways renewal
It is a shame that after 63 years of independence, Nigeria and its component parts are unable to build railways, roads and bridges without the funding and expertise of foreign powers.
Cash transfer is wasteful
AGAINST wiser counsel, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, October 17, 2023, flagged off what he called the “Renewed Hope” conditional cash transfer as part of his idea of cushioning the effects of the subsidy removal on petrol. Unlike his earlier proposal in which N8,000 was to be shared among 12 million vulnerable households for six […]
