Editorial

Putting mental health on the front burner

The coincidence of the Vanguard Mental Health Summit on Friday, October 9, 2026, and World Mental Health Day the following day was a timely reminder that psychological well-being deserves a prominent place in Nigeria’s healthcare priorities. Their message was unmistakable: mental health must come out of the closet of silence, prejudice and neglect into the […]
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China and terrorism in Nigeria

THE outgoing Muhammadu Buhari regime has surprisingly maintained aloofness to the allegation that the People’s Republic of China is indirectly involved in the sponsorship of terrorists, especially in the terror-torn North. On April 15, 2023, The Times, a UK-based daily, published an exclusive story alleging that Chinese nationals were involved in bribing some Jihadi terrorist […]

PEPT: Give us a live telecast

THE calls for the live telecast of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, PEPT, are in line with the need to bring back some of the lost faith and confidence of Nigerians in our institutions of public governance. Apart from the two main opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Labour Party, […]

Putting NBC on a leash

THE barring of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, from imposing fines on electronic media stations came as a big relief and a major victory for the media and the broadcast sector in particular. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on May 10, 2023, told the broadcasting regulator that it had no power […]

Decentralise the ports

THE argument for restructuring, devolution of powers or true federalism is based on the need for Nigeria to be weaned from its unfolding experience of dictatorial control under colonial bondage and military impunity. We are still strongly tied down to the unproductive centralised command of our economy simply because it appears to benefit a few […]

“Goodbye”, COVID-19

On Saturday, May 6, 2023, the Director General of the World Health Organisation, WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, officially declared the end of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) as a public emergency. However, it is not yet Uhuru, as the disease still claimed a life every three minutes as of last week. This comes to 480 per […]

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