Tackling informal sector food adulteration
Food adulteration has become one of the gravest threats confronting Nigeria’s informal food sector. It is steadily eroding public confidence in the nation’s food supply, exposing millions of consumers to avoidable health hazards and undermining efforts to build a safe, secure and sustainable food system. Food nourishes and sustains life. When it instead becomes a […]
62, and barely afloat
As we mark the 62nd anniversary of our Independence, the only thing really worth celebrating is the fact that, at least for now, there is still a country called Nigeria. She is weak, worn and near coma, but still alive. The disease assailing her is curable. That gives us the reason to hope. As our […]
Jonathan’s “reject killers” message
Nigerians will do well to heed their former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who dropped a timeously relevant message over the weekend in Uyo at the ceremony marking 35 years of the creation of Akwa Ibom State. He advised voters in next year’s general elections to reject “killers”. According to Jonathan: “In 2023, you must not […]
Celebrating peace, eschewing racism
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, the International Day of Peace, came and went quietly, with the world largely distracted by the Ukraine war, the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s elaborate funeral rites and troubled economies around the world. The United Nations dedicates this day to the promotion of the ideals of peace. One of its rituals […]
Let’s have violence-free campaigns
Today, September 28, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will formally blow the whistle for the commencement of the campaigns towards the 2023 general elections. Political parties and their candidates will be free to come out openly and solicit for votes. What we need is an atmosphere of free canvassing, safe meetings and soap-boxing. […]
INEC and CUPP’s allegations
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has responded adequately and reassuringly to the “expose” by the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, which, in a media briefing a fortnight ago, alleged that the Commission, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, planned to rig the 2023 elections through voter register […]
