FLOODING is a natural occurrence. In civilised parts of the world, one of the jobs of government is to evolve systems of taming routine and predictable flooding to keep the people safe. When routine flooding keeps occurring year after year, it means that government is not living up to its duty. That is the situation […]

MORE sensitisation is needed to alert the public, especially those at the grassroots level, over the infiltration of our markets by killer Made-in-India cough syrups which have already wreaked havoc in the Gambia. On October 5, 2022, the World Health Organisation, WHO, raised the alarm over four contaminated drugs linked with acute kidney injuries and […]

ONCE again, Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has been enmeshed in alleged dehumanisation of citizens who offended him or the law, rather than use civilised administrative and legal means to address such infringements. On Tuesday, October 4, 2022, the governor reportedly directed his military orderlies to flog late-coming civil servants, a viral video of […]

FLOODING is a worldwide, natural phenomenon which occurs mainly in countries prone to natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons, flash floods and others. These include south eastern United States, Japan and most countries in South East Asia. Nigeria is fortunate enough not to have any real natural disasters. The only real disaster we have is […]

DURING the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, regimes that lasted from 1999 to 2015, the bestowal of National Honours was an annual ritual which was largely criticised due to the unclear criteria used in the selection of the honourees. President Muhammadu Buhari was widely commended for suspending the rituals because, in truth, there is very little […]