Rebuilding our primary healthcare system
The first point of contact for Nigerians seeking medical attention ought to be the nearest primary healthcare centre. That is how every functional health system is designed. Primary healthcare is the foundation upon which effective disease prevention, maternal and child healthcare, routine immunisation, and early treatment rest. Sadly, Nigeria’s primary healthcare system has become a […]
Buhari and APC Northern Governors’ patriotic gesture
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, deserve commendation for their generally hitch-free and credible presidential primaries. The APC comes in for a bigger pat on the back for the courage and patriotic spirit that committed its Northern leadership to ensure that the presidential candidate of the party comes from the […]
Rehabilitation of Deborah Samuel’s family
When a group of Islamic extremists mobbed and burnt Miss Deborah Samuel, a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto over the alleged blasphemy of Prophet Mohammed, the nation was agog with mixed reactions. While some extremists remained unrepentant about the fate that befell her, Christians and other people of conscience condemned the […]
Violation of Owo massacre crime scene
PERHAPS for the first time ever, suspected terrorists have attacked a place of worship in the Southern part of Nigeria. Since the August 6, 2018 attack on St. Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Anambra State was later linked to an alleged drug war, the manner in which the gun attack on St. Francis Catholic Church […]
Publish the NDDC probe reports now
THE Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is easily one of the most corrupt organs of the Federal Government. Established on June 5, 2000 by the President Olusegun Obasanjo regime, it was meant to be a special intervention to assuage the militant agitations through rapid development and engagement with stakeholders in the oil-producing communities. Responding to […]
Danbazzau’s arms mop-up call
THE call by a former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of the Interior, retired Lt-General Abdulrahman Danbazzau, for a comprehensive mop-up of arms and drugs from among the Fulani pastoralists calls for serious attention. Danbazzau was one of the guests at the recent Pastoralist and Fulbe Security Conference organised by the Miyetti Allah Cattle […]
