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 […]
As domestic flights resume
AFTER three months of lockdown during which only emergency flights were able to operate, the Nigerian aviation industry roars back to life today, July 8, 2020. Flights were to resume on June 21, 2020, but the industry regulator, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, decided to hold action until all stakeholders came to full terms […]
COVID-19 invasion of Government Houses
ONE of the factors that have been feeding the myths surrounding the raging coronavirus pandemic is the unusual rate at which it has affected the upper strata of our society. It is this factor that led many to the unfounded and dangerous notion that COVID-19 is a “big man’s disease”. The disease entered Nigeria through […]
Needless spat over 774,000 job scheme
ON Tuesday, June 30, 2020, Festus Keyamo, SAN, the Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, was reportedly walked out by the National Assembly Joint Committee on Employment, Labour and Productivity over his refusal to apologise to them after defying them at an investigative public hearing over the implementation of the Federal Government’s 774,000 […]
Tackling the plight of road sweepers
ONE of the ways of keeping our urban roads clean is through the employment of daily road sweepers. These “highway managers” also help to control the indiscriminately-dumped wastes by our undisciplined road users to ensure they do not block the drains and worsen flooding. In states like Lagos, the engagement of road managers is also […]
Living with the COVID-19 reality
THE latest rules for the gradual ease of the coronavirus pandemic lockdown simply show that Nigeria, like most countries around the world, has reached the stage where irrespective of our inability to arrest the rate of infections, we must gradually return to our normal life. Boss Mustapha, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, […]
