Editorial

Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall

Nigeria’s fertiliser use shortfall

Nigeria’s fertiliser paradox is becoming harder to ignore. The country now possesses fertiliser production capacity, yet farmers are applying nowhere near enough nutrients to unlock its agricultural potential. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security says national fertiliser consumption is about 18.6 kilogrammes per hectare, against the 50kg/ha benchmark associated with the 2006 Abuja […]
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Armistice Day and the lessons of war

Armistice Day and the lessons of war

Future events were to prove him wrong because in 1939 a more nihilist World War (II) again broke out between the Allies and Germany and its Axis allies. Once again, the Allies prevailed, but the cost of the war was so staggering that the winners made better efforts to appease the losers and thus prevent the outbreak of a World War (III) in these atomic and nuclear ages which could extinct mankind.

Why the Saudi Khashoggi murder matters

Why the Saudi Khashoggi murder matters

When the news of his disappearance broke, the Saudi authorities told one lie after the other to shield the truth. First, they said he had walked out of the embassy. Later, they said he died while fighting with officials in the embassy. Finally, they admitted he was killed by a drug which was injected into him with the intention of abducting him to Saudi Arabia.

Jonathan’s double celebration

Jonathan’s double celebration

FORMER President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) clocked 61 on Tuesday, 20th November 2018 and celebrated it by presenting his autobiography entitled: My Transition Hours, at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Bracing for the meningitis season

Bracing for the meningitis season

THE Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, CSM, season is here again. The hot season is a period to be apprehensive because this disease claims many lives almost every year. For instance, between December 2016 when that season’s outbreak started and May 2017, 1,166 deaths were recorded, mostly in the North.

Let the game begin

Let the game begin

ON Sunday, November  18, 2018, the campaigns for the 2019 general elections began in line with the guidelines and timetable issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).