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 […]
Breaking the power sector logjam
THE hope of a revived power sector heralded by the privatisation of power assets is fading fast.
Has Apapa traffic chaos defied solutions?
Yet, the Federal and Lagos State governments have made repeated efforts to solve this seemingly intractable threat to the nation’s economy. Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo had met with private sector stakeholders and also given the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, MPWH, and the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, clear directives towards clearing the traffic quagmire.
Learning from the “Music House” saga
“Music House,” which the owners valued at about N800 million, housed a radio station, Fresh FM, music studios and other business outfits. According to the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Toye Arulogun, government took the action because the proprietor of the complex failed to submit the approved plan/permit for the building as demanded by the OYSG in a letter dated 18th August 2017.
Kofi Annan: Adieu to an iconic global statesman
THE global community was jolted when former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, Kofi Annan, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2018. In recognition of the greatness of the Ghana-born diplomat, the world has befittingly lavished eulogies on him for his unquantifiable contributions to the pursuit of a better world.
Beyond mere cosmetic reform of SARS
ON Tuesday 14th August 2018, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, as Acting President, responded to widespread complaints from citizens and ordered the Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, to immediately overhaul the operations of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
