West Africa’s healthcare investment momentum builds as WHX returns to Nigeria
Nigeria’s healthcare sector is undergoing rapid transformation, with forecasts predicting a 7.1% expansion and an anticipated market value of US$161.7 million by 2027. This growth is fuelled by a US$1.2 billion Federal Ministry investment in infrastructure and workforce, major oncology and diagnostic expansions by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, and increased imports under the African Continental Free Trade Area […]
Day thunderstorm crippled flight operations at MMIA
ON Tuesday night in Lagos, nature barred its fangs as the storm that accompanied the heavy downpour of the night in some parts of the metropolis left destruction in its wake. Road traffic was grounded, commuters were stranded at bus stops and those who managed to get vehicles to their destinations spent hours on the road. Many did not get to their homes until the following morning.
Ezu River: The unending mystery
By Emeka Mamah, Vincent Ujumadu & Ishola Balogun WHO killed 25 young men of between 25 and 40 years and dumped their bodies in EzuRiver in Amansea, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State on January19? Could it be the Anti-Special Robbery Squad, SARS, at Awkuzu, near Awka, the Anambra State capital or who? […]
God’s will against Governor Judas
The awesome power and bearing of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF had in the recent past raised concern among some stakeholders in the polity. Now an internal discord driven by external power peddlers is about bringing the once powerful body to its knees.
Posers as Catholics appoint new Pope
What was supposed to be a graceful exit may be mired in endless enquiries and controversies of what will be the future of the Church after Pope Benedict XV1’s resignation.
I am not abandoning the Cross – Pontiff Emeritus
Extract of the historic farewell address: I am not abandoning the Cross
The Lord gave us days of sun and of light breeze, days in which the fishing was good. There were also moments when there were stormy waters and headwinds as was the case in the whole history of the church as if God was sleeping.’
Pope Benedict’s resignation: Free or forced ?
Why did Pope Benedict XVI, in his resignation letter ask that Catholics should pray for him and the next Pope? Yes, he is a man of history.
“Pope’s resignation, a lesson to others”
Sequel to the unusual decision taken by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, reactions have been coming from Nigerians especially Catholics.
Corruption: Progressing backwards?
CORRUPTION is a global phenomenon. It is not an exclusive problem of any nation or society; neither has it just surfaced in Nigeria.
Prof GEO Ogum bows out of Nnamdi Azikiwe University
WILLIAM Shakespeare in the Twelfth Night captured three distinct routes to greatness. According to him, “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”.
The Sahel: Counting the cost of the war in Mali
THE third phase of the battle in Mali is the democratisation process. The country’s electoral commission has announced July as the new month as opposed to April as initially agreed. This will present the challenge of healthy political process in the country when there are still conflicts in some parts of the country.
