Menace of open defecation: Nigeria’s silent sanitation emergency
YET, consider this: Right inside the major car park on inner Marina on Lagos Island, stretching from directly opposite the UBA Headquarters Building to the Old Kingsway Building (just before Oando gas station), is a public toilet. Five years ago, it had eight pit latrines and four urinaries. The stench oozing forth from inside is […]
How we tried to save Yar’Adua’s job before ‘Doctrine of Necessity’, says Tanko Yakasai
This is a review of sorts of Alhaji Tanko Yakasai’s autobiography, a second part, due for launch on Tuesday. It is interesting, engaging and revealing.
$3M BRIBERY SCANDAL: Reps gamble with Gambo Ethics Committee
Some of members of the House of Representatives have expressed displeasure over the embarrassing dimension the bribery scandal involving the former Chairman of the House’s Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy Regime Farouk Lawan assumed last Tuesday.
The fuel subsidy imbroglio and EFCC’s nonchalance
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, arguably the nation’s most prominent and most recognizable agency in the fight against wanton graft and economic crimes sure has its hands full.
Population Control: Balancing family size and available resources
Nigeria has one of the fastest growing population not only in Africa, but also in the world, with an average growth rate of over 3%.
The Sun on these rubbles
When the last Wednesday downpour began, residents in Lagos and Ogun states were gripped in palpable fear. The almost 24-hour rain which recorded in its wake colossal lose of properties, submerged communities and displaced persons. Saturday Vanguard team reports that vestiges of its aftermath populate the affected areas like sand dunes in the Sahara desert.
