A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027
By KOLA ALAPINNI The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as electorally irrelevant. Incumbency, a split opposition, a Muslim Muslim ticket, and a public that expects little will, on this reading, carry President Bola Tinubu to […]
How COVID-19 is redefining our social life, work ethics
Sometime in March this year when it announced its appearance in Nigeria, many people did not take it seriously. Even the authorities were lackadaisical in their attitude. But in a matter of days, as it bared its fangs, the government was forced to immediately put in place drastic measures to curb its spread. But it […]
Food Security: Nigeria’s need for veritable food system
By Architect Ibrahim Kabir It’s pretty clear to everyone that the population of the World will surge to the 10 billion forecasts regardless of the deaths attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. The search for a vaccine driven by the progress in Science, Technology, and Medicine gives us hope that the tide of the pandemic will […]
Why 36 State Governments, FCT, should issue ID Cards
By Boston Edogi The current National ID scheme may not be the best for Nigerians and residents, instead, the country’s 36 states and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, should be granted statutory provisions and privileges in the Constitution to issue their own independent state Identity Cards to residents within their States through their states managed motor […]
Is telemedicine the next frontier of medical practice
Kayode Oshin Nearly all human endeavours have been impacted by technology. From Agriculture to Aviation, from Transportation to Communication, no sphere of human activity has been exempted from the positive effect of advances in technology. To cite a few examples: Shale oil is a better, cheaper and effective alternative to crude oil. Manual driving will […]
Ize-Iyamu’s Simple Agenda and the illusion of Don Pedro Obaseki
In Edo State, there are not less than 10 parties contesting the gubernatorial position, a seat currently held by Governor Godwin Obaseki. Out of these over a dozen parties, two lead this race. However, between these two leading parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, one has clearly emerged the people’s choice and it is for some reasons.
