The 9/11 that never happened: What Britain saved the world from
TWENTY-FIVE years after the planes struck America, the most frightening part of 9/11 may not be what the terrorists achieved, but what they originally intended to achieve - and what intelligence agencies have since learned to prevent.
Incessant attacks on varsity students
By Adewale Kupoluyi THE prevailing insecurity in the nation is fast manifesting with the incessant attacks on university students. There is hardly any week that passes by that one case of robbery is not reported at the off-campus hostel accommodation. During the attacks, cellular phones, laptop computers, jewellery, clothing, cash and other valuable items of […]
Climate change and yellow fever: The preventive health concerns
EVERYDAY day we read about huge outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases on pages of newspapers. Yellow fever is one of the vector-borne, vaccine-preventable diseases endemic in Nigeria and has been a source of persistent outbreaks over the years despite the fact that we have a very effective vaccine, available at no cost to patients in every public health care centre in Nigeria.
Osinbajo’s hardworking streak unabating
It would not have been a surprise if after some roles were moved away from his schedule, the Vice President is seen slowing down and doing less.
Why we are backing David Lyon —Epie, Atissa people
INDIGENES of Epie/Atissa Kingdom in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have advanced reasons for supporting the governorship candidate of the All progressives Congress, APC, David Lyon for the November 16 election.
WNTV at 60: A future trapped in the past
WHAT Premier ObafemiAwolowo’s Western Nigeria government did in Ibadan on October 31, 1959, was a long throw into the ages ahead of his era. Establishing a TV station, the first in Africa, was part of a bigger picture Awolowo designed to engage and honourthe distant, seemingly indistinct future still to land.
