Lagos and Its Overburdened Health Sector
By Steve Omolale Unlike many other states in the country, virtually every sector in Lagos State is stretched to its limits by the state’s huge and ever-growing population. Daily, thousands of people from across Nigeria, Africa and beyond troop into Lagos in search of greener pastures and better opportunities. These migrants are looking for greener […]
The primacy of national purpose
NATIONS, like individuals, have a national purpose or none at all. Unless a person has defined their life-purpose they couldn’t be regarded as being fully alive. Without purpose, people will float across a life-time swayed here and there like flotsam and jetsam across turbulent waters. The secret of great nations is national purpose. Americans believe in “the American dream” – in their quest for freedom and life, liberty and happiness, however defined. The French, the British, the Germans and always have a sense of national purpose. Same goes for the Chinese, whose current world ambition is to resurrect the Middle Kingdom as the centre of the universe.
Presidential Debate: between Buhari and Atiku
By Jude Ndukwe The much talked about Presidential Debate scheduled to hold on Saturday, January 19, 2019, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, has come and gone but not without its dramas that have kept Nigerians wondering and talking about so many things including why the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, shunned the debate, and why […]
Human rights group blames Borno govt over expelled Nigerian refugees
The Save Humanity Advocacy Centre (SHAC), a human rights group, has blamed the Borno State Government over the plight of no fewer than 100,000 refugees recently expelled from Cameroon. Cameroon is currently home to more than 370,000 refugees, including some 100,000 from Nigeria, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Recently, the Cameroonian […]
Shango questions Obasanjo’s patroitism
Elder statesman and former Publicity Secretary of the defunct National Party of Nigeria, NPN, Chief Simon Shango has questioned ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, for his recent attack on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Chief Shango was reacting to Sunday’s press conference where Obasanjo attacked the Buhari government and labeled it another Sani Abacha era. The […]
2019, Buhari and sustaining good governance
By Okanga Agila It’s partisan times, so differing views have invaded the political space on the personal and leadership content in President Muhammadu Buhari. He is both loved and hated. But it’s normal in life, especially for leaders who must step on toes or bruise many to find the illuminating trajectory of leadership. President Muhammadu […]
